Troops on clearance operations have neutralised six Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa and Bama Local Government Areas of Borno. The troops also rescued 33 persons from the terrorists, including eight men, 12 women and 13 children. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the rescued victims had been profiled and […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed Boko Haram terrorists structures in Bama, Gobara, in its ongoing “Operation Thunder Strike’’ against the insurgents in North East. The NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM. Olatokunbo Adesanya, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the air interdiction was carried […]
The Borno State Government on Saturday began the phased resettlement of 120,000 persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Bama. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that residents of Bama, hitherto, a commercial hub, were among the over one million people displaced by insurgency. They are currently taking shelter at Internally Displaced Persons camps and […]
Falmata Goni, 30, a mother of 5 witnessed how her younger brother led a gang of insurgents to kill their parents for refusing the group’s ideology. Falmata explained that Bakura (her younger brother) killed their parents at Gulunmba village near Bama town, and later took her to Sambisa forest because he claimed to have inexplicable […]
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it’s troops had killed 14 Boko Haram insurgents in clearance operations in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. Brig.- Gen. Sani Kukasheka, Director Army Public Relations, said this in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Kukasheka said that the troops also rescued 30 persons, captured one insurgent and recovered various […]
The police in Borno state have prevented refugees from Bama from returning to their homes. The refugees, who had resolved to begin the trek back tomorrow, decided to proceed today and were stopped by men of the police led by Borno Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, who told them that, “allowing you to return to […]
Internally Displaced Persons of Bama local government, one of the communities worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state, have decided to return home by foot starting tomorrow. The resolution was reached following an emergency meeting held in Maiduguri on Saturday, September 23 by the Bama Initiative. The association had formed a committee, […]