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A 23-year-old suspected Boko Haram fighter, identified as Ali Saidiq, has surrendered to troops in Borno State with an AK-47 rifle and 26 rounds of ammunition, as sustained military pressure continues to weaken terrorist networks in the Lake Chad region. Saidiq, a native of Garere in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, surrendered at…
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The Nigerian Air Force has carried out successful air raid operations against terrorist enclaves in Talala and Ajigin, located in the Timbuktu Triangle of Borno State. In the operation, scores of fighters were neutralized and key logistics infrastructure destroyed. This information was contained in a post by a counter-insurgency and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, on…
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Two days after the killing of 20 fishermen in the Gadan Gari fishing community of Bama Local Government Area, Borno State, on Wednesday, another attack by armed terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram/ISWAP, has reportedly claimed the lives of a military commander, two senior officers, and 17 soldiers at a military base in Malam-Fatori, the…
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The Borno Police Command said it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross area in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who disclosed this on Saturday while providing a situation report in Maiduguri, said the projectiles were discovered on Friday. Lawal said personnel of the…
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The police on Thursday imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state in response to the suicide attack in Kawuri Village in Konduga Local Government Area that killed 16 people and injured 20 others. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Daso. The statement read, “In view…
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The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police station at the resettled community from the…
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