The town, which is 125 kilometres north of Maiduguri, the state capital, was deserted by locals in the area following incessant attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
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Buratai made the call at the inauguration of nine gunboats for the Amphibious Task Force Detachment at Baga, for patrol and clearing the remaining Boko Haram terrorists from the Lake Chad waterways.
Jekenu told newsmen at the centre in Oshodi, Lagos on Wednesday that the retiring military men were drawn from the Army, the Air Force and the Navy.
Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, who disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Tuesday, said many terrorists escaped with gunshot injuries during the encounter with troops on Monday.
The soldiers and men of the Operation Flush from Ekiti State Police Command were said to have invaded the expansive forest, where they were held hostage
Biu, who made the call while addressing troop in Bama town of Borno State, said the situation had changed, hence the need to change tactics by remaining focused, motivated and confident in order to complete the good work.
Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the incident took place on Wednesday.
Azinta gave the assurance on Monday in Ibadan at the opening of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps Warrant Officers/Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Training Week 2018 holding at the headquarters of 2 Division.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri.
Biu, who gave the advice when he addressed soldiers at Gemtillo in Maiduguri on Sunday, urged them to put in their best toward ending the Boko Haram insurgency.
Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the leader of the Coalition, Tochukwu Ohazuruike, requested President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, to direct the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, to conduct flyover and air surveillance over those areas where oil bunkering is being carried out and report back the monumental environmental devastation and financial loss to the country
He gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja during a peaceful protest by members of the Niger Delta Environmental Protection Group and Coalition of Niger Delta Civil Society Activists to his office.
The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that the incident, which occurred in Gworza Local Government Area, happened when troops of 271 Task Force Battalion fought through an ambush staged by Boko Haram terrorists.
The General Officer Commanding of the division, Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh, disclosed this to journalists at a news conference at the division’s headquarters in Lagos.
Speaking at the commissioning of a Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Army in Epe, Ambode said the combined investment of his administration in the security architecture of the State and efforts of security agencies had resulted in peaceful atmosphere for residents and visitors.
“This is a new strategy to keep our outer spaces safe. We also need the military presence in Ikorodu and Badagry,” Ambode said in a remark as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, operationalise the FOB.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the exercise took off from the Central Police Station, Umuahia, at about 9 a.m. and moved round the major streets up to Ubakala and Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area back to CPS, via Bende Road.
Biu gave the charge while addressing officers and men of the division shortly after he assumed office in the division on Saturday in Maiduguri.
Biu took over the command from Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, who had been posted to the Army Headquarters as Director, Consult of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre.