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Boko Haram NewsFG Secures Release of 23 Remaining Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack Victims

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 5, 2022

The 23 remaining passengers of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack of 28 March 2022 held captive by terrorists have regained their freedom. This was disclosed by Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Secretary, Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee, on Wednesday. It is to be recalled that armed bandits on 28 March ambushed the train heading for Kaduna from the nation’s capital city after bombing its rail track. In the train attack, at least eight passengers were killed,...

Boko Haram Education NewsOver 900 New Non-Formal Education Centers Open In North East

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2022

To fast-track, the delivery of education to children afflicted by the Boko Haram insurgency, over 900 new non-formal education centers have been opened in North Eastern Nigeria. The Founder/CEO of Education.org, Dr. Randa Grob-Zakhary who disclosed this to Daily Trust, noted that the intervention was necessitated by the humongous destruction of schools across the region. “To date, 1,200 schools have been destroyed and 1,700 have been forced to close. In the Advancing education in Northeast...

Boko Haram Crime & Punishment NewsTroops Apprehends Foreign Terrorist Logistics Supplier, Arms Dealer

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 10, 2022

By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) ABUJA —Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a terrorist informant in the Asokoro area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and a foreign terrorist logistics supplier and arms dealer Mallam Abatcha Bukar, and 13 other terrorists in Borno State. Maj-Gen. Musa Danmadami, Director of Defence Media Operations who disclosed this during the biweekly update on the Armed Forces of Nigeria operations between 25th August – 8th September 2022, added...

Boko Haram NewsBoko Haram Regroup To Set Bases In Hong, Maiha LGAs-Fintiri

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 1, 2022

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Wednesday raised the alarm that the Boko Haram terrorist group is regrouping to form a base for operations in Hong and Maiha local government areas of the state. Recall that Hong, Maiha, Mubi North, Mubi South, Gombi, Michika, and Madagali local governments of the state were controlled by Boko Haram for some months before they were liberated between late 2014 and early 2015. Fintiri asserted in the Government...

Boko HaramMama Boko Haram Jail Five Years Over N66m Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 14, 2022

Borno State High Court, on Friday, sentenced Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and her co-defendants to five years jail terms each. Justice Aisha Kumaliya of Borno State High Court found Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede, guilty of a three-count of conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N66m. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Maiduguri Zonal Command that the convicts on September 7, 2018, while...

Boko Haram Crime & Security NewsOver 70,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP Fighters Surrendered to Troops

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 30, 2022

By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) The Theatre Commander, Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa has announced that 70,593 Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters and their families have surrendered to Operation Hadin Kai troops. Theatre Commander, Major Gen. Christopher Musa, disclosed this while briefing Journalists on Friday in Maiduguri on recent successes recorded by the command under “Operation Desert Sanity” and “Operation Lake Sanity”. “The military has conducted several operations on land, maritime, and air, where over...

Boko Haram Crime & Security NewsJoint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai Neutralized 60 Terrorists, Present Three More Chibok Girls

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 30, 2022

The Joint Task Force Operation Hadin kai said that 14,609 out of the 70,593 insurgents who surrendered to troops are combatants. Theatre Commander, Major Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday disclosed this in Maiduguri to Journalists on recent successes recorded by the command under “Operation Desert Sanity” and “Operation Lake Sanity”. The Theatre Commander also presented three more Chibok girls, Ruth Bitrus, Kauna Luka, and Hannatu Musa, who have lately escaped the Sambisa forest. Ms. Bitrus said...

Boko Haram Crime & Security News314 Boko Haram/ ISWAP Surrendered To Troops In Bama

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 30, 2022

The Nigerian Army Headquarters on Wednesday night said no fewer than 314 fighters of the Boko Haram and the Islamic State’s West Africa Province, ISWAP, have surrendered to Nigerian troops in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The troops also rescued about 12 farmers who were abducted by the terrorists. The Army said in a post on its social media pages that the development followed the ongoing offensive against the terrorists in the North...

Boko Haram NewsTroops Kill 47 Terrorists, Including Top Commanders Of Boko Haram

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 16, 2022

Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in a joint operation with the troops of Operations Hadin Kai (OPHK) have engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a battle in a camp leading to the killing of 47 terrorists, including top commanders of a splinter group of Boko Haram were killed. The camp, which was renamed by the terrorists as Gazuwa or Markas and formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari, and Mallum Masari harboured more than 3,000...

Boko Haram Crime & Security NewsTroops Neutralized ISWAP Terrorists, Rescue Chibok Female Student

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 15, 2022

The ongoing offensive onslaught on the Islamic State’s West Africa Province in Borno State by troops of Operation Desert Sanity and the Civilian Joint Task Forces has yielded positive results as the troops neutralized some of the terrorists. The Nigerian Army on Wednesday tweeted that the troops on Tuesday recovered weapons and intercepted Mrs. Mary Ngoshe who is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014. The tweet read: “Ongoing...

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