Tag: Fighters
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Ukraine: Netherlands sends F-35 fighters to protect NATO airspace
The Netherlands has sent two F-35 fighters to protect NATO airspace over Eastern Europe amid Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the Dutch Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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Good News! 700 Boko Haram fighters ready to surrender – FG
The Federal Government has confirmed that no fewer than 700 Boko Haram militants have signified their intention to surrender as it told the world the unprecedented humanitarian crisis triggered by the nine-year-old insurgency in the North-east. Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Tijjani Bande, told the UN Security Council that 14.8 million people were affected…
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Troops kill 15 Boko Haram fighters, rescue 49
No fewer than 15 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by the military and rescued 49 women and children in Borno state. The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that the incidents took place in separate encounters between Boko Haram and troops in the Southern Lake Chad Basin. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations…
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95 repentant Boko Haram fighters set for release – CDS
Ninety five ex-Boko Haram terrorists that have been rehabilitated under the Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme are now set to be reintegrated into the society. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he declared open a stakeholders meeting to work out modalities for the reintegration of rehabilitated…
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Over 400 Boko Haram fighters surrender in Cameroon
Some Boko Haram fighters of Cameroon nationality numbering over 400 at the weekend surrendered themselves to local vigilante group in Mozogo town on Nigeria’s border in Northern Cameroon. Head of the vigilante group, Ousmane Kouila, who was in Maiduguri yesterday told reporters that they were out on a patrol in the border area when they…