Boko Haram
The federal government has solicited the cooperation of Russia to eliminate the Boko Haram insurgents from Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin countries.
The police in Edo have confirmed the arrest of four suspected members of the Boko Haram sect saying they were nabbed in Auchi, a town in Etsako West local government area of the state.
Suspected gunmen reportedly attacked Numa village in Andaha community of Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa state and killed 16 Mada natives during a naming ceremony on Sunday, April 14.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Antonio Jose Canhandula, has advised the government on the best way to tackle insecurity.
Military and civilian militia sources in the local government area where the incident occured, blamed Boko Haram jihadists for planting the mine, underlying the persistent threat to civilians in the remote north-east region.
In a statement, Colenel Ado Isa, deputy director, Army public relations 7 Division, Sector 1 Operation Lafiya Dole, said the troops also destroyed and recovered high calibre ammunition and equipment from the insurgents.
Troops of Operation Sharan Daji (OPSD) conducting operations in Zamfara and Katsina states have killed 21 bandits and rescued 17 persons from captivity between January 22 and 29. Eleven civilians and one vigilante were killed.
Troops of Nigerian military on Saturday, January 19, were said to have destroyed a gun truck and one vehicle carrying Improvised Explosives Devices owned by the Boko Haram terrorist group in Baga, northern area of Borno state.
Major-General E.G Whyte made this known at the inaugural ceremony of Basic and Intermediate training on space technology and spacecraft engineering on Monday, January 14, at the Obasanjo Space Centre, FCT, Abuja.
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