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Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Four communities were laid to waste in attacks and looting spree by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in troubled Borno State on Boxing Day. The four communities: Tashan Alade, Shafa, Azare, Sabon-Kasuwa and Debro, all in Southern Borno were invaded on Saturday by the insurgents. The insurgents spent several hours perpetrating their dastardly act in the four communities, attacking schools, shops and places of worship, and setting them ablaze. Three persons were discovered to have been killed in Shafa, two of which were local hunters and a civilian. Thousands of bag...

•Describes new equipment as ‘game changer’ •Junaid Mohammed: President has failed, Nigerians made mistake electing him •Bandits kill PDP chief, kidnap 3 daughters in Niger Bayo Akinloye in Lagos Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Laleye Dipo in Minna Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Christmas day, said the Nigerian Air Force could no longer afford to be taken unawares in the fight against insurgency. Abubakar said President Muhammadu Buhari had provided the Air Force all required to take on the enemies, including the requisite manpower and sophisticated aircraft, ...

Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday expressed disappointment over the inability of the military and security agencies to secure 20 kilometres from the state capital on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway despite heavy investment made in the ongoing war against Boko Haram. Zulum spoke against the background of last Friday’s abduction of about 35 commuters at Jakana village, about 20 kilometres from Maiduguri, by Boko Haram insurgents who laid an ambush on the Maiduguri-Damururu highway. The governor, during a visi...

•Tinubu lauds Buhari, Masari over ‘prompt rescue’ •Nigeria must not allow outlaws hold her to ransom, says Atiku •Boko Haram abducts 35 commuters on Borno highway Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, said it would make sure the kind of lapses that led to the recent abduction of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State did not repeat itself. APC urged the security agencies in the country to note the lessons of the Kankara ex...

Thirty-five commuters have been abducted on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, a senior security source has revealed. He said the commuters were traveling at about 6pm on Friday before they were accosted by insurgents dressed in military camouflage. According to the source, the commuters were few kilometres away from Maiduguri and were rushing to meet the 6pm window allowed for vehicles to get into troubled Maiduguri. Vehicles are always not allowed passage into Maiduguri as the highway leading into the town from Damaturu, which has a gate at Njimtilo, few kilometres into the town is locked at 6pm. ...