Tag: NIGERIAN ARMY
Boko Haram factional leader, Mamman Nur, ‘killed’ – Army
The Nigerian Army on Friday said one of the Boko Haram factional leaders, Mamman Nur, was fatally injured in a clearance operation by troops...
Soldiers kill 3 Boko Haram insurgents, recover 200 cattle
The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents and recovered 200 cattle in Borno.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director of...
Troops kill 20 insurgents, capture 17, rescue 100 civilians
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops had killed 20 Boko Haram insurgents in a clearance operation in the Lake Chad Basin.
Col. Timothy...
Stray bullet kills 5-year-old boy in Boko Haram attack
A five-year-old boy was on Saturday killed in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Magumeri town, headquarters of Magumeri Local Government Area of...
Army discovers human skulls, arms cache in militant camp
The Nigerian Army says it recovered cache of arms and seven decomposed human skulls after it raided a militant camp in Omoko, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local...
Army medical outreach: Aged woman regains sight
An aged woman, Margaret Okere, on Thursday regained her sight after undergoing examination in the on-going Nigerian Army medical outreach at Umuokwa Community, Igboh-Etche,...
Nigerian Army’s 8 Division formally takes off in Sokoto
The newly-established 8 Division of Nigerian Army, with headquarters in Sokoto, has formally taken off with the posting of Brigadier-General SO Olabanji as the...
Release Nnamdi Kanu’s corpse if you’ve killed him, family tells army
The family of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the army to produce the corpse of the...
Tension as Nigerian Army raids UN base
The Nigerian Army conducted a dawn raid on the UN's main base in the country's conflict-torn northeast on Friday, the UN said, further inflaming...
Boko Haram uses more powerful arms than Nigerian Army – Alele...
Nigeria’s first female vice-chancellor, Professor Grace Alele-Williams, has knocked the Nigerian Army for being unserious in the search for the Chibok girls still in...