Tag: boko haram
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Fight continues till Boko Haram is defeated – Wounded Soldiers
Some Nigeria soldiers wounded during various encounters with the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East have vowed to return to the battlefield until the insurgents are defeated. The soldiers made the pledge when Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman Senate Committee on Army, paid a fact finding visit to the 7 Division Medical Services and…
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Boko Haram bomber invades Northern Cameroon, kills 13
Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack on a village in northern Cameroon, a traditional chief and a police confirmed. Cameroon’s Far North region is grappling with deadly incursions from neighbouring Nigeria, where an insurgency launched by Boko Haram in 2009 has…
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Hunters, civilian JTF to get N352m in fight against Boko Haram
Authorities in Maiduguri have approved N352 million for the operations of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and hunters, in the fight against insurgency in the state, the state information commissioner, Babakura Abba-Jato said on Thursday. Mr. Abba-Jato noted that the approval was given at the first state executive council meeting of 2021, presided over…
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Boko Haram abducts UN aid worker, others along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road
An aid worker has been abducted along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Family sources confirmed the abduction of one Abubakar Idris, a staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Maiduguri. The abduction occurred on Saturday morning around Jakana village, where no fewer than 20 travellers were abducted in a raid. According to sources,…
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NAF destroys new Boko Haram settlement in Borno
The Air Task Force of the Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement in Borno State. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major-General, John Enenche, the latest feat was achieved on January 1 at Mana Waji of the state. “Air interdiction missions being…
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Insecurity: Not even a divine army would be able to defeat Boko Haram, bandits in Nigeria – Buhari’s aide
Mr Ajuri Ngelale, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Public Matters from the office of the Vice President has hypothetically stated that not even a divine army would be able to defeat Boko Haram and bandits in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mr Ngelale was trying to clarify if President Buhari meant he will…
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Landmine kills seven hunters chasing Boko Haram terrorists in Borno
Seven hunters who were on the heels of Boko Haram terrorists Tuesday in Borno were killed after a landmine exploded, witnesses and officials said. The hunters, who were recently given guns and vehicles to hunt insurgents, died after their vehicle stepped on a landmine planted by Boko Haram on a rough path near a village…
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Several feared dead as Boko Haram launches another attack on four Borno villages
Several persons were feared dead on Saturday as Boko Haram terrorists on launched another streak of attacks in four villages in the southern part of the troubled Borno State. According to local sources who are on the run, the attack is ongoing as of 9pm on Saturday. According to reports, the insurgents rode in at…
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Ndume condemns Boko Haram’s Christmas eve attacks
Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman Senate Committee on Army has condemned the Boko Haram attacks on Pemi Village in Borno State, and Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Christmas eve. Garkida is one of the first missionary settlement in Northern Nigeria. The killers were said to have pretended to be labourers,…
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Boko Haram hits Borno church on Christmas eve, kills six
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG has it that some Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday (Christmas eve) attacked Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria Church (Church of the Brethren) at Pemi village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State killing six. The Boko Haram insurgents reportedly burnt down the church where natives were busy preparing for Christmas…