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Troops kill Boko Haram commander, others in Borno

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..Repel attack on Kaduna community, neutralise 2 terrorists in Kaduna, 2 bandits in Zamfara The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that its troops had neutralised a notorious Boko Haram commander, Abu Rijab, and other terrorist fighters in an offensive operation on Saturday. This was made known

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125 Boko Haram terrorists, financiers sentenced in mass trial

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BY ANDREW OROLUA No fewer than 125 Boko Haram terrorists and financiers have been convicted in the resumed mass trial of suspects held over two days in Kainji, Niger State. They were convicted of charges bordering on terrorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support and cases relating to International Criminal Court (ICC) criminality. A statement signed […]

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Boko Haram Kill 10 Persons, Aged Woman, 62, Abduct 5 Children In Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2024 0

No fewer than 10 persons including an aged woman and a female househelp have been confirmed dead in a recent attack in Kofa town in Borno State by Boko Haram members while 5 children were also reportedly kidnapped on January 29th. The incident, it was gathered, started at about 1pm in the afternoon as the […]

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Boko Haram insurgents attack Customs office in Yobe, kill operative

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2023 0

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked an office of the Nigeria Customs Service in Geidam town, Geidam LGA, Yobe State, killing one operative, Usman Gombe. According to a report, the insurgents stormed the Customs office along Maine Soroa Road in a Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover around 10:00 pm on Saturday and started […]

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Boko Haram Member Arrested over Plot to Bomb Atiku’s Residence

Ihesiulo Grace 24 July 2023 0

A suspected Boko Haram member was reportedly arrested on Sunday at the residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Yola, Adamawa State. The suspect, Jubrila Mohammed, was allegedly apprehended after he was seen acting suspiciously. He was taken to the police station and interrogated, where he confessed to being a member of the terrorist […]

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FG releases N15bn for repatriation of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2023 0

…as Osinbajo directs harmonisation of needs, prices By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal government has released N15 billion for the implementation of exit strategy and the immediate commencement of repatriation of the Nigerian refugees in the neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Niger and Chad. The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Committee

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5 Boko Haram members, one Commander, Malam Isa, surrender to Nigerian Army

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2022 0

At least five Boko Haram terrorists including a Commander of Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JAS), Boko Haram, Malam Isa, have laid down their arms and surrendered to the troops of the Nigerian Army in the North East of Borno State. An Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in […]

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Troops kill 6 Boko Haram insurgents, recover arms in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2021 0

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops killed six Boko Haram terrorists in gun battle at Sabon Gari in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa. Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Eyitayo said […]

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Army chief advises precaution regarding repentant Boko Haram members

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2021 0

Theatre Commander of “Operation Hadin Kai” Major-General Christopher Musa has accused repentant Boko Haram members of being insincere in their surrendering to the government. Mr Musa disclosed yesterday that 20,000 fighters in the Northeast had surrendered their arms. The commander said the challenge then was to decide what to do with them. “We have over […]

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‘Why Shekau, Al-Barnawi’s killings won’t end Boko Haram, ISWAP’

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2021 0

A Kaduna State Governorship election hopeful, Shehu Sani, has stated that the killing of terrorists leaders will not end insurgency in the Northeast. The former Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the National Assembly was reacting to the killing of the leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP, Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab Al-Barnawi respectively. He […]

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1,199 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters surrender, as troops neutralise 112 others

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2021 0

ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that troops and other security agencies have sustained their kinetic and non-kinetic efforts in the fight against insecurity in the last two weeks and in the progress neutralised 112 terrorists and arrested 35 other criminal elements in the North East of the country. Their operations also […]

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Boko Haram no longer have Caliphates in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed replies The Economist

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2021 0

The Nigerian Government on Thursday refuted reports by a publication that terror group, Boko Haram was carving Caliphates in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who made the rebuttal said there was no Boko Haram Caliphates in the country. He accused The Economist of lying over its recent claim of Jihadists in […]

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MNJTF-FC confirms killing of key Boko Haram, ISWAP leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2021 0

The Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), led by Force Commander, Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim, on Thursday, confirmed that some key leaders of Boko Haram and ISWAP have been eliminated. Speaking at the MNJTF Headquarters in Camp Farcha, N`Djamena, Republic of Chad during the medal parade ceremony for the outgoing Military Staff Officer (MSOs) who have […]

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Boko Haram Relocates Bomb Makers To Kaduna As ISIS Council Visits ISWAP Base In Lake Chad

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2021 0

The leadership of the now-degraded Boko Haram sect loyal to the Bakoura Buduma camps have relocated their bomb makers to a forest in Southern Kaduna State. Naija News understands that the bomb fabricators, known as Amaliyyahs, were recently deployed to Rijana, Igabi, and Chikun town in the Southern Province of Kaduna. Internal sources revealed that […]

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Boko Haram sends bomb makers to Kaduna as ISIS visits ISWAP in Lake Chad

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2021 0

Boko Haram under the leadership of Bakoura Buduma have relocated bomb makers to a forest in Kaduna State. Known as Amaliyyahs, they were recently deployed to Rijana, Igabi and Chikun in the Southern part. The Boko Haram sect is deploying fighters to mountainous forests in the North-West State. Buduma recently led the hit against Islamic […]

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Over 25 Church Members Killed As Boko Haram Raze Building, Cars

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2021 0

No fewer than 25 members of a Pentecostal church, Christ Redeemed Ministry have been murdered in a recent attack by members of Boko Haram in Kodunga local government area of Borno State . The recent attack which took place during Sunday service took everyone by surprise as women and children were more of the casualties […]

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Insecurity: Experts blame porous borders, others as banditry overtakes Boko Haram, ISWAP in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2021 0

Banditry has become the biggest threat in Nigeria, pushing aside the title hitherto held by Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has raised further concerns that bandits in Africa’s most populous nation may be nursing an agenda to also dethrone civil authority. The fears are […]

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JUST IN: Finally, Court Fixes Date For Boko Haram Financiers Trial

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2021 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed September 17, 2021, for the trial of some Bureau De Change operators arrested in March 2021 for allegedly sponsoring the Boko Haram. Naija News reports that the Department of State Services, DSS, had in March arrested the Bureau De Change operators for allegedly facilitating the transfer […]

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Boko Haram: Reasons insurgents are surrendering in droves emerge

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2021 0

Boko Haram terrorists have been fighting to establish an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria’s northeast. The fighters began attacks in 2010 barely one year after the killing of their leader, Mohammed Yusuf. The leader of the new fighters was Yusuf’s second in command, Sheikh Abubakar Ibn Alshakawi also known as Abubakar Shekau. The fighters grew in […]

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Why FG can’t kill repentant Boko Haram, ISWAP members – Lai Mohammed

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2021 0

*Says nowhere is safe worldwide if terrorism thrives The Federal Government has disclosed why surrendered Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) members cannot be killed. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said granting amnesty was the best thing to do. Mohammed explained that prosecuting and killing repentant insurgents was against