boko haram

January 21, 2017

Troops arrest foreign Boko Haram terrorist, kill 15

Nigerian troops have arrested a Boko Haram terrorist suspected to be a foreigner in Rann, Borno. The yet to be identified suspect was part of a group of terrorists that staged an attack on Rann, the location of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp, that was accidentally hit by Nigerian Air Force jet on Tuesday. The Chief... Read More

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January 21, 2017

N2.7 billion fighter jet fuel, 20000 deaths in Kaduna | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N250 million – The Oyo and Osun state governments each paid this amount to LAUTECH to enable staff get back to work after the prolonged strike. 1.3 billion – On Wednesday, NNPC assured that it has litres of PMS worth this number in its reserve so Nigerians should not panic buy. 20,000 – Kaduna state governor,... Read More

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January 18, 2017

Could this be the reason why Boko Haram continues to hold on to the Chibok girls?

On Monday, something extremely dreadful happened. A 7-year-old was strapped with explosive device(s) and sent to a worship centre within the University of Maiduguri, in the recovering city of Borno. The attack that happened as a result of this left four people dead in its wake and at least 15 others have been confirmed injured.... Read More

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January 18, 2017

YNaija Says: The government must go beyond taking responsibility for IDP camp bombing

When the news that the Nigerian Airforce had mistaken a camp for internally displaced persons in Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State for a terrorist camp and bombed it, the shock was palpable all over Nigeria and beyond. It is sad that the IDPs who are already suffering from a lack of... Read More

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January 18, 2017

Why was there an airstrike if B’Haram has been defeated? – Fayose

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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January 18, 2017

Ayo Sogunro: Look Nigerians, can we please shut up the rationalising?

by Ayo Sogunro I received with regret news that the Air Force,working to mop up BH insurgents, accidentally bombed a civilian community in Rann,Borno State — Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 17, 2017 I may have lost my sanity at some point this week. This is one explanation for why I think the “accidental” bombing of... Read More

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January 18, 2017

FG still negotiating release of remaining Chibok girls – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said the Federal Government is still negotiating with Boko Haram for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls. Mohammed said this during a briefing following an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operation to the Sambisa forest alongside the BBOG group and select journalists. “Negotiations for... Read More

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January 17, 2017

Buhari reacts to military jet strike on civilian community

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with those who lost their lives on Tuesday when the Air Force accidentally dropped a bomb on Rann, a civilian community in Borno. In his reaction via his Twitter account, President Buhari said the Federal Government will support the Borno government in handling the situation. He said, “I received with... Read More

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January 17, 2017

Nigerian Army promises N500000 cash for information on suicide bombers

The Nigerian Army says it will give a cash reward of N500,000 to anyone with useful information on suicide bombers. The Army stated this on Tuesday via its official Twitter account, @HQNigerianArmy. It said, “Nigerian Army to give N500,000 cash reward for information on suicide bombers.” Nigerian Army to give N500 000 cash reward for... Read More

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January 17, 2017

BREAKING: Several dead as military jet mistakenly drops bomb on civilian settlement in Rann

Several people are reportedly feared dead after a military jet mistakenly dropped a bomb at the Rann in Borno. Hundred people were injured, including officials of the Doctors without Borders, MSF. Military spokesperson, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar who confirmed the incident said the action was regrettable. He said that troops were informed of the movement of... Read More

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January 17, 2017

I can’t join the FG in lying to Nigerians – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose says the Federal Government was in the habit of lying to Nigerians. Fayose, who stated this on Monday in Ado-ekiti, the state capital while fielding questions from reporters the government had been economical with the truth on varying issues. He cited the war against Boko Haram, the crisis in Southern Kaduna... Read More

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January 17, 2017

We spent N2.7bn on fuel in 2016 fighting Boko Haram – NAF

The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said it spent N2,738,062.245bn on fuel fighting terrorist group, Boko Haram in 2016. Commanding Officer, Air Companies, Air Cmdr Charles Ohwo, stated this while briefing journalists on the activities of the Operation Lafiya Dole in Yola on Monday. Ohwo said the Air Force also spent 6,773 hours in the... Read More

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January 17, 2017

Why I attacked UNIMAID mosque – Shekau

Leader of terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has taken responsibility for the bomb blasts at the University of Maiduguri early Monday morning. Shekau who spoke in Hausa in an audio message uploaded on YouTube said the institution’s mosque was ‘ungodly’, hence the reason for its attack. He also said the Nigerian Army did not... Read More

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January 17, 2017

Air Force attacks new Boko Haram hideout

The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said its fighter jets attacked an hideout of terrorist group, Boko Haram one mile south of Tumbum Rego in northern Borno. Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa in a statement said its jets and helicopter gunship assaulted the area in a coordinated day and night operation. Famuyiwa said... Read More

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January 17, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: BBOG, FG delegation search for Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest | Air Force strikes new Boko Haram hideout | More stories

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. BBOG, FG delegation search for Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest – YNaija No terrorist group shouts the name of Jesus before attacking, CAN tells Soyinka – YNaija Lagos residents discovered a bundle of trash, not bomb – YNaija Gambia’s chief judge pulls out of Jammeh’s inauguration challenge... Read More

