Troops Killed 21 Armed Herdsmen In Benue
The Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, on Monday, said troops had killed 21 herdsmen between Benue and Nasarawa states in the last few weeks. Ayeni also confirmed the death of a soldier and two others injured last Saturday along Gbamjimba-Akor-Tomata in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The force […]
Troops Kill 4 Boko Haram Insurgents, Neutralise 4 Suicide Bombers
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed four Boko Haram insurgents at Malumti village on the fringes of Sambisa forest. Brigadier Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, who disclosed in a statement in Maiduguri, said the troops killed the insurgents in an ambush while trying to escape ongoing […]
Army Kills 5 Terrorists In Sambisa
The Nigerian Army has said its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, conducting Operation Deep Punch ll to clear Boko Haram terrorists from the Sambisa forest and Lake Chad Islands, have killed five insurgents. The Army equally said that the troops successfully cleared and dismantled insurgents’ camps within the remaining parts of the Sambisa forest, even […]
Troops Rescue Another Chibok Girl In Pulka
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka thursday rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014. A statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said preliminary investigations revealed that the young girl identified as Salomi Pagu, is the same as the […]
Troops Kill Scores, Destroy Boko Haram Bomb Factory
Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east Monday killed scores of the terrorists and destroyed a bomb factory owned by the sect. Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, explained that troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, sprang an ambush on the suspected Boko Haram terrorists […]
South Sudan: Troops Accused of Mass Rape
Officials in South Sudan say army troops entered a village near the capital, Juba, on Sunday and raped at least a half-dozen women and girls, some of them at gunpoint. The alleged rapes occurred less than two weeks after South Sudanese President Salva Kiir issued a warning that soldiers who commit acts of rape and […]
Africa Bloc Vows To Send Troops If Jammeh Stays
West African leaders will send troops into The Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next month, the president of the Economic Community of West African States said on Friday. Marcel de Souza told reporters the regional bloc has chosen Senegal to lead any military intervention if President Yahya Jammeh […]
Troops Bombard Militants Camp In Delta
SOME militants were reportedly killed when troops of the Operation Delta Safe bombed a militant camp at Okosugbene Creek, along Burutu-Warri River, near Burutu, Delta State, with two fighter jets and about seven gunboats for nearly an hour yesterday. Reports from the area said that soldiers, who struck at about 6a.m. caught the militants unawares. […]
Troops Rescue 85 Women, Children In Lake Chad
Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, led by the General Officer Commanding of the Division, conducted a decisive clearance operation into the remnants of Boko Haram strategic hub town of Chukungudu on the southern fringes of the Lake Chad Region, northern parts of Borno State over the weekend. During the clearance, they […]
Troops Rescue 11, 595 Hostages From Boko Haram Den
THE Nigerian Army said yesterday that no fewer than 11, 595 civilians held at various enclaves by Boko Haram had been rescued. This came as troops intensified efforts to clear and mop up all insurgent activities in the North East. The army said the rescue operations were carried out within the past six weeks, noting […]
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