Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force on Monday neutralised 20 terrorists in the ongoing offensive operations to clear Islamic State terrorists from the Lake Chad Area.
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The Federal Government has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP as deeply offensive and patently divisive, saying such indiscreet comments are far below the status of an elder statesman.
The Nigerian Army on Saturday alleged that some unpatriotic elements in collusion with their foreign collaborators are planning to derail the swearing in of newly elected government on May 29 in order to scuttle the nation’s democratic process.
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has degraded an Islamic State of West Africa Province Terrorists’ hideout in Northern Borno.
The Nigerian Air Force says troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force have neutralised the Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in Borno State.
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists’ vehicle at Tumbun Sale and Tumbun Allura in Borno State.
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralised some Islamic State of West Africa Province fighters at Kolloram in northern Borno.
Troops from the newly-formed Nigerian Army Special Forces Command, supported by the Air Force and Navy, have cleared Boko Haram terrorists/ISWAP from Zare, Kukawa, Cross Kauwa and Gudumbal in Borno North.
Reports last week that Boko Haram’s Islamic State in West Africa Province [ISWAP] faction had seized six towns in Kukawa Local Government of far northern Borno State, on the shores of Lake Chad, was the biggest setback suffered in the war against insurgents
Today, I saw the pictures of the funeral of the officers and men of the 157 Task Force battalion of the Nigerian Army based in Metele and who were killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and my heart went out to the men, their families and to our entire armed forces. May their souls rest in peace and may God grant their families fortitude at such a trying time.