Ekiti Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has commiserated with families of the victims of yesterday’s “accidental” air strike by men of the Nigerian Air Force of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ in the Rann Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Borno State. The governor, who said it was strange that the military could “mistakenly” bomb an IDP camp... Read More

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August 31, 2016

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Islamic State spokesman killed in Syria

A frontline leader and the main spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) armed group, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, has been killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, according to an ISIL-linked website. According to Amaq, the ISIL-affiliated media outlet, Adnani was killed on Tuesday while monitoring military operations in Aleppo. Adnani has... Read More

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August 23, 2016

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Boko Haram leader, Shekau ‘fatally wounded’ in air strike – Army

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it has killed some leaders of Boko Haram terrorists group and also wounded its leader, ‘Abubakar Shekau’ during an airstrike. In a statement signed by Army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, it was confirmed that the airstrike took place on Friday, August 19th while the terrorists were performing Friday rituals at... Read More

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August 20, 2016

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Remember the Syrian 5-year-old, Omran Daqneesh? His brother has died

Omran Daqneesh, whose pictures went viral on the internet, covered with gray of dusts and smears of blood after he was rescued from a building collapsed by airstrikes has lost his brother, Ali Daqneesh. According to Yousef Saddiq, the director at Aleppo Media Center, Ali Daqneesh, 10, died today from injuries sustained from the airstrikes. Omran’s... Read More

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August 20, 2016

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Meet Omran Daqneesh, the 5-year-old boy who became a symbol of Syria’s misery

The photos and video of a 5-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh has gone viral on the internet after he survived an aerial attack in the capital city of Aleppo this week. Omran was one of the children being treated after a building collapsed in Aleppo due to airstrikes on the city. But he was different,... Read More

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July 8, 2016

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Nigerian Army airstrike clear Boko Haram terrorists (WATCH)

The Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole recorded another successful raid in its air campaign against Boko Haram Terrorists as 2 fighter aircraft struck a Boko Haram location in Northern Borno. The location lies between Tumbum Rego and Malkonory about 25km from Kangarwa. The army released a video footage of the successful operation. The location,... Read More

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June 18, 2015

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Chad fights back, carries out airstrikes on Boko Haram

Chad is not going to sit down and let insurgency take over their country. The military said it had carried out airstrikes on Boko Haram positions in neighboring Nigeria to avenge the twin suicide bombings in Chad’s capital that were blamed on the Boko Haram. Vanguard reports that while referring to the acts perpetrated by... Read More

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