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At least 20 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others remain missing after two separate attacks by Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction, military sources have told SaharaReporters. Sources said the fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province in trucks fitted with machine guns Read More …
The de-radicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of so-called repentant Boko Haram terrorists have emerged as one of the centerpieces of the Buhari regime’s governance, which is not surprising given that Buhari had said in the past that government-sanctioned retaliatory aggression against Boko Haram terrorists was an attack Read More …
Hamisu Wadume …No comment — Army By Kingsley Omonobi Following the inability of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the prosecutor to produce 10 soldiers, including Capt. Tijjanni Balarabe, to face trial in the killing of three policemen and two civilians Read More …
At least one person has been confirmed dead and many others injured after Nigerian soldiers attacked officials of the COVID-19 Committee in Borno State. The soldiers, disregarding ongoing interstate travel ban, forced their way through the entrance gate to Borno and allowed hundreds of illegal Read More …
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) thursday declared that there was no scheduled date to end the decade-old war against insurgency in the North-east. It also debunked claims contained in the report of the international human rights group, Amnesty International (AI). It maintained Read More …
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said that 603 former Boko Haram fighters will be reintegrated to their communities by June 2020, after undergoing Operation Safe Corridor’s de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration. The DHQ’s Defence Media Operations stated this at a press conference on Friday. It noted Read More …
Tunde Ajaja Fresh information has emerged on how Boko Haram insurgents ambushed and killed over 70 Nigerian soldiers of the Operation Lafiya Dole on Monday. The soldiers were killed in Gorigi near Allargano Forest general area of Borno State. Top military sources at the battlefield told Sunday PUNCH that Read More …
Just when Nigerians at home and abroad, as well as the international community, were expecting an improved welfare package for soldiers currently battling the Boko Haram terrorists and the families of the soldiers who have died, the Senate came with a shocker that sent Read More …
Some soldiers involved in the ongoing onslaught against Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State have sent a Save- Our- Soul (SOS) to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai over alleged embezzlement by one of their top officials. But Read More …
FG is setting our killers free’– soldiers kick as 1,400 Boko Haram suspects are released Some soldiers at the war front in the north-east have expressed disappointment over the release of 1,400 ”repentant” Boko Haram suspects. Babakura Jato, commissioner of information in Borno state, on Read More …