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    Metro 30 Killed, 20 Injured in Fresh Boko Haram Attack on Borno Villages

    Brutal weekend attacks on three villages by Boko Haram Islamists in the restive Northeast of Nigeria have left 30 dead and 20 others wounded, a vigilante told AFP. “Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded (had suffered) machete cuts,” Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian helping...
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    Metro Boko Haram Ambushes Nigerian Soldiers in Borno

    Some soldiers conveying foodstuff to troops were ambushed around Bama-Ngurosoye in Borno state by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday, Sani Usman, army spokesman, has said. Usman explained that “a search and rescue team that was sent to ‘Bokos’ general area recovered corpses of a...
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    Metro Boko Haram Has Destroyed 512 Schools, Killed 350 Teachers in Borno - SUBEB

    Executive Chairman of Borno State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Shettima Bukarkullima, said yesterday that over 512 schools have been destroyed and 350 teachers killed by Boko Haram over the years. He said when the figure is translated to classrooms; the terrorist group has destroyed...
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    Metro FG Backtracks on December Deadline, Says Suicide Bombings May Continue [ThisDay]

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the ongoing military campaign against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east will ensure that all territories hitherto captured by the terrorists are liberated by December 2015, but noted that suicide bombings on soft...
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    Metro Nigeria: IDP Camps Recorded Over 410 Births, 187 Marriages

    The Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, Muhammad Sani Sidi has stated when members of Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG) paid him a courtesy call in his office tha over 410 births were recorded between August and September and 187 marriages were conducted at Internally...
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    Metro Trouble As Boko Haram Abduct More Girls in Borno

    At least seven persons were left dead in Bam village of Borno state when armed Boko Haram terrorists attacked in the early hours of Sunday and abducted unspecified, but large number of teenage girls, witnesses said. Bam village, located in Biu local government area of Borno state is about 170km...
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    Metro Boko Haram Controls Only One Local Government – Borno Speaker

    Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, has revealed that Islamic terrorists sect, Boko Haram, is in control of only one local government in the state. Lawan disclosed that the Nigerian Army has liberated 19 out of the 20 local government areas previously occupied by the...
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    Metro 105 Nigerian Missing Soldiers Return To Units - Army

    The Nigeria army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman in a statement late Thursday night said soldiers missing after a Boko Haram attacks in Gudumbali and Kareto in Borno State have rejoined their units, DailyTrust reports. Earlier on Thursday, media reports said some 105 soldiers went missing in...
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    Metro 105 Missing Soldiers: Nigerians React, Calls Out Buhari, APC to BringBackOurSoldiers

    After it was reported that 105 Soldiers were missing in Borno state after gun fire battle with the militant islamic sect, Boko Haram, Nigerians are calling on the government to act swiftly on the case of the missing soldiers. READ it here - 105 Nigerian Soldiers Missing After Gun Battle With...
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    Metro 105 Nigerian Soldiers Missing After Gun Battle With Boko Haram in Borno

    Premium Times reports that at least 105 soldiers of the 157 Battalion, including their commanding officer, are feared missing after they came under intense attack from Boko Haram insurgents at Gudunbali, Borno State, on Wednesday. According to one of our sources, the terrorists also captured a...
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    Metro DSS Apprehends Another Wanted Boko Haram Member

    The Defence Headquarters on Saturday announced the arrest of another wanted Boko Haram member, Danladi Abdullahi, in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State, who is suspected to be the terrorist number 26 on the list. The arrest was made by the Borno State Command of Department of State...
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    Metro My Administration Will End Boko Haram Soon – Buhari Assures IDPs

    President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration commitment to end Boko Haram insurgency in the Nigeria soon. He assured Nigerians displaced by insurgency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States that they would return to their homes soonest, saying his administration was doing everything...
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    Metro Family Of Boko Haram Kingpin Discloses Secrets To Troops – Army

    Family of a fleeing Boko Haram kingpin arrested during raid on terrorists camp in Borno State is currently giving information to army investigation team, officials said. According to an official of the investigating team of Nigeria Army said the family of a fleeing Boko Haram kingpin arrested...
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    Metro Escapees Narrate Ordeal Within Boko Haram Camp

    Boko Haram fighters that are still in Sambisa forest have been weakened and are therefore in distress with only one safe route left for them to escape from the military onslaught in the forest, villagers and other captives who escaped from the insurgents’ main base, also known as Markaz located...
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    Metro See Photos of Latest Military Raid in Borno School, Four Boko Haram Members Killed

    Four suspected Boko Haram terrorists at a primary school in the north-east, Borno, have been killed by the Nigerian troops after a heavy exchange of fire, according to reports The raid on the school in Duwabafi village in north-eastern Borno state led to the seizure of two AK-47 rifles, five...
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    Politics APC Wins Borno Senatorial Bye-election

    The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Babakaka Garbai, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate winner of the bye-election for Borno Central Senatorial district. The election was conducted on Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Fannami, who...
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    Politics Lets Rebuild North East, Osinbajo Tasks CSOs

    The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has charged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to contribute to the rebuilding, reconstruction, reconciliation and resettlement of victims of insurgency in the North East during the Northeast Humanitarian Mutli-Stakeholder Engagement meeting in Borno...
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    Metro Troops destroy 20 Boko Haram camps in Borno

    Troops of the 5 Brigade Nigerian Army say that they have destroyed all Boko Haram camps and enclaves at the border towns of Kerenowa and Chikun Gudu, as well as their contiguous villages in Borno State. The revelation was made known by the acting Director of Army Public Reations, Colonel Sani...
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    Metro Borno Governor, Army chief disagree on Boko Haram's territorial control

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has disagreed with the Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima who claims the Boko Haram sect is occupying two local government in the state. Shettima said: “They(Boko Haram) are at present controlling two local governments in Borno State; Abadam...
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    Metro Mosque Blasts: Shettima, Army, Imams in Emergency Talks

    Governor Kashim Shettima alongside Heads of the Army, Police and Department of State Security and the Shehu of Borno, ‎Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi on Sunday held a closed door meeting with Imams of mosques in Maiduguri, Jere and surrounding areas as well as district heads (Aja) and ward...
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