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Mohammed had while addressing reporters in Lagos yesterday, disclosed that the government has been in a long ceasefire talk with members of the Boko Haram sect.

«Nigeria is passing through the most difficult period of our history, even worse than the civil war going by the kind of anxiety enveloping the country presently as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, but that should not be used as a licence by any governor or anybody to go out of our constitutional provisions in coming up with a policy to tackle the problem.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed his excitement on the news of the Nigerian Army's crushing of Boko Haram's last enclave in Sambisa Forest called «Camp Zero.»

The President wrote, «I am delighted at, and most proud of the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army, on receipt of the long - awaited and most gratifying news of the final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa Forest.

«But again, there are elements of these Boko Haram that are scattered all over the North East and if you know their characteristics, you will know they operate in small cells.

While noting that the Chibok Girls debacle was symbolic in the sense that there are quite a number of missing persons that the authorities do not know about, the minister added that military operations alone can not deal with the issue of Boko Haram but will entail multi-sectorial and multi-lateral approach.

In his response, the COAS thanked the organizers for the honour done him and affirmed his determination to completely rout out the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in every part of the country.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai said in an opening remark that the army first published a wanted lists of Boko Haram late 2015, adding that it released the second later.

He went further to commend the gallant men and women of the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies, for their tireless efforts towards completely eliminating the scourge of Boko Haram Terrorists and other threats to the nation's security.

Tukur Buratai, has again called on the Nigeria media, especially online publications, to be patriotic in their reportage of the Boko Haram activities

«During the encounter, the troops neutralised large number of the Boko Haram terrorists and wounded several others.

Similarly, troops also rescued 33 family members of Boko Haram terrorists comprising 15 women, 6 boys and 12 girls.

A logistic base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group has been destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

He said, «The Lake Chad Basin for example, has shrunk to a mere 10 per cent of its original size, and this has seriously affected the livelihood of over five million people and contributed to the growth of insecurity in the region, including the emergence of Boko Haram as a terrorist group.

TROOPS CLEARS BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS OUT OF DOKSA The Nigerian Army has said that troops of 231 and 331 Battalion together with some elements of Armed Forces Special Forces Battalion of 3 Division, based on information, have entered and cleared remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Doksa general area located in Biu Local -LSB-...]

The action at the time followed observation that the 3rd armoured division and the 1st infantry division located in both Jos and Kaduna which hitherto supervised the North East became too remote from the area of operation to rid the zone of Boko Haram terrorists.

Thousands of Nigerians, mostly women and children, have lost their lives, while properties worth billions of naira have been damaged by the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents.

He went on to accuse the government of killing and destroying houses of Boko Haram insurgents while the Niger Delta militants were given special treatment by the government.

The medical outreach, which would last till 13 April 2018, became necessary to avoid humanitarian catastrophe due to the recent withdrawal of humanitarian services by Non-Governmental Organizations from Rann, following the recent attack by remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists.

My family members could not dissuade me from the trip that hopefully would provide me another opportunity to assess one of the Boko Haram worst - hit cities in Nigeria.

«In 2015, in the height of Boko Haram insurgency, I think our sister country requested the support of Americans and the Americans wanted somewhere where they could store their consumables and other things and use here as a staging post to support Nigeria, so we went into agreement for that specific period.»

`' Even the current President said recently that if they see credible members of Boko Haram, they would be willing to discuss with them.

Our concern is that such manipulation of reality is calculated to boost the morale of Boko Haram terrorists to regroup from their defeat.

*** Declares 2015 Defence Advisers / Attaches» conference open Minister of Defence, Monsur Mohammed Dan - Ali yesterday declared that the defeat of Boko Haram is at hand noting that the bigger picture of the impending defeat of the terrorist group is the restoration the legendary capability of the -LSB-...]

Three members of the Boko Haram terrorists were neutralized during the exchange of fire.

Buhari's statement made no mention of the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram faction based in the forest.

The President said that besides the menace of Boko Haram, the concept of host and settler communities had compounded the migration problem in the country, leading to clashes.

A campaign lasting for months in the 1,300 square - kilometre (500 square - mile) forest in northeastern Borno state led to the «final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa Forest» on Thursday, Buhari said in a statement.

The Sen. Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over the successful routing out of the Boko Haram sect from Sambisa forest.

«The troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE are more determined and resolute to ensure that the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists are located and neutralised.

The Nigerian Army on Friday said 16 soldiers were missing after an operation to clear the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in Gongon village in Alagarno...

If somebody said we negotiated with fake members of Boko Haram, the person is just playing politics,» he said.

He said the citing of the Special Forces Training Centre in Buni Yadi in Yobe, one of the theatres of the Boko Haram war, was an indication of the army's determination to end insurgency.

The military has so far destroyed dozens of Boko Haram camps and freed more than 1,000 kidnap victims since inauguration of President Buhari.

It could be recalled that a combined team of soldiers and DSS operatives acting on alleged presence of Boko Haram terrorists in an uncompleted building in Apo District of Abuja had on September 20, 2013 carried out a deadly raid on the house and opened fire on the commercial motorcycle riders who were using the building as their place of abode.

As the Nigerian military pushes ahead inside the dreaded Sambisa Forest to clear the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists and their camps, soldiers have repelled an attempted reprisal attack and killed over 50 of the terrorists in several attacks.

Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, AI, has revealed that Nigerian security forces got advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, has called on all churches in the country to pray for the freedom of Leah Sharibu from the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists on Good Friday, 30 March 2018.

From my assessment, 80 per cent of Boko Haram has been defeated.

Atiku said despite the persistent insecurity in some parts of Nigeria, the military had done credibly well in reducing the strengths of Boko Haram terrorists.

According to a statement detailing the operation and signed by Col Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, «In the early hours of Friday, some elements of Boko Haram terrorists in 5 gun trucks, motorcycles and 2 Golf cars laden with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Sambisa forest axis attempted an attack on 121 Task Force Battalion at Pulka.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday vowed deal decisively with oil and gas pipelines vandals including other saboteurs the same way the Nigerian troops are dealing with members of the Boko Haram sect.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday, tasked civil authorities to adopt effective mechanism towards fighting the ideological, social and propaganda of Boko Haram...

«The troops of Operation Lafiya Dole are currently in pursuit of the Boko Haram Terrorists and have dominated the area while also patrolling the general area of Jidari.

Meanwhile, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it rejoices with the families of 104 Dapchi school girls who regained their freedom from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists after the intervention of the Federal Government.

There were no incident of Boko Haram attack during the Eid el - Fitr Sallah celebration at all the centres where Muslims worshippers gathered to pray in Maiduguri,...

This is even as he has said that a total number of convictions in the second phase trail of Boko Haram terrorists at Kainji is 255 while the number of persons discharged rose to 737.

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said 1,400 schools have been destroyed in Borno as a result of years of Boko Haram insurgency in the state.

Dozens of the victims of Boko Haram insurgency in Hadejia, Jigawa, have resorted to street begging in order to survive, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...

Boko Haram Suspect arrested for Sneaking into IDPs camp In continuation of battle to clear out of Boko Haram remnants from the North East, the local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State yesterday claimed that it had arrested a notorious Boko Haram Kingpin, named Bashir.