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  • 350 terrorists killed, 500 wounded by Nigerian military in one month- Centre

    350 terrorists killed, 500 wounded by Nigerian military in one month- Centre

    No fewer than 350 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have been killed and over 500 wounded by the Nigerian military in the last one month according to the Institute for Peace and Counter-Terrorism Studies (IPCTS).

    IPCTS made this damning revelation in a well-documented report after a thorough research into the military’s activities in the northeast.

    In the last one month, the Nigerian troops have earned plaudits in its final clearance operation and unsurprisingly, though, this comes since the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. T.Y Buratai relocated to the northeast.

    Led by the COAS himself, the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have continually carried out massive onslaught on the fleeing terrorists, which has left hundreds dead and factional leader Abubakar Shekau on the brink of submission.

    In the report signed by Executive Director, Dr. Samson Bello, the institute revealed that the introduction of additional counter-terrorism methods, as well as a boost in military hardware have given the troops an edge.

    However, it acknowledged that the Army Chief is the singular difference in the battlefield, coordinating the day-to-day operations and offensives against the terrorists.

    The institute also observed that the presence of the COAS has served as a source of motivation to the troops, with his orchestration of top-notch operational strategies neutralizing the threats posed by the Boko Haram/ISWAP group.

    With the troops on the cusp of victory, IPCTS, however, urged that the tempo is sustained as the jihadist might eventually surrender as the odds are well against them.

  • Nigerian soldiers kill 105 Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe

    Nigerian soldiers kill 105 Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe

    Nigerian soldiers have killed 105 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Yobe State.

    The operation was carried out by troops of Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE (OPLD) at Buni Gari area of Yobe.

    This was disclosed by the Commander, Sector 2 OPLD, Brig Gen. Lawrence Araba while briefing the Chief of Army Staff and his entourage on Sunday.

    Consequently, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, applauded the troops for their gallantry and resilience that led to the killing of the 105 terrorists at Buni Gari in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state on Saturday the 18th of April 2020.

    He gave the commendation when he visited the injured troops at the Field Ambulance Logistics Base 3 Damaturu and Special Forces’ School in Buni Yadi on Sunday.

    The visit was sequel to the successes recorded by the troops in neutralising 105 Boko Haram and ISWAP Criminals who attempted to infiltrate/attack Buni Gari Village in Yobe State on the 18th of April 2020.

    Buratai visited two officers that were wounded in action during the Buni Gari encounter and other soldiers already on admission at the medical facility in Damaturu before proceeding to the Special Forces’ School in Buni Yadi where he and his entourage were briefed on the incident by the Commander, Sector 2 OPLD, Brig Gen Lawrence Araba.

    Brig Gen Araba informed him that the recent success was as a result of intelligence report which revealed plan by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists to attack the village.

  • 40 Boko Haram terrorists die in prison

    Forty four of the 58 Boko Haram terrorists captured recently by Chadian forces have died in prison.

    Reports said the detainees took a lethal substance that produced ‘a heart rhythm disorder’.

    Youssouf Tom, the public prosecutor announced this to the N’Djamena High Court on Saturday, the Chadian news platform, alwihdainfo.com reported.

    All the detainees were arrested by the army during the offensive against Boko Haram in Lac region.

    They were brought to N’Djamena as part of the counter-terrorism investigation.

    “As of the 14th of this month, following the fighting against the Boko Haram sect in the Lake Chad region, 58 men were taken prisoner and brought to N’Djamena for judicial investigations,” said the prosecutor.

    “Thursday morning, a new drama was announced to us by the jailers that 44 of the prisoners died in their cells,” he added.

    “40 were buried, the other four bodies were turned over to a medical examiner who made an autopsy report.

    “The report reveals that there was a consumption of a lethal substance having produced a heart rhythm disorder in some, severe asphyxiation in others, ” said Youssouf Tom.

  • Terrorists will pay a heavy price for killing CAN chairman – Buhari

    Terrorists will pay a heavy price for killing CAN chairman – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa state.

    Andimi was abducted early January when the insurgents attacked Michika. The news of his death broke on Tuesday morning.

    In a statement by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president, quoted Buhari as describing the killing as “cruel, inhuman and deliberately provocative”.

    He said the president expressed sorrow that the insurgents killed the religious leader while giving signals that they were willing to release him to third parties.

    The president assured Nigerians that “terrorists will continue to pay a heavy price for their actions and would comprehensively be defeated by our determined armed forces”.

    “President Buhari consoles the Christian community all over Nigeria, the government and people of Adamawa state and the Bishop’s family over the sad loss of the man of God.

