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Nigerian Troops Recover Eight More Towns In Yobe, Adamawa

The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, has said that troops have recaptured more towns from the members of the Boko ...

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Nigerian Army Chief Says Soldiers Who Reclaimed Baga Will Be Promoted

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced a special promotion for all soldiers involved in liberating Baga in Borno from Boko Haram insurgent...

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Anti-Boko Haram Nigerian Activist Esther Ibanga Wins Japan Peace Prize Worth $170,000

A Nigerian woman who has campaigned against Islamist extremists Boko Haram was on Tuesday awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000.  ...

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France To Press For UN Support For Africa Force To Fight Boko Haram

France will support a bid by the African Union to win the backing of the U.N. Security Council for its five-nation force fighting Islamist m...

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Fleeing Boko Haram Insurgents Drown In Lake Chad

A large number of Boko Haram insurgents have drowned in Lake Chad as they fled the bombardment by Nigerian Air Force. Though the number ...

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Nigerian Military Repels Boko Haram Attack On Northeast Town

Nigeria's military Saturday repelled an attack on a northeastern town by Boko Haram Islamic extremists who, as they retreated, warned re...

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Nigerian, Not Cameroon Airforce Bombed Boko Haram Terrorists In North-East - - DHQ

Following reports Tuesday, that Cameroonian air force jets on Monday launched air strikes on scores of Boko Haram terrorists who occupied a ...

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U.S. Airstrike Kills Al Shabab Intelligence Chief Abdishakur, Somalia Says

A U.S. airstrike killed the intelligence chief of the Somali terror group Al Shabab, Somalia’s intelligence service said Tuesday. Abdish...

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US Air Strike In Somalia Targets Al-Shabab Leader

The US says it has conducted an air strike against the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab in Somalia. Its target was a "senior lead...

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Cameroon Army Says Dismantles Boko Haram Training Camp

Cameroon's army has dismantled a training camp for the Boko Haram Islamist group, arresting or killing dozens of militants and seizing 8...

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80 Insurgents, 2 Soldiers Killed In Northern Nigerian Gun Battle

No fewer than 80 Boko Haram insurgents and two soldiers lost their lives when suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect laid ambush along...

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Northern Nigerian Adamawa State Empowers 60,000 Boko Haram Victims

The Adamawa State government has established a new poverty alleviation programme called the Social Welfare Economic Empowerment Programme (S...

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Cameroon Troops Desperate For Help Against Boko Haram

Boko Haram is increasingly a regional threat and the battle against the Nigerian Islamist sect is meant to be a regional campaign, but that...

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Mali Confirms Militants Freed For French Hostage

Mali has confirmed that four Islamist militants were freed in exchange for the release of French hostage Serge Lazarevic this week. ...

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Peshmerga Combatant Pictured Breastfeeding Her Child With An Automatic Gun By Her Side

Kurdish media outlets are abuzz with a photograph of a Peshmerga woman, sitting beside an automatic weapon, breastfeeding her child.  Th...

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Analysts Weigh Nigeria-Russia Arms Deal

Nigeria has turned to Russia to buy heavier weapons following a recent strain in relations with the United States. After the U.S. rejected a...

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Why Training Of Nigerian Soldiers By US Was Cancelled — FG

The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the training of Nigerian soldiers by the United States (US) security experts was cancelled due to ...

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Nigeria Army 'Retakes Chibok' From Boko Haram

The Nigerian army says it has recaptured the north-eastern town of Chibok, which was seized by Haram militants on Thursday. Boko Haram f...

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We Won’t Sell Fighter Helicopters To Nigeria, US Insists

The United States has defended its refusal to sell cobra helicopters to Nigeria, saying the Federal Government is free to buy fighter jets f...

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US Seals At War Over Who Fired Shot That Killed Bin Laden

America’s most elite fighting force is at war with itself and the US authorities amid competing claims about who exactly fired the shot that...

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