Tag: ISIS
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Nigeria@59: Trump writes Buhari, says Nigerians are talented, creative, hardworking
…offers to partner in fight against Boko Haram, ISIS The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has congratulated Nigeria on its 59th independence anniversary on October 1. He also welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s drive to diversify opportunities for talented, creative, and hardworking Nigerians to the benefit of both countries, Africa, and the world. In…
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ISIS defeated 100 per cent – Trump
The United States President, Mr Donald Trump on Saturday announced the total defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria territories. Trump, in a statement issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary, said ISIS had been defeated 100 per cent in its former controlled…
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ISIS will be eliminated tonight – US President, DonaldTrump declares
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will be eliminated from its last territory in Syria by Thursday. Trump, who spoke at the White House, announced that the last of the Islamic State’s territory in Syria was currently being liberated by US-backed forces and that the situation…
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Bad time for Boko Haram as ISWAP-ISIS move to expel group from network
There are strong indications that the terror group, Islamic States West African Province (ISWAP-ISIS) is planning to expel the Boko Haram group from its network at the expiration of a three-year ultimatum for it to establish a caliphate-like base in North East Nigeria. This was revealed in a survey carried out by the International Terror…
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Remarks by Trump, Buhari before bilateral meeting
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be with President Buhari of Nigeria. We have many things that we do together, as you know, probably — especially on terrorism and terrorism-related. We also have a very big trade deal that we’re working on for military equipment — helicopters and the like. We…
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U.S. places new sanctions on Boko Haram, leader
The United States government has imposed new sanctions on the terror group, Boko Haram, and its factional leader, Mus’ab al-Barnawi. The new sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department targets the Islamic State and its affiliate networks around the world. The U.S. department added Boko Haram, also known as ISIS-West Africa, to the sanction list for…
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Benue attackers not ISIS but Fulani herdsmen – Fani Kayode tells DSS
Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has reacted to a report by the Department of State Security, that Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network are currently operating within some north-central and south-south states in the country. In a security report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, the nation’s secret police claimed that Benue, Kogi…
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Islamic State terrorists behind killings in Benue, others – DSS
Security agencies, including the Department of State Service (DSS), have identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some areas in North Central and South South geopolitical zones as mastermind of recent killings in the country. According to them, the ISWA terror group use foreign terrorists and recruit young men to fight…
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‘ISIS on the run, we’re breaking them’ – Pentagon
The U.S. says it is crushing life out of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS’) terrorist group, as the terror organisation is on the run. U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis also said the destruction of ISIS’ physical caliphate would change the way the coalition was working to defeat ISIS. “As we sit here…
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Black Christmas: ISIS bomber strikes at Afghan spy centre, kills 6
A suicide bomber sent by Islamic State(ISIS) killed six civilians in an attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in Kabul Monday in the latest assault claimed by the group in the capital. The attacker struck as workers were arriving at the offices of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), a week after militants stormed…