    “The president urged nations of the world to end all support provided to Boko Haram and Islam in West Africa, ISWA terrorist groups whose only goal is to sow death, violence, and destruction in the sub-region.”

  • 89 soldiers killed by terrorists, Buhari mourns

    Scores of Nigerien soldiers have been killed by a terrorist gang at a military base in Chinagodrar.

    The attack happened on 9 January near the border with Mali. Eighty nine soldiers were killed by the terror group, worse than another attack on a military outpost in December 2019, in which 71 soldiers were killed by the terror group.

    Military troops in Niger and Mali are fighting to suppress a jihadist insurgency, which has seen army outposts in both countries attacked by militants in recent months.

    In November, 13 French soldiers were killed in a crash involving two helicopters during an operation against jihadist fighters in Mali.

    President Muhammadu Buhari like he did last month on Sunday evening spoke to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the telephone to commiserate with him, the government and people of Niger Republic, over the attack.

    He expressed deep sympathy and condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of the victims.

    He condemned the heinous attack by the terrorists and assured his Nigerien counterpart that Nigeria will continue to work closely with his country and other international partners to overcome terrorism and violent extremism.

    The President reaffirmed that the perpetrators of such cowardly acts and their sponsors deserve no peace and comfort, stressing that Nigeria stands in solidarity with her allies to ensure that justice is served.

    In Niger, three days of national morning has been declared, during which Niger’s flag will also be flown at half-staff throughout the country.

    President Mahamadou Issoufou has also sent his “deepest condolences” to the victims’ families and wished those wounded in the attack a speedy recovery.

  • Troops kill three terrorists in night ambush

    The Army has stated that it neutralised terrorists and fatally wounded others following an ambush by troops of Special Special Response Area (SRA) in the Gwoza axis.

    Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists.

    According to a statement signed by Colonel Ado Isa Deputy Director Army Public Relations 7 Division, the troops acted on credible intelligence.

    The statement reads: “Following credible information from some patriotic Nigerians about terrorists movement along Banki Road Junction, Pulka in Gwoza general area, troops of Special Response Area (SRA) Pulka under the Nigerian Army Super Camp Gwoza, in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force conducted a successful night ambush on Thursday 3rd October 2019, which resulted in the neutralization of 3 terrorists, recovery of 2 AK 47 Rifles and 2 motor cycles.

    “Unconfirmed number of terrorists were reportedly wounded during the ambush. There is no casualty on the Nigerian Army or Civilian JTF. Items recovered by troops include 2 X AK 47 rifles and 2 X bicycles”.

    It added that, “similarly, at about 2250 hours on 3rd October 2019, in what seems like a repraisal attack to avenge the lost of their members in the ambush conducted by the troops, some marauders/criminals woefully attacked the Delta Company Location of the SRA at Pulka. Consequently, troops swiftly responded by effectively repelling the attack, one bandit lost his life and one Ak 47 rifle was recovered. No casualty was recorded by the Civilian JTF or the troops”.

  • Teachers sacked by terrorist in North-East back to classrooms – TRCN

    The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye Ajiboye has disclosed that some of the school teachers who were sacked by terrorists in the north-eastern part of the country are back to classroom.

    He said that the Council had commenced the process of bringing back to the classrooms, teachers who have deserted the northeast zone due to terrorism attacks.

    Speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, he said that the plan was to re-motivate and change the psyche of the traumatised teachers to return to school.

    According to him, some of the teachers lost their certificates to terrorism but have been restored by the intervention of the Council.

    The TRCN boss disclosed that bringing back the teachers would improve knowledge impartation on students in North-eastern part of the country.

    “Actually it is disheartening we are affected we can’t pretend. We have lost so many teachers to insecurity especially in the northeast. It created trauma. Pupils left the schools. They don’t want to come.

    “The teachers themselves left because of what has happened to their colleagues. What we are doing is to bring back our teachers especially in the northeast. A lot of interventions are going on to re-motivate the teachers and change their psyche.

    “So many of them left the teaching profession they don’t want to come back but now sanity is returning and our teachers are coming back. Some of them lost their certificates to insurgency”, he said.

    On the deadline to register as professional teacher, Ajiboye disclosed that full enforcement against unregistered and unlicensed teachers would begin in January 2020, adding that any teacher not registered by the Council by December 31, 2019 will not be allowed to practice anymore in Nigeria.

    He said letter of reminder was being written to Commissioners of Education and the Education Secretary in Federal Capital Territory on the need to ensure that practising teachers in their states get valid license before the deadline.

