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According to the Defence headquarters press statement this morning, Boko haram are now recruiting youths in the northern part of the country by giving them loan to bait membership. READ: Boko Haram Now Gives Loans To Youth As Bait For Membership It has come to the knowledge of the Defence...

The Nigerian Army said its troops are currently engaging in a battle with the Boko Haram terrorists around Kareto area, Borno state ... Details later

Nigerian troops fighting the extremist Boko Haram sect on Sunday announced that it had uncovered storage facility been used by the terrorist group to store food at Biggoro, Warpaya and Aura, North of Kumshe in Bama Local Government Area.. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Sani Usman...

The Borno Government on Monday said about one million private houses had been destroyed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the few years of their terror campaign in the state. Gov. Kashim Shettima disclosed this while receiving former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Maiduguri. “Tens of...

Three civilian vigilantes popularly known as the civilian JTF on their way to fight Boko Haram were killed and seven others injured when their vehicle hit a landmine. The vigilantes from Chul village in Borno state were moving on Monday evening to battle Boko Haram militants who had stormed...

In the last couple of weeks especially this week, the Nigerian army made tremendous achievements in the fight against terrorism in the country. Little wonder, Nigerians voted massively for the Nigerian gallant troops during the recent personality of the week conducted by Nigerian Bulletin...

The troops of 231 and 331 Battalion together with some elements of Armed Forces Special Forces of 3 Division, based on available information yesterday entered and cleared remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Doksa general area located in Biu Local Government Area. During the clearance...

Troops of 21 Brigade in Bama, under 7 Division area of operational responsibility, in a blocking position, have at the early hours of today, cleared escaping Boko Haram terrorists that came through Sabsawa axis of Sambisa forest. The troops also recovered a Toyota Hilux, 2 AK-47 rifles with...

About 76 members of Boko Haram begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense fighter told AP on Wednesday. Seventy-six people including children and women gave themselves up to soldiers last Saturday in Gwoza, about 100 kilometers (60 miles)...

The Nigerian army has yet again recorded another victory in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the various nooks and corners of the north east. Gallant troops of the Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) carried out successful clearance of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Gudumbali general...

The Nigerian army has released the names and photographs of another batch of most wanted boko haram suspects. The new list was released by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai during the induction of a combat motorbike battalion at the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade, Damboa...

The efforts by the army in clearing and mopping up the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists yielded many results as troops rescued 1890 persons held captives by the terrorists at various locations within the last two weeks. According to a statement by army spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman...

Nigerian military troops have a foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on an IDPs camp in Dikwa, Borno state, Daily Independent reports. Related: Nigerian Army Quashes Deadly Boko Haram Attack in Borno IDP See photos:

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, yesterday, arrested a 27-year-old man, Musa Inuwa, for allegedly punching a 60-year-old man to death. The Commandant of the corps in the state, Abdullahi Ibrahim, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri...

A Nigerian soldier, Cheer Agba was pictured teaching two children, Abubakar and Mustaphar Goni in Borno state... Photo credit: BBOG Nigeria

The former Governor of Borno State and PDP chieftain, Ali Modu Sheriff is reportedly set to return to the All Progressives Congress which he abandoned shortly before the 2015 General Elections. According to reports by the Whistle, the former Governor’s brother, Abu Modu Sheriff, had secured the...

At least 30 people have been killed in fresh Boko Haram raids on two villages in northeast Nigeria, vigilantes told AFP on Saturday. Gun and knife-toting assailants on bikes and in vans stormed the remote villages of Yakshari and Kachifa on Friday and Saturday, said Mustapha Karimbe, a local...

A teenage girl packed with explosives by Boko Haram ripped off her vest to avoid taking part in the attack on Borno Internally Displaced Persons camp (IDPs) in Dikwa, Borno State on Tuesday. Two others with her, however, walked into the middle of hundreds of people lining up for food before...

The Nigerian Army has issued a warned that it would shut down markets hampering the on-going anti-insurgency operations in the North-East. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the acting Director, Army Public Relations said some criminal elements were using certain markets to aid the Boko Haram...

Senator Baba Kaka Garbai, representing Borno Central, has said that the story that the insurgents have been degraded is nothing but a lie as the terror group still hold on strong to about 50 percent of troubled Borno State. Garba, during a condolence visit to Dalori village where 65 persons...