The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops had destroyed a Boko Haram insurgents’ training facility at Benisheikh, Borno. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Maiduguri.
Emerging reports indicate that at least, 7 Muslims were killed and dozens wounded when two suicide bombers attacked a Mosque in Bama on Sunday morning. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Northeast division however, disclosed on its Facebook page that causalities recorded were mostly male adults. The post also said the suicide bombers were male and female, believed to be between 13 and 14 years old.
Operatives of Operation Lafiya Dole on Friday said they have arrested one member of Boko Haram sect and arrested another at the Ngala Bridge in Gamboru Ngala area of Borno State. Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole
The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday said it has seized 1, 500 bags of smuggled rice and vegetable oil valued over N65 million in Kaduna. The Controller of Federal Operation Unit Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service, Usman Dakingari who stated this on Thursday while conducting newsmen around the seized items said the goods were loaded in two trailers and concealed using raw groundnut and ginger.
Troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion deployed in Exercise Ayem Akpatuma in Taraba state on Thursday said they have captured one armed bandit and recovered weapons from a band of herdsmen while on patrol to Zamban village in Suntai Local Government Area of Taraba state.
Nigerian Journalists have again been cautioned against allowing the political class, traditional institution or spiritual leaders to use their platform or their medium to publish, broadcast or propagate any hate speech. The President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists ( NUJ) Alhaji AbdulWaheed Odusile gave the advice in Ilorin , the Kwara State capital, North Central Nigeria while answering questions from newsmen.
