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Former President Goodluck Jonathan's aide on new media, MR. Reno Omokri has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Army for defeating Boko Haram terrorists. Nigerians on Saturday received one of the most soul-lifting messages yet from President Mohammadu Buhari: the routing of...

It is a major breakthrough and seen as the last straw on the Islamic group’s stronghold in northeast Nigeria, but it leaves questions about the whereabouts of the remaining abducted Chibok girls taken from their school’s dormitory on April 14, 2014. Over 200 girls were abducted but less than 70...

The Nigerian military on Wednesday said it had commenced the construction of roads into the Sambisa and Alagarno havens of the Boko Haram insurgents. The military also revealed that over 80 per cent of the Sambisa Forest had been captured from the insurgents as it insisted that the...

The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai has sent two cows to the troops in Sambisa forest to celebrate the Christmas holiday. In this picture shared online, the soldiers are seen cutting the cows and according to them, their morale is very high and are ready to destroy Boko Haram. Another...

The Nigeria Army has announced that it had rescued additional 605 women and children during its operation in Sambisa forest. According to the Theatre Commander, Maj.-Gen. Leo Irabor, “69 male adults, 180 females, 227 male children and 129 female children, were rescued during the operation...

Counter-insurgency operations are ongoing in the notorious Sambisa Forest in northeast Nigeria, to clear remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the area, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, said on Sunday. He says the army is not relenting in its counter-insurgency war. General...

One of the freed chibok girls, Rebecca Malam has praised President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of others, for ensuring their release. Rebecca, who also stressed the need for security agencies to intensify efforts to free their colleagues still in captivity in the Sambisa forest. President...

Family of the rescued Chibok girl and the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign are demanding wherebaout of the escaped schoolgirl, Amina Ali Nkeki. In a statement Wednesday night marking the 800th day of the mass abduction that outraged the world, Bring Back Our Girls also asked what the government is...

Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim (Rtd) has revealed why it was the Nigerian troop could not defeat the Boko Haram sect under the government of Former President Goodluck Jonathan. He said politics is the major reason for failure of the military. Ibrahim on...

A group of Boko Haram terrorists met their waterloo when they attacked a military formation near Sambisa forest on Sunday. According to a statement from the Nigerian army, the terrorists "came through Banki axis of Sambisa forest, attempted to inflict damage on our troops. But the vigilant...

The Nigerian military on Wednesday said the feared enclave of the Boko Haram, Sambisa Forest, has been demystified and the insurgent group still trapped in the hideouts cannot come out to launch attack on the rest of the nation. The Commander of the counter-insurgency operation in the...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of another Chibok girl barely 72 hours after Amina Ali Nkeki, the first of the 219 girls who were abducted on April 14, 2014, was rescued. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman confirmed the rescue of another Chibok girl this evening in a brief statement...

Amina Ali was rescued on Tuesday night in Bale village at the edge of the Sambisa forest by a Chibok vigilante group which handed her over to the military. Residents poured on to the streets as news spread that troops had brought one of the abducted girls to the village. Some of those who saw...

Troops of 7 Division have on Tuesday, cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of their Njimia camp within Sambisa forest in continuation of the Nigerian Military's special clearance and rescue operations otherwise known as Operation Crackdown. The troops also cleared Boko Haram terrorist’s camps at...

Troops of 21 Brigade and rugged team of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) on Operation CRACKDOWN inside Sambisa forest while on harbour for refitting, came under Boko Haram terrorists attack at about 1.45am today morning. A statement released by the Army Spokesperson, Col. Usman Sani however...

No fewer than 16 suspected Boko Haram members yesterday surrendered to troops in Balazala and Ahamdaga Makaranta villages in continuation of its cleanup of the Sambisa forest. This was disclosed by the Army spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who explained that, “out of 16 male adults that...

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that it had commenced large-scale operations to smoke out Boko Haram terrorists from their Sambisa forest hideout in Borno. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander Operation Lafiya Dole said this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. “I want to inform you...

CNN's correspondent Nima Elbagir embarked on a fact finding mission as she reported on the Nigerian military's campaign to eradicate Boko Haram and also locate the abducted Chibok girls. The journalist entered the dreaded Sambisa forest with the aid of battle-ready military personnel...

Children’s footprints have been spotted in Sambisa Forest, the Boko Haram’s stronghold by Nigerian soldiers, according to Commander of the 29th Task Force Brigade, Brigadier-General B.A. Raji. He explained that it was from this intelligence that troops use the most basic of tracking skills to...

The Nigerian army says troops in continued offensive operations have destroyed remaining terrorist camps and enclaves around Alargarno and Sambisa forest. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said: “On Tuesday, troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force...