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We Will Not Rest Till Book Haram Is Annihilated - COAS

We Will Not Rest Till Boko Haram Is Annihilated – COAS

April 30, 2021 4:25 am

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has declared that the military will never rest until Boko Haram is completely annihilated from the shores of Nigeria.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday during his visit to Maiduguri, his fifth visit since his appointment four months ago, Attahiru stated that the terror group has been defeated in many battles in the past and since they seem not to be interested in surrendering, the Army will work for their annihilation.

He said: ‘We will take on Boko Haram decisively, and we are committed to the focus of the operations …

Boko Haram Terrorists Now Closer To Abuja - Niger Gov

Boko Haram Terrorists Now Closer To Abuja – Niger Gov

April 27, 2021 1:57 am

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has raised the alarm that Boko Haram fighters are closer to the nation’s capital.

Speaking when he visited an Internally Displaced Persons Camp on Monday, the governor said the terrorists took control of a part of the state after the Federal Government failed in the bid to effectively secure the state.

He lamented that he has actually reached out to the Federal Government on numerous occasions but nothing fruitful came out of the process.

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Bello warned that the Boko Haram terrorists are trying …

We Have Not Forgotten Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu – FG

We Have Not Forgotten Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu – FG

April 15, 2021 1:00 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday stated that Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu and others in captivity of Boko Haram insurgents have not forgotten by the Federal Government.

It gave out assurances that plans were in motion to rescue them from their captors even as it makes more efforts to prevent further kidnap of students from schools across the country.

Recall that yesterday (Wednesday) was the 7th anniversary of the day about 276 girls were abducted from Chibok Secondary School in Chibok, a community in Borno State.

Baack then, some of the girls were said to have escaped and others …

You Have Lost Touch With Reality - OPC Attacks Dambazau

You Have Lost Touch With Reality – OPC Attacks Dambazau

April 11, 2021 5:47 pm

Following a statement by a former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), where he compared the O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) as well as the Independent People Of Biafra (IPOB) with the terrorist group, Boko Haram the Yoruba Group has replied him saying he has lost touch with reality.

In a statement on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, the group berated Dambazau stating that the Ex-minister was notorious for making for unguarded utterances.

Dambazau, speaking on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of Army War College Nigeria Course 5/2021, said the proscribed …

Why We Killed 43 Farmers - Boko Haram’s Leader

Why We Killed 43 Farmers – Boko Haram’s Leader

December 2, 2020 3:36 am

Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram terrorist organisation has reacted to the killing of 43 farmers in Borno State.

In a video he released, masked Shekau claimed responsibility for the killing of at least 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari.

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The video obtained by HumAngle, showed Shekau saying that the farmers were killed for collaborating with the Nigerian army.

He claimed that some of the farmers arrested some Boko Haram members and handed them to the Nigerian military, warning them that those who collaborate with Nigeria army will meet the same …

700 Ex-military Officers Amputated, Dismissed Over Boko Haram

700 Ex-military Officers Amputated, Dismissed Over Boko Haram

November 14, 2020 2:41 pm

No fewer than 700 ex-military personnel had their limbs amputated and eventually dismissed from the service due to the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. This was as the United States and Nigeria have opened discussions on how to tackle the threat posed by the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and its affiliate terrorist organisations in West Africa.

National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), which disclosed the state of the 700 ex-military personnel yesterday during its 2021 budget defence at the National Assembly, said that it had integrated the affected exsecurity personnel. The commission pleaded for an upward …

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ISWAP Insurgents Take Hundreds Hostage Near Lake Chad

August 20, 2020 3:41 pm

Islamists from a Boko Haram splinter group have taken large numbers of people hostage in a northeastern Nigerian town. Many of the victims had just returned to the town after fleeing a bloody attack there two years ago.

Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadi group overran the northeastern Nigerian of Kukawa late on Tuesday, taking hundreds of hostages, locals and militia sources said on Wednesday.

Local militia head Babakura Kolo said many of those seized had just been resettled in the town by the government after spending nearly two years in displacement camps after fleeing an …

Why We Killed 43 Farmers - Boko Haram’s Leader

Blasphemy: Boko Haram’s Shekau Blasts Kano Death Sentencing

August 12, 2020 1:13 pm

The embattled leader of Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lid Da’awati Wal Jihad otherwise known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released 11 minutes audio in which he faulted the death sentencing of a man accused of blasphemy in Kano State.

Yahaya Sherif Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging in Kano State for insulting Prophet Muhammad in a song he shared on WhatsApp in March.

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“We heard about something sad happening in the state where people think they are Muslims, even though they are practicing disbelief,” Shekau stated.

“A singer opened …

Accept Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Or They Go Back - Garba Shehu

Accept Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Or They Go Back – Garba Shehu

August 6, 2020 12:53 pm

The Presidency on Wednesday asked Nigerians not to reject repentant Boko Haram fighters unless they want the terrorists to take up arms and resume terrorism from which they’ve repented.

The presidency also dismissed as untrue, the insinuation that the current administration had been absorbing repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the Nigerian military.

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Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that none of the 601 former Boko Haram members who voluntarily laid down their arms and had recently graduated from …

Nigerian Air Force Expects 12 Combat Aircraft For Boko Haram War

Nigerian Air Force Expects 12 Combat Aircraft For Boko Haram War

August 6, 2020 10:42 am

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it is expecting the delivery of 12 additional combat aircraft to be deployed in the fight against Boko Haram.

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, made this known Wednesday while on operational visit to the 407 Air Combat Training Group (407 ACTG) Kainji, Niger.

“We are expecting additional aircraft paid by the Federal Government,” he said.

Abubakar, after inspecting the projects, also said the Service is expecting the delivery of the Super Tucano aircraft.

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He said that …

Buhari Reacts To Boko Haram Attack On UN Helicopter

Buhari Reacts To Boko Haram Attack On UN Helicopter

July 6, 2020 3:40 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned what he called “the dastardly attack on UN aid helicopter in the Northeast on Saturday by the Boko Haram terrorists.”

A statement signed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu decried the July 2 violent attack in which at least two innocent civilians lost their lives, including a five-year-old child.

Buhari said the attack was yet another desperate rear guard action by the Islamic sect, who according to him, have been under intense pressure from the Nigerian military.

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“Let me reassure the international community and Nigerians

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Gun Duel In Borno: 20 Boko Haram Terrorists Terminated

Boko Haram: Local Hospitals Overwhelmed With Monguno Attack

June 14, 2020 9:25 am

Residents and NGO staff in Monguno local government area of Borno State, in the northeast Nigeria, on Sunday said the attack on the town by Boko Haram would have been deadlier than that of Faduma village in Gubio.

They said the situation was saved by the prompt action taken by the Nigerian military with the swift strike by a fighter helicopter.

According to the residents, the insurgents burnt down the UN humanitarian hub to the ground and were targeting other NGO infrastructure.

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They also said, the fighters

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