Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 persons and wounded several others in an attack in Borno State, a military source and witness said on Monday. The attackers reportedly arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people at a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa,
The Nigerian Military has recaptured Gwoza, a Local Government Area of Borno State, a border town about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri. Disclosing this in Abuja n Friday, the director of defence information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said, Gwoza was freed of the militants this morning. Olukolade further disclosed that Nigerian troops had engaged the […]
The Federal Government has dismissed reports making the rounds that Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday abducted 500 children from the north-eastern town of Damasak. Reacting to the reports, the head, Nigeria Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, refuted the number saying that the figure was lower, but he could not say exactly how many had been […]
Nigeria’s military on Monday said that Yobe State is now free from Boko Haram after reclaiming the town of Goniri. “We announced the reclaiming of Goniri today,” defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said on his Twitter account @GENOlukolade. “That was the last stronghold of terrorists in Yobe… #YobeIsFree.” Three states — Adamawa, Borno and Yobe […]
The federal government on Wednesday said that 36 towns have been reclaimed from Boko Haram insurgents since the military forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon launched a joint offensive against the sect, voicing hope that the operation could lead to the group’s “total defeat”. National security spokesman Mike Omeri said four towns had fallen […]
