A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Obadiah Mailafia, has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for questioning. Preparing to honor the invitation on Monday, August 17, 2020, Mr Mailafia told reporters in Jos that: “I don’t know the reason but I am going as a good citizen, […]
The Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, has disclosed that troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 75 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered weapons in the northeast. According to the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, the terrorists were killed in an on-going offensive in the […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees on Thursday said 292,141 Nigerian refugees sought asylum in Cameroon, Chad and Niger due to the activities of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. The UN’s High Commission made this known in a statement issued in Abuja by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. […]
A number of Boko Haram Commanders have been killed in a counter attack conducted by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole following a failed attack on troops location at Banki junction. According to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, “following Boko Haram terrorists’ failed attack on troops’ location at Banki […]
The Defence Headquarters has said several Boko Haram terrorists have been killed with their logistics facilities destroyed at Parisu in the Sambisa forest area of Borno State. In a statement issued on Friday, May 1, 2020, by the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, the Operation was carried out by Air Task […]
Defence troops have killed several key Leaders of the Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups in Borno State. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who confirmed this in a statement on Monday, April 20, 2020, said the terrorists were killed and their structures destroyed in airstrikes […]
There must be a review on lockdown guidelines to allow for the provision of more essential services and cushioning the effects of lockdown occasioned by the spread of Coronavirus pandemic. Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, expressed this view while contributing to BCOS daily Breakfast Television programme, ‘AM120’, on Monday, April 13, 2020. He […]
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 […]
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