Around 30,000 people fled into Cameroon at the weekend from the Nigerian city of Rann, fearing an attack by Boko Haram militants, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch told a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva that the exodus followed the departure of Cameroonian forces who had moved to secure the…
The Buhari administration has listed the re-equipping of the Nigeria military as one of its achievements as it seeks re-election even though stories have constantly emerged about soldiers complaining of inadequate hardware to prosecute the war against insurgency. Recently, Boko Haram terrorists, having entered an alliance with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), have…
At least 19 people have died as Biko Haram insurgents attacked Mailari village in Guzamala LGA, Borno State. Residents who spoke to ChannelsTV claimed that the militants had been spotted grouping around the village for some days before they eventually launched the attack. The state Commissioner of Police Damien Chukwu also confirmed the attack…
At least 15 soldiers and an official from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were killed in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram militants in Borno, security sources told Reuters on Thursday, weeks after 20 troops went missing in an attack. The ambush occurred late on Wednesday in the northern Damasak area of Borno, the…
Troops of 271 Tasks Force Battalion of Operation Lafiya Dole were ambushed on Thursday by Boko Haram terrorists leading to the death of five soldiers. Disclosing this in a press statement, Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Texas Chukwu said the incident occurred during clearance operations along Pridang – Bitta in Gwoza Local Government Area…