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The former ruling party, however, said that the president should go to Plateau to condole with the family of the victims of killings, adding that he should find a lasting solution to the incessant killings in the country.
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 301 Artillery Regiment have arrested 2 suspected Boko Haram fuel suppliers. The suspects are currently undergoing interrogation and will be handed over to the appropriate authority for prosecution.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, June 21, again insisted that his government has successfully degraded the terrorist group, Boko Haram, and that the latter is no longer holding any part of the country as its territory.
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had arrested two Islamic State in West Africa commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja. An operative of the service, Tony Opuiyo, in a statement issued on Thursday, June 21.
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents allegedly struck at a market inside 33 Army Artillery barracks on the outskirts of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Wednesday night, June 20. The incident allegedly occurred around 9.30 pm.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the Saturday, June 16, night attacks in Damboa, Borno state by men suspected Boko Haram insurgents targeting People celebrating the Eid el-Fitr.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has rejected alleged plan by the federal government to recruit former members of the Boko Haram terrorists group into the Nigerian Army and the police. They said the plan is condemnable.
The attack comes barely three days after suicide bombers attacked Damboa council area with Rocket Propelled Launchers and Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs which had claimed over 40 lives with 75 injured in the incident.
The attackers were said to have launched their attacks only few hours after the chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai, appealed to some of the internally displaced persons in the state to return to their communities.
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