    “That deadline stands. In fact the Minister of Education has directed that TRCN should do a letter to Commissioners of Education and Education secretary in the FCT to remind them about the deadline. By December 2019 anyone not registered and licensed by TRCN may not allowed in our classrooms. by January 2020 enforcement will begin”, he declared.

  • Terrorists kill Pastor, 4 churchgoers

    Suspected terrorists have killed a pastor and four churchgoers in northern Burkina Faso, a state-owned radio station reported on Monday.

    The attack on a Protestant church occurred in the village of Silgadji in the northern province of Soum, said the broadcaster.

    The motive behind the attack remained unclear on Monday, but Burkina Faso regularly suffers attacks from radical groups.

    The attack took place days before German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is scheduled to visit Burkina Faso.

    Merkel will arrive on Wednesday for a state visit in the capital, Ouagadougou.

  • Boko Haram: 39 killed, 20 wounded as troops, terrorists clash

    Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force – MNJTF, killed 39 Boko Haram terrorists, captured many equipment from them, while 20 soldiers were wounded.

    The spokesman of the task force, Col. Timothy Antigha, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, NAN reports.

    Antigha said the terrorists were killed when they attacked troops position at Cross Kaura on Tuesday.

    “The wounded soldiers had been evacuated from the area of operation and now receiving adequate medical attention,” Antigha said.

    Meanwhile, Recall that MNJTF had few days ago denied any recent attack on its troops and killing of 18 soldiers in its area of responsibility.

    According to Antigha, the reported attack and killing were falsehood being orchestrated by the media arm of ISWAP in its desperate attempt to revamp its parlous and deplorable image.

    “It has been widely reported and it is now common knowledge that sustained offensive actions by MNJTF troops and national forces have resulted in over 200 ISWAP personnel casualties and defections as well as numerous equipment seizures and destruction.

    “The claim of killing 18 MNJTF personnel in an unnamed location is, therefore, very strange and completely untrue.

    “Consequently, the general public is advised to disregard the ISWAP falsehood in its entirety,” Antigha said.

  • Troops kill 41 suspected Boko Haram terrorists

    Forty suspected Boko Haram terrorists were at the weekend killed by the Multinational Joint Task Force Troops (MNJTF), the military announced on Sunday.

    The terrorists were neutralised in clearance operations by troops who destroyed six gun trucks and other equipment belonging to the insurgents.

    According to the Chief Military Information Officer of the Force, Col. Timothy Antigha, the feat was achieved following the launch of Operation Yancin Tafki last month.

    Col. Antigha explained in a statement that the troops of the MNJTF, comprising of air and land components, would continue to pursue and raid the hideouts of fleeing terrorists until they are wiped out.

    The Force spokesman said: “In continuation of Operation YANCIN TAFKI which was launched last month, troops of the MNJTF, comprising Air and Land Components from Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Nigeria have for the second time in about 10 days, dealt a devastating blow on Boko Haram Terrorists.

    “Last night, Boko Haram Terrorists operating on the Kamadougou River, between Niger and Nigeria, attacked troops location in Gueskerou, about 30 kilometers from Diffa in Niger Republic.

    “However, troops showed valour and gallantry by fiercely defending their location and killing 27 terrorists, destroying six gun trucks and capturing equipment, arms and ammunition.

    “A few terrorists who escaped the fire fight were observed running towards Gashigar in Nigerian territory and were being pursued as at the time of issuing this press release.

    “In a related development, between 3 and 6 pm today (Saturday), MNJTF troops also confronted Boko Haram Terrorists around Abadam, in the general area of Mallam Fatori.

    “A summary of human and equipment casualty suffered by Boko Haram during the engagement is stated below:

    13 Boko Haram Terrorists killed;

    20 AK 47 Rifles, five AA Gun, and another 12 AK 47 Rifles were seized from them.”

    He listed others as: 1000 by 7.62 MM ammunition and 500 by 12.7MM ammunition, adding that one Boko Haram Terrorist was captured alive.

    Col. Antigha also said five motor cycles were seized and another one destroyed by troops.

    According to him four gun trucks were destroyed, three gun trucks captured, three general purpose machine guns captured and three hand grenades were also captured from the terrorists.

    He said: “It would be recalled that about 10 days ago, MNJTF troops also struck Boko Haram Terrorists in Dorou in Niger Republic, neutralising many of them in the process.

    “The MNJTF is therefore determined to intensify subsidiary operations such as raids, ambushes and fighting patrols among others until the last strong hold of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin is neutralised.”