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January 17, 2017

Sambisa is 18 times the size of Lagos | A Roundup of everything we learnt from the BBOG’s day tour of Sambisa

On the 11th of January, 2017, the Federal Government did something it had never done before. A letter was written to the conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls group inviting them to join the Chief of Air Staff and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Ministers of Defence and Information, Mansur Dan Ali... Read More

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January 16, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Martin Luther King, Boko Haram, President Buhari, and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. They range from the awesome and brilliant to the OMG, he didn’t. We have made it our job to take down the names of... Read More

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January 16, 2017

We have your receipts: But the Nigerian Army told us they had sent Boko Haram out of Sambisa

No doubt, it was suspicious from the get go to think that the Nigerian Army and its allied forces that make up Operation Lafiya Dole had truly completed a sweep of Operation Lafiya Dole. It truly was . Especially considering the fact that the information was being dished to us by the same people who claimed to... Read More

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January 16, 2017

Boko Haram: We will not close UNIMAID – VC

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Prof. Abubakar Njodi, says in spite of Monday’s bomb blast, the university will not be closed Njodi stated this on Monday in Maiduguri, when Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army paid him a sympathy visit. “I can convince... Read More

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January 16, 2017

Saraki condemns UNIMAID bombing

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday condemned the bombing of a mosque inside the University of Maiduguri during which a Professor of Veterinary Medicine was reportedly among the casualties. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicly, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, decried the loss of valuable human lives and... Read More

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January 16, 2017

7-year-old suicide bomber attacked UNIMAID mosque

Information gathered from the early Monday bomb explosion at the University of Maiduguri mosque has revealed that the attack was carried out by a 7-year-old suicide bomber. The attack reportedly led to the death of a Professor of Vetenary Medicine, Aliyu Mani and four others. It was also learnt that another 15 persons were injured.... Read More

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January 16, 2017

BREAKING: Bomb explosion at the University of Maiduguri mosque

Several persons have been killed in an explosion in a mosque at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, SaharaReporters reports. It was learnt that the explosion occurred early Monday at 6:30am while students and staff were observing prayers. Security forces have been deployed to the scene but there has been no confirmation on the number... Read More

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January 16, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Army releases 257 suspected Boko Haram members | ECOWAS army chiefs meet over The Gambia | More stories

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Niger Delta youth release demands ahead of Osinbajo’s visit – YNaija Army releases 257 suspected Boko Haram members – YNaija Nigerians cannot cope with another oil price increase – NLC – YNaija FG to commence N458bn Lagos-Ibadan rail project in February – YNaija Seven power plants down, 1,899MW lost... Read More

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January 16, 2017

Army releases 257 suspected Boko Haram members

The Nigerian Army on Sunday released 257 suspected Boko Haram members who have been in detention to the Borno State Government. They were released at the celebration of the Armed Forces Remembrance day. The detainees were handed over to the Deputy governor of Borno State, Usman Durkwa by the head of the military’s counter-insurgency operation... Read More

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January 15, 2017

Why Shekau wasn’t captured – Buratai

Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai has given reasons behind the Army’s failure to capture Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau despite the recent military onslaught on the dreaded Sambisa forest. Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, Buratai said Shekau and other leaders of the sect fled the forest as they could not withstand... Read More

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January 15, 2017

The Thread: To all our fallen heroes, your service will never be forgotten

In November 2016, the state burial of Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abu Ali and six other military men (Seargent Mu’azu Ibrahim, Seargents Muazu Ibrahim, Bassey Okon, Hussani Jafaru, Cpl. Chukwu Simon, Private Salisu Lawal and Seaman Patrick Paul), who died at the hands of Boko Haram terrorists the Friday before, took place. As we mark... Read More

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January 15, 2017

B’Haram attack military base, kill 3 soldiers

An attack on a military base by Boko Haram insurgents has left three soldiers died. The insurgents attacked the Nigerian Army troops of the 119 Battalion and 133 Special Forces Battalion in the Operation Lafiya Dole on Saturday in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. According to The Punch troops also shot dead 10 Boko Haram... Read More

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January 15, 2017

Troops kill 13 terrorists, rescue 58 persons

In furtherance of its clearance operations in the North East, troops have intensified raids, patrols and cordon operations. In a statement by Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, in the last two days troops have arrested a store keeper of the Boko Haram, rescuing 58 persons in the process. The statement reads in part, “Troops of 112... Read More

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January 14, 2017

#ChibokGirls: FG invites BBOG group to witness first-hand rescue efforts

The Federal Government has invited the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group (BBOG) to witness efforts being made to release the remaining Chibok girls abducted by terrorist group, Boko Haram. In a letter by the Ministry of Information and Culture dated January 11 to the co-convener of the group, Oby Ezekwesili, the Federal Government invited... Read More

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January 13, 2017

UPDATE: Madagali suicide bomber strapped baby to her back

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that one of the three female suicide bombers that died during Friday’s bomb blast in Madagali, Adamawa, strapped a baby on her back. The attack left at least nine people dead, as all the three suicide bombers died during the attack. “This morning the suicide bombers blew... Read More

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