As the onslaught against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) continues, Chad’s President, Mr Idriss Deby, has warned the sect’s factional leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or risk being killed inside his Dikoa hideout. Deby issued the warning in a State address to his countrymen shortly after leading his Army in an offensive against the Terrorists that […]
The Nigerian Air Force says its air strike has destroyed Boko Haram’s camp at Alafa ‘C’ in Sambisa Forest, Borno State. In a statement issued on Friday, March 6, 2020 by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the action followed sustained onslaught by the Operation Decisive Edge of the Force […]
Two churches were burnt over the weekend by Boko Haram insurgents who attacked Garkida, Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The burnt churches are a parish of the Living Faith (aka Winners Chapel) and Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa, a Nigeria (EYN) church, including residential houses, hospitals, shops and vehicles . The Nigerian Army on Sunday, February 23, 2020 confirmed the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari extends his sympathy to families of victims of Boko Haram attack in Garkida Local Government Area, Adamawa State, The President assured that no part of Nigeria would be abandoned to their fate. This assurance and Buhari’s condemnation of the act was contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant […]
The Nigerian Army has urged officials of the Medicine Sans Frontier (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, and other international groups to desist from visiting conflict zones in the country. The Chief of Army Policy and Plans, Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun, made the appeal at a meeting with members of the organisation on Friday, […]
Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Garkida community in Gombi Local Government area of Adamawa State. Local sources told Channels TV that Garkida Community came under attack by the insurgents on Friday, February 21, 2020. According to reports, the assailants fired sporadic gunshots and engaged in an exchange of fire with Security Operatives and Local Vigilante Officials on […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked motorists near Lantaiwa, a community located 70 kilometers North from Damaturu the Yobe state capital and 30 kilometers to Dapchi where 110 schoolgirls were abducted in 2018. The Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole, Lieutenant Chinonso Oteh said that operatives of the army have […]
The National Assembly has raised alarm over the alleged plan by Boko Haram insurgents to attack the facility. The House of Representatives, at a plenary on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, mandated the Committee on Internal Security of the National Assembly to inquire into the attack scare. The resolution was passed following the unanimous adoption of […]
Boko Haram insurgents has attacked two communities located six kilometres from Chibok in Borno State, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the sect in April 2014. The terrorists reportedly attacked Kwarangulum and Ntsiha villages, burning houses and other property during the raid, but troops stationed in Chibok were said to have mobilised to the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commemorated the abduction of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi Schoolgirl in captivity. Channels TV reports that two years since the teenager was abducted by a faction of the Boko Haram sect, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the President said the Federal Government has redoubled its effort towards her freedom. In […]
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