Sentences with phrase «boko haram insurgents»
Speaking to the House Committee on Climate Change, Dasuki said that the rise of Boko Haram insurgents, a jihadist group in northern Nigeria, and worsening crime was linked to climate change reports All Africa.
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Since the inception of this administration, we have remained resolute in our fight against Terrorism and Boko Haram insurgents.
Some Nigerians living in the North Eastern part of the country grappling with security challenges, have expressed satisfaction with the approach of the new Service Chiefs in tackling the menace of Boko Haram insurgents in the area.
According to Mr. Atiku, the president also discussed the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgents, asking for support for Nigerian troops fighting in the area.
«In two other separate encounters with the fleeing insurgents in Firgi and Moula, both in Bama and Dikwa Local Governments Areas of Borno State, troops also ambushed and neutralised 4 Boko Haram insurgents who were fleeing troops «onslaught in the northern fringes.
On his way to Yobe State to meet with families of 110 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, on February 19, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday touched down in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
«Troops neutralised the insurgents whilst conducting operations to clear remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the Lake Chad Islands and surrounding villages of northern Borno o Tuesday» the Army said.
Fighting erupted at the early hours of Monday, at about 2:45 am between suspected members of Boko Haram insurgents and troops when gunmen attacked NAF base, also known as 79 Composite Group and burnt down three military helicopters.
Monguno Local Government Area of Borno state is reported to have been attack by suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents, who targeted particularly the volunteer youths known as civilian JTF.
Probably desperate to actualise this highly ambitious electoral promise, the Presidency declared in December 2015 that the Boko Haram insurgents had been defeated.
Hundreds of girls and women freed from Boko Haram insurgents are facing stigmatisation and contempt from their family members and communities in Borno State, a United Nations report has revealed.
The Borno State Government has closed female boarding schools in 25 local government areas of the state to forestall abduction of schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgents.
The Boko Haram insurgents struck again in Borno State killing 31 fishernen in the Lake Chad axis, the state Governor, Kashim Shettima, has said.
Yobe Commissioner of police, AbdulMaliki Sumonu, on Monday confirmed an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Dapchi, headquarters of Bursari local government area.
Media reports had indicated that the Army may have lost about 150 of its men to an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Gudunbali, Borno State.
Another resident of Chibok, Mallum Chibok disclosed that, despite the presence of security in Chibok, the Boko Haram insurgents succeeded in attacking the area indicating that, the insurgents were everywhere.
Top military officers who were displaced from Baga by the Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested for questioning.
She noted that the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in the region had caused untold hardships to millions of people, destroying their means of livelihood as well as economic and social infrastructure.
Chukwu listed the names of other suspects as Muhammad Buba, Yakubu Abubakar and Yakubu Abdullahi, adding that Isa was number 37 on the list of Boko Haram insurgents published by the army.
Another source however said the T - 72 tank was recovered after a prolonged fight with Boko Haram insurgents.
The army spokesman said that preliminary investigations indicated that the suspects participated in operations, coordinated by the Boko Haram insurgents at various times.
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls secondary school Dapchi in Yobe have been rescued by the army.
It was the first time IDP»S are writing the WAEC since they were forced out of their homes by Boko Haram insurgents at different times in 2014.
He said Boko Haram insurgents are by no means defeated but certainly weakened.
Lawan then published advertorials in two Newspapers, Daily Trust and Punch, listing «40 facts» with dated chronicles of the Boko Haram crisis which point to how alleged mishandling of events by Sheriff as Governor of Borno State between 2003 and 2011 gave birth to ongoing violence perpetuated by Boko Haram insurgents resulting in endless killings.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, Atiku said it is taking too long to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents.
The Nigerian Army says on Tuesday it has lunched a new operation to totally flush out remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the Lake...
Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed four Boko Haram insurgents at Malumti village in the fringes of Sambisa Forest.
«Hardly has a story of bravery evoked such passion in recent times amongst Nigerians as is being told of Late Lt. Col. Muhammed Abu Ali who died in confrontation with Boko Haram insurgents in the theatre of war in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed five Boko Haram insurgents in a gun battle at Barkin - Dutse Area of Adamawa.
The Nigerian Army says on Tuesday it has lunched a new operation to totally flush out remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the Lake Chad region.
Buratai also debunked the claims that the Boko Haram insurgents had regrouped and now controlling a large territory in the North East Zone.
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops had rescued 46 captives and destroyed a highly fortified Boko Haram insurgents» camp deep inside Sambisa...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed seven Boko Haram insurgents in the ongoing clearance operation in separate ambushes in Borno.
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops successfully repelled attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents at Jidari - Polo area of Maiduguri.
The senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, on Tuesday said the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to grant amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents would encourage members of the sect to be perpetrating more acts of terrorism.
The Nigerian Army says it has rescued more than 1,000 persons held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents in some villages in Bama Local Government...
The seven soldiers, namely: Lt Col. Muhammad Abu - Ali, Seargent Muazu Ibrahim, Corporal Bassey Okon, Husseini Jafaru, Cpl. Chukwu Simon, Private Salisu Lawal and Seaman Patrick Paul, were among the soldiers inducted into the Operation Lafiya Dole in 2014, designed to fight the Boko Haram insurgents and liberate the North - East from the grip of the insurgents.
The Muslim Students» Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has expressed delight over the release of some students of Government Secondary School Dapchi Yobe State, recently abducted by Boko Haram insurgents.
The UN Envoy said the United Nations and the international community would continue to support the region to get rid of Boko Haram insurgents in the Lake Chad Basin.
«Boko Haram insurgents occupied seventeen local governments in Borno State and threatened two other states in the North East: Adamawa and Yobe because the Jonathan administration adopted a lackadaisical attitude to insecurity in the region.
The United States has said it will in 2020 deliver the 12 Super Tucano fighter jets and other weapons it agreed to sell to Nigeria to combat Boko Haram insurgents and other extremist groups.
Ibrahim Abdullahi told ITV News: «It's really gratifying to see how the hashtag has created so much awareness of the abduction and atrocities of the wicked Boko Haram insurgents worldwide.»
The Borno youth vigilantes, commonly called Civilian JTF had Tuesday afternoon refuted ongoing media reports that Boko Haram insurgents have taken over the authority of Bama...
Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors» Forum last week after the National Economic Council meeting announced that the sum of $ 1bn be withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account for fighting the Boko Haram insurgents which President Muhammadu Buhari and his government spokespersons had declared already «technically defeated» some months ago.
Charlyboy, on Monday reacted to a statement credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the Federal Government had been in a long ceasefire talk with the Boko Haram insurgents.
The new policy is said to be a strategy to prevent Boko Haram insurgents from infiltrating the ranks of northerners in the state.
«We need help from the Federal Government to enable us achieve our aim of rebuilding the structures ravaged by Boko Haram insurgents.
The Borno State Government, on Monday, said it requires about N30bn for the reconstruction of structures damaged by Boko Haram insurgents in Bama.
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday temporarily relocated his office to Bama town, an urban centre, severely destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents during their nearly...