Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has commended the military and local hunters for repelling Thursday night’s attempted attack by insurgents on some communities in Michika and Madagali local government areas.
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has commended troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for displayed great valour in repelling Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in Michika, Adamawa.
Community leaders in Michika, Adamawa, appealed to Nigerian Army to deploy more troops and armoured tanks to the town to enhance security.
The military on Monday chased out insurgents who tried to enter Michika, a commercial town in Adamawa State, after a fierce battle that raged for hours.
No fewer than 137 aspirants under the All Progressives Congress are jostling for the 25 House of Assembly tickets Adamawa.
Lieutenant General Theophilus Danjuma, the Chairman of the committee, made the call at the Peace Building Town Hall Dialogue Meeting for Michika and Madagali Local Governments Areas of Adamawa State, held on Sunday in Mubi.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bridge, constructed over River Yedzaram, had in the past suffered bombing by Boko Haram insurgents
The Adamawa State branch of the Nigerian Association of Physically Challenged Persons said it lost no fewer than 30 of its members to attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
The Defence Headquarters has said that the “alarmist” report on foreign and online media on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was “clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation”.
The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt. Col Adeboye Obasanjo who was shot in the ferocious Michika battle between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram has expressed eagerness to return to the battle front.
The Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has appealed to the Military High Command to urgently come to the rescue of the people of the State, especially the residents of Madagali and Michika Local Government Areas that have been taking over by the insurgents, Boko Haram.
The Federal Government on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against buying used cell phones and pre-registered SIM cards, saying that they might have been used by terrorists for untoward activities.
The Adamawa State Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Tuesday commended officers and men of the Nigerian Army for their effort in containing insurgency in the state.
Twenty four soldiers were also reportedly killed during the encounter in which Obasanjo was said to have been seriously injured