Sentences with phrase «boko haram»

I t would be recalled that President Buhari had given the new Service Chiefs a marching order to end the activities of Boko Haram terrorists by December this year.

«Similarly, another element of the battalion also conducted another fighting patrol to Wumbi village based on received information on the presence of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the area.

A sizeable number of persons were feared dead on Thursday following an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Ghumbili community in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa state.

Governors of the 36 states have approved the withdrawal of $ 1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents in...

The deployment of the new equipment occurred just as Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, inspected military hardware recently deployed to the Operation Lafiya Dole theatre Command as the military pushes towards final defeat of Boko Haram insurgency in the North - east.

The former NSA named some of the deciding acquisitions which changed the tide in the war against Boko Haram terrorists as Alpha jets, Armoured Personnel Carriers, MRAP vehicles, Advanced artillery pieces, assorted arms and ammunitions, highly sophisticated surveillance drones, T72 multi-purpose tanks, and the re-modification of F7 supersonic jet fighters.

Mohammed Shuwa was murdered in his residence in Maiduguri, Borno State by suspected Boko Haram sect on November 2, 2012.

More than One hundred girls were reported missing after suspected Boko Haram terrorist group attacked the school on Monday.

Over the weekend, the Islamic militant terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped 30 children from a village in Northern Nigeria.

And that still leaves the hundreds of thousands of people who have yet to escape from Boko Haram with no safe place to go.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday discharged two suspects who were arraigned for their alleged ties with Boko Haram insurgency.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned all those involved in the alleged sharing of the $ 2.1 bn cash meant for the procurement of arms for the military fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North - East to return their part of the loot or be ready to face trial.

The Police in Borno State have rescued thirteen persons abducted by suspected gang of Boko Haram members in Kamuya village of Biu local government area.

«But now we can not because the border was closed a few years ago by the authorities to fight against Boko Haram attacks.»

«In a related development, troops of 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, while on offensive operations on Boko Haram terrorists location, with the support from the Nigerian Airforce discovered and destroyed the terrorists» Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Rocket making factory along Bama - Gonin Kurmi within the outskirts of Bama town, Borno State.

I will investigate how the government was unable to defeat Boko Haram for years.

At least three persons were burnt alive while a woman was abducted as Boko Haram militants attempted to overrun Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Monday,...

Nigeria's military has been battling an insurgency by Boko Haram militants in the north - east of the country.

The video calls for Boko Haram fighters to be released in exchange for the release of the girls.

«It will also ensure the destruction of Boko Haram Terrorist camps and strong points in the Lake Chad Basin.

Since no one knows what influenced the «Father Christmas» gesture of Boko Haram leaders in releasing the girls which even took a section of the military by surprise, it is purely exceptional intelligence operations.

He added, «I mentioned that the plight of Internally Displaced Persons arising from Boko Haram terrorism is of particular concern to us.

Just review Fayose's infantile stunts since his second coming, the latest of which is his no - brainer that the 21 Chibok girls, just released from Boko Haram captivity, werePresident Buhari's perfect ploy to deflect attention from the pains in the land!

Usman said suspected Boko Haram fighters also attacked the village of Gaskeri, near the sprawling internally displaced people's camp at Dalori, outside Maiduguri, on Thursday night.

Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade on April 5, 2018 arrested one Saidu Hamidu Jenga, 33, along Maiduguri bye pass, Bauchi in connection with BOKO Haram activities...

He said the recent operation «was targeted at destroying Boko Haram infrastructure and logistics; such as communication centres, fabrication yards, bomb making equipment, vehicles and other means of sustenance».

As the countdown to the military's resolve to end Boko Haram insurgency by December continues, troops of 101 Task Force Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, yesterday, along Lagos Street Maiduguri, Borno State, arrested yet another declared...

Suicide bombers linked to the radical Islamic group Boko Haram killed at least 58 people living in Nigerian camps set up for those who fled their homes in an attempt...

When asked if the government released Boko Haram commanders in exchange for the released girls, Buhari said he did not have the details of the deal yet.

Local hunters and vigilantes say Boko Haram members are shifting their operational base from Gwoza area to Bama.

CDS launches new lists of 55 wanted Boko HaramTerrorists The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin has released a banner containing photographs and names of 55 wanted Boko Haram terrorists for various attacks and terror activities in the northeast where the military currently prosecutes war against the insurgents.

Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades, on Tuesday repelled an early morning attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest.

The President departed the country shortly after meeting with the 82 Chibok school girls who were released on Saturday by Boko Haram Islamist sect.

United States Senator, Christopher Coons, has assured the Nigerian government of support of the American government in dealing with Boko Haram crises in northeast Nigeria.

The network of the telecoms company has been inoperative in the state capital since 2013 after Boko Haram insurgents destroyed its mast which is situated at Sabo npegi.

Following the mass trial of hundreds of suspected Boko Haram extremists before a court at the Kainji military base in central Niger state, the Ministry of...

Nigerian troops prosecuting the war to clear Boko Haram terrorists from their Sambisa Forest haven have destroyed 4 additional camps of the sect and rescued another 31 person's held captive by the terrorists».

After carrying our several raids and attacks on Boko Haram camps, rocket making factory and foiling attempts to attack troop's location, Special Forces of the Nigerian Army supported by Nigeria...

«Similarly, troops of 103 Battalion this evening ambushed Boko Haram terrorists at Mairimri village crossing point in which they killed quite a number of terrorists, recovered 15 bicycles and foodstuffs.

With Islamist terrorist groups like Boko Haram recently murdering 2500 Catholics in one Nigerian diocese alone, and with Christian children being crucified or cut in half by ISIS, you might think that the world's bishops would have more pressing things on their mind than the compatibility of same - sex unions with Church teaching.

Let the military carry out its drill in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram sects have killed and chased out oil workers at ease from their drilling sites.

The Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan on Thursday charged the nation's security agencies to do more to secure schools because Boko Haram insurgents have found the...

The patrol has returned to base and further restrategizing for more onslaught on all remaining vestiges of Boko Haram elements within the area.

In his response Da Buba, said: «The success of the Nigerian Army over Boko Haram did not come as a surprise because I know that the Army has always distinguished itself.

Recall that a relative of one of the rescued Chibok girls, Peter Joseph, raised the alarm that the Federal Government had barred the girls, from sharing their experience under Boko Haram captivity with their parents.

INSURGENCY: Troops Arrest Boko Haram Kingpin; destroy IED»S, Rocket making factory in Bama.

Troops of 121 Battalion, 26 Task Force Brigade of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in furtherance of the on going clearance operations have dislodged Boko Haram terrorists who...

Buhari declared this in His goodwill message sent to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on the successful capture of Boko Haram enclave in Sambisa forest.