Nigeria – army failed to act on intelligence on Boko attack on Monguno
Premium Times The Nigerian military received reliable intelligence report indicating that the Boko Haram sect would launch a massive attack on Monguno, yet troops were taken by surprise when the...
View ArticleNigeria – fight to recapture Monguno as thousands flee
Reuters (Reuters) – Nigerian troops were fighting on Monday with air support to recapture the northeastern town of Monguno from Boko Haram insurgents as more than 5,000 residents fled, government and...
View ArticleNigeria – AU may agree anti-Boko Haram force this week
Reuters (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) might grant a mandate as early as this week for a regional military force to combat Islamist Boko Haram militants, a vital step towards securing U.N. Security...
View ArticleNigeria-Boko Haram: 70 bodies found at Damasak
BBC Boko Haram crisis: At least 70 bodies found in Nigerian town Chadian and Niger troops liberated Damasak, which is near the border with Niger, on Saturday Continue reading the main story Boko Haram...
View ArticleNigerian federal court bans military deployment around polling stations
Reuters Nigeria court bars military from deploying around polling stations – lawyer Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:18pm GMT Print | Single Page [–] Text [+] 1 of 1Full Size By Oludare Mayowa and Julia Payne...
View ArticleNigeria – residents say hundreds kidnapped by Boko Haram in Damasak
Reuters Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds in northern Nigeria town: residents Wed Mar 25, 2015 By Joe Penney DAMASAK, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and...
View ArticleNigeria will restore military ties with USA, says Buhari
Punch I’ll restore military ties with US –Buhari print President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: dailypost.ng The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday...
View ArticleNigeria – special court acquits 57 soldiers sentenced to death
Daily Independent/allAfrica Daily Independent (Lagos) 16 APRIL 2015 Nigeria: Army Acquits 57 Soldiers Sentenced to Death in December Tagged: Arms and Armies Conflict Legal Affairs Nigeria West Africa...
View ArticleNigeria – army says it has freed more abductees
BBC The Nigerian army has released this photo of some of the captives Nigeria’s military says it has freed another sizeable group of people during its offensive against Boko Haram militants in the vast...
View ArticleNigeria – armybrrees more Boko Haram abductees
BBC Boko Haram: Nigerian army frees another 234 women and children From the section Africa NMore than 500 women and children have been rescued by the army in the past few days Boko Haram Is the tide...
View ArticleNigeria – army claims to have captured man behind Jos and Zaria attacks
Premium Times Nigerian troops arrest mastermind of Jos, Zaria bombings July 8, 2015 Sani Tukur The Nigerian military said its troops have arrested the mastermind of last Sunday’s bombing in Jos,...
View ArticleNigeria – mixed reaction to replacement of service chiefs
Punchames new service chiefs, NSA JULY 14, 2015 : OLALEKAN ADETAYO, FIDELIS SORIWEI AND FRIDAY OLOKOR IN a sweeping shakeup of the nation’s security sector, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday...
View ArticleNigeria’s new army chief says they will make Boko Haram beg for peace
Why do Nigeria’s politicians and army chiefs not learn from recent years and stop making bombastic statements that they will almost certainly fail to live up to? It just makes them look boastful and...
View ArticleOutgoing Nigerian defence chief said army ill-equipped and neglected
Shouldn’t he have known this and done something about it when he was defence chief. Another indication of the systematic looting of the huge “security vote”. What did Badeh do to earn his salary and...
View ArticleUS to lift Nigeria arms embargo
Punch | credits: http://www.heritage.org THERE were strong indications on Monday that the United States would soon lift the current arms embargo placed on Nigeria. The Head of a Delegation of the US...
View ArticleNigeria – Buhari gives Boko Haram three months to defeat Boko Haram
BBC The new military chiefs will be expected to work closely with Chad, Cameroon and Niger Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has given his new military chiefs a three-month deadline to defeat the...
View ArticleBoko Haram ambush Nigerian army chief’s convoy
BBC File photo of Gen Tukur Buratai, 23 August 2015 Gen Tukur Buratai and other military chiefs have a three-month deadline to defeat Boko Haram Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy...
View ArticleFrance to supplies arms for MJTF to fight Nigerian Boko Haram
Leadership BOKO HARAM: FRANCE PLEDGES MILITARY EQUIPMENT, INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR MJTF Boko Haram: France Pledges Military Equipment, Intelligence Support For MJTF By George Agba French President...
View ArticleNigeria – army says it will take Sambisa forest from Boko by December deadline
Vanguard November 12, 2015 / in News Maiduguri—Major-General Yushau Abubakar, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the military will capture Sambisa forest, den of the Boko Haram...
View ArticleNigeria – Boko strike at military in Adamawa and burn base
Premium Times Iro Dan Fulani Rampaging Boko Haram militants on Sunday night engaged Nigerian troops in a fierce battle in their new bid to take over Gulak, the administrative headquarters of Madagali...
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