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Sep

2022

Northeast: Army kills 36 terrorists, others in airstrikes, says DHQ

NewsArmy, Boko Haram, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The Defense Headquarters says Operation Hadin Kadin troops killed more than 36 terrorists and several others in airstrikes in the northeast in the past two weeks. Defense Media Operations Director Musa Danmadami, a Major General, said this at the fortnightly press briefing on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja.\ Danmadami said that two top commanders from Bolo Haram and Islam States of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists, identified as Abu Asiya and Abu Ubaida (A’Qaid) were among those eliminated during the period. He said that while Asiya was killed in Parisu, Ubaida was killed in Sheruri, all in the general…

Sep

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

17 Boko Haram terrorists, family members surrender to military

NewsArmy, Boko Haram, Crime, Freedom, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The Nigerian Army has revealed that seventeen Boko Haram terrorists, including their families have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion deployed to lBanki-Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army made the revelation on Tuesday via its verified Twitter handle. It twitted that the mass surrender of the terrorists and their families was due to renewed military onslaught by gallant troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North-East region. “Profiling of the surrendered terrorists is ongoing”, the Army twitted. According to reports, a chief executioner from Shekau’s faction, one Bashir Bulabuduwaye, recently surrendered to the…

May

2022

By OHAFIATV

Alleged killing of Army couple in Imo State: Probing questions for the military

Metro, News, PoliticsArmy, Boko Haram, Crime, Imo State, IPOB, Metro, Nigeria, Security

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, NNEWI THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday dismissed the alleged killing of an Army couple allegedly attending their wedding in Imo State, describing not clear, questionable and a smokescreen by the military to invade Imo State in order to kill innocent people. The pro-Biafra group said that it has conducted an investigation and has come to the conclusion that no Igbo family has lost any soldiers in recent time in any part of South East, wondering how the Army came about the alleged killing of the soldier couple. IPOB described the reported killing of the soldier…