By Joe Onwukeme | Enugu, Nigeria | Feb. 21, 2015 – In a statement at a conference issued by the Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Marshal Alex Badeh on 8th October, 2014, described “Fifth Columnists” as moles in Nigerian Armed Forces responsible for the conflicting stories that emanates from the military to the media […]
NEMA reacts, sets up panel Call it a case of double tragedy, you will not be wrong. If disturbing reports from the camps of internally displaced persons located in parts of Northern Nigeria are anything to go by, then there is every reason to believe that these unfortunate Nigerians are in for more troubling times. […]
By Kingsley Omonobi,Deputy Bureau Chief, Abuja IN the last seven days, the Nigerian military has been recording series of victories against Boko Haram insurgents, recapturing towns after towns from the terrorists in the Northeastern part of the country. The military has also stormed the dreaded Sambisa Forest base of the insurgents with ease attacking and […]
By Emma Nnadozie W hile the battle to route Boko Haram insurgents within six weeks as promised by the Federal government rages, an army officer, nursing the wounds and deep feelings over the whole incident, spoke exhaustively to Saturday Vanguard about his battle field experiences at Gombe and Yobe axis and why he deserted the […]
A “ghost town” of burnt-out homes and looted properties greeted residents returning to Gamboru in northeast Nigeria for the first time since Chadian forces retook it from Boko Haram. Scores of people crossed the 300-metre (yard) bridge that forms the border with Cameroon under military escort on Friday to survey the ravaged town. Boko Haram […]
Cameroonian soldiers carrying a colleague wounded by Boko Haram fighters … on Wednesday The members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked Gaya village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the early hours of Thursday. Investigations revealed that the rampaging insurgents killed 30 indigenes of the community said to be located near […]
February 16, 2015 by Fidelis Soriwei Troops of the Nigerian Army have completely secured Monguno, Marte and other communities in the North of Borno State from Boko Haram occupation. The members of the Boko Haram Sect had launched a massive attack on Monguno from different directions and captured the town on January 25, 2015. The […]
A scene of Boko Haram attack. | credits: www.bbc.com The main market in Biu, the largest town in the southern part of troubled Borno State, was attacked on Thursday with a bomb detonated by a female member of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. The blast led to the death of five persons, including the female […]
By Julia Payne ABUJA (Reuters) – It is a “disgrace” for Nigeria that its neighbors have been more successful in battle against its Boko Haram insurgency than its own army, opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari said in an interview a week before the election. Troops from neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon, all much smaller and […]
Troops from Chad and Niger are currently repelling a Boko Haram attack on Bosso, a town in Niger. At least five Nigerian soldiers reportedly got injured in the operation. Unlike Nigeria and Cameroon that have recorded several attacks from the sect, this is the first time that the militants would operate on the soil of […]
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