By Dilibe Michael The Nigerian Military has neutralized 81 Boko Haram fighters in the Sambisa axis and lose one soldier from a landmine attack. Our correspondent learned that fleeing terrorists have continued to wreak havoc and razing villages in their escape routes. The troops of Sector 1 comprising troops of 21 and 26 Brigades supported […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has obliterated a terrorists’ camp at Alafa ‘C’ in the heart of Sambisa forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Thursday. READ ALSO: FCE Yola produces […]
In continuation of its onslaught on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, the Nigerian Army has embarked on a victory tour around recaptured communities. The gallant troops were pictured enjoying a smooth sail from Sambisa to Damboa and Alagarno all in Borno State. In one of the photos which has gone viral on social, the troops showed ingenuity, […]
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 Oxford Dictionary in the Year 2016 declared the word “post-truth” as its international “word of the year”, reflecting a contemporary world where the truth no longer hold sway. It defines the word as “an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals”. In other […]
At least three soldiers and a militiaman were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on the edge of Sambisa forest near the border with Cameroon, military and militia sources told AFP Saturday. The ambush occurred as troops returned to base late Friday in the town of Gwoza near the mountainous border with Cameroon after destroying […]
Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has given reasons why he is not in support of the agitation for Biafra. The Abia state governor said the population of Igbos living outside of their states are over 11 million and as such, activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) put the lives of south-easterners at risk. […]
The Nigerian Army has refuted report that it will be training the 76 Regular Recruits Intake (76RRI) in the Sambisa forest. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman in a statement on Saturday urged the public to disregard message on the social media purportedly emanating from the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai to that […]
The various crises affecting different parts of the country have created a vast humanitarian crisis… The challenge before the nation is the reconstruction of the Nigerian State and the placement of the safety and welfare of Nigerians at the centre of the governance agenda. Let 2017 be the year in which the reconstruction of the […]
Former Vice President and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated the officers and men of the Nigeria Army on the spectacular feat of the invasion and sacking of Camp Zero, the last Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa Forest. Atiku, in a statement from his media office on Tuesday, […]
The Director Defence Information in the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Major General Chris Olukolade, on Thursday stated that the offensive to clear Boko Haram terrorists and their camps from all the Sambisa forest locations will continue despite the diversionary attacks in Maiduguri on Wednesday. The DHQ also revealed how its troops foiled the plot by Boko […]
Twenty-five girls and women freed from Boko Haram camp in Sambisa forest as army continues offensive against the group. Nigerian military says it has rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as part of its ongoing campaign to attack and destroy the armed group’s camps in the northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman […]
The recently rescued girls and women by the Nigerian military from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa are not from Chibok but from Gumsuri, a village in Borno State, BBC reports. Quoting the Associated Press, BBC said this was the conclusion of the officials after series of interviews with the victims. In December, it […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has unveiled plans to distribute relief materials to the hundreds of females liberated by the military from the captivity of terror group, Boko Haram, in their hideout in Sambisa Forest, Borno State. The military had announced the rescue of 293 women and girls from Sambisa Forest on Tuesday while […]
A top terrorist commander, Abu Mojahid, was killed on Tuesday morning in an encounter with troops in the outskirts of Alagarno, Borno State. This is part of the final defeat of the Islamist sect which has also seen the military storming the last known stronghold of the insurgents in Sambisa Forest on Wednesday. Defence Spokesman, […]