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Advertisement The insurgents were said to have attempted to infiltrate the area on Tuesday, when the soldiers engaged them in a gunfight. Mohammed Yerima, army spokesperson, in a statement on Wednesday, said the insurgents mounted five gun trucks, while some of them were on motorcycles as they tried to enter Dikwa through Gajibo axis. “They were met with superior firepower by troops in conjunction with air bombardment by Air Task Force,” he said. Advertisement “The marauding terrorists we...

The incessant slaughtering, murdering and killings across Nigeria and the inability of the Federal Government to put an end to it are an indication of a

Blessing Tunoh     The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army in crushing Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast. Briefing journalists in Borno State on Thursday, the Army chief said his mission to the 7 Division, Maimalari Cantonment/ Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri was to visit the injured soldiers. While noting that the troops remain committed to tackling other security challenges such as banditry and kidnapping among ...

•In search of solutions, Buhari meets Blinken virtually Kingsley Nwezeh, Michael Olugbode in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna, George Okoh in Makurdi, Laleye Dipo in Minna, and David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka In a show of share callousness, Bandits, who abducted 23 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna in Kaduna State, yesterday killed two more of the scholars, bringing to five the total number murdered in cold blood. The killing occurred as news of a virtual meeting of the United States Secretar...

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, April 26, 2021 The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in display of resilience, commitment and doggedness eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists, who attacked its base at Mainok in Borno on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said that the troops had on Sunday, came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists mounted on unconfir...

Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations The Nigerian Army, on Monday, gave an update on the battle between troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Mainok, Borno State and Boko Haram/ISWAP members. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations, said the insurgents carried out under multi-directional attacks. “Regrettably, one gallant officer and six soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice while 5 other soldiers sustained various degrees of injuri...

Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations The Nigerian Army, on Monday, gave an update on the battle between troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Mainok, Borno State and Boko Haram/ISWAP members. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations, said the insurgents carried out under multi-directional attacks. “Regrettably, one gallant officer and six soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice while 5 other soldiers sustained various degrees of injuri...

Nigerian Army How Boko Haram attacked our Mainok camp – Nigerian Army The army said many Boko Haram fighters were killed while the army lost one officer and six soldiers. The Nigerian Army has confirmed an ambush on one of its bases at Mainok, Borno State. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mohammed Yerima, on Monday evening, the army described the attack as a multi-directional attack which claimed one officer and six soldiers. There were Mainok is about 60 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations, said the insurgents carried out under multi-directional attacks. “Regrettably, one gallant officer and six soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice while 5 other soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries”, his statement read. The spokesman noted that the fighters stormed the battleground on an unconfirmed number of gun trucks and foot soldiers. Their intent was to establish a phantom caliphate i...

Advertisement TheCable had reported how a commander of one of the battalions and other soldiers were killed in the attack. Mohammed Yerima, army’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said troops engaged the insurgents in a fight that lasted hours, and with the support from the Nigerian Air Force many of the insurgents were killed. “On Sunday 25 April 2021, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Mainok, Borno State, came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists...