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Nigerian Army offers N500,000 reward to anyone with information about suicide bombers

The Nigerian army, Tuesday, offered some whistle-blowers a whopping sum of N500,000 as reward for providing information about suicide bomb...

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Many feared dead as Nigerian jet mistakenly drops bomb on IDP camp

Several people are feared dead after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the Rann IDP camp in Borno State.

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Nigeria: Boko Haram video a mere terrorist propaganda - Army

The Nigerian army has released a statement concerning the recent Boko haram video showing Abubakar Shekau dismissing claims that the milit...

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Nigerian Army arrests 40 foreigners after Sambisa Forest’s fall

More than 40 foreigners have been arrested in the last one week, following the fall of the dreaded Sambisa Forest.

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Military doctor dismissed for having s*x with colleague's wife

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a senior military officer, Lt. Musa Mustapha Bature, after a court-martial found him guilty of sleeping wi...

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Nigeria: We will crush Fulani herdsmen like Boko Haram - Military Chief

In the light of the recent killings by Fulani herdsmen across several parts of the country, the Nigerian military has vowed to deal with t...

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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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Nigerian Forces Retake Border Town Of Baga From Boko Haram

Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram on Saturday, the military s...

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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 Troops Foil Another Attack, Kill 100 Insurgents

Over 100 insurgents were said to have been killed by troops in Maiduguri yesterday. Sixteen civilians were feared dead and about 36 peop...

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Nigeria Military 'Warned Before Major Boko Haram Attacks'

Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that Nigeria's military top brass were warned of brutal Boko Haram attacks on the northeast t...

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NIGERIA: Soldiers Open Fire On Borno Governor’s Convoy In Error

Troops in Maiduguri, Borno State, ‘mistakenly’ opened fire on the convoy of Governor Kashim Shettima   as it approached a military garrison ...

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Nigerian Military Kill 53 Insurgents

As the war against insurgents in some parts of Borno State continued yesterday with the military still carrying on the coordinated ground an...

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Nigerian Military Dismisses CNN Report As Blackmail

The Nigerian military on Friday dismissed the Cable News Network, CNN’s report on the army as another orchestrated campaign to smear its ima...

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NIGERIA: Biu Attack - 78 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed In Military Onslaught

Military authorities, yesterday, said 78 Boko Haram insurgents were killed during the two-hour gun battle with the insurgents who tried to c...

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MUTINY: Fashola Pleads For 54 Convicted Nigerian Soldiers

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Nigerian Military authorities to re-consider the death sentence passed on the 54 sol...

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Nigeria's Military Says 150 Killed In Boko Haram Clashes In Baga

Nigeria's military said on Monday that at least 150 people had been killed in clashes with Islamists in the northeastern town of Baga, g...

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54 Soldiers On Death Row: UN To Intervene To Avert Execution

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary Executions, Mr. Christof Heyns, has said that “appropriate acti...

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NIGERIA: Army Ridiculing Me With Certificate Scandal - Buhari

Former Head of State and All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in the forthcoming elections, retired General Muhammadu Buha...

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