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Fact Check: No attack on former COAS Buratai – what really happened in Buratai, Borno

Zagazola Makama — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:39:45 +0000

Fact Check: No attack on former COAS Buratai – what really happened in Buratai, Borno By: Zagazola Makama Recent reports claiming that former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), narrowly escaped death in an alleged Boko Haram ambush in Borno State are categorically false and misleading. Zagazola Makama can confirm that there […]

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Angry villagers kill two armed robbers in Gubio, Borno

Zagazola Makama — Fri, 23 May 2025 09:00:18 +0000

Angry villagers kill two Armed robbers in Gubio, Borno By: Zagazola Makama Two armed robbers were fatally injured by angry villagers following an attack at Charimeleri Bush in Gubio Local Government Area, Borno State. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred occurred on May 21, 2025, at about 5:30 p.m., when two unknown […]

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Borno Governor flags off training programme for vulnerable children

securitydigest — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:19:31 +0000

Gov Zulum flags off training programme for vulnerable children Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Monday flagged off the At Risks Children Programme (ARC-P), training of 968 youth facilitators to mentor vulnerable children to be reliant, as part o efforts to address the high number of out-of-school children in the North East. The ARC-P […]

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Floods Force Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists’ Relocation From Enclaves In Sambisa Forest, Runs Short Of Food, Weapons, Surrender In Droves

securitydigest — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:19:50 +0000

Floods Force Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists’ Relocation From Enclaves In Sambisa Forest, Runs Short Of Food, Weapons, Surrender In Droves Floods have run rampage on Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists enclaves in Sambisa Forest, forcing hundreds of the terrorists and their families to desert their camps and move to safe locations on […]

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ISWAP carryout twin attacks in Borno

Nigeria Security Digest — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:21:20 +0000

ISWAP carryout twin attacks in Borno On Monday the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, a splinter faction of Boko Haram, ambushed soldiers and killed at least eight along Maiduguri – Damboa Road. The ambush happened at about 11.30 am at Komala settlement along Maiduguri-Damboa road. On July 7th ISWAP ambushed a military convoy at […]

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When I Was A Boko Haram Member

Nigeria Security Digest — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 06:27:39 +0000

When I Was A Boko Haram Member By M. B. Sabo I am a Muslim, but I choose not to belong to any sect, not to talk of a violent cult like Boko Haram. But on 15th April 2013, a team of policemen led by Inspector Ibrahim Agu of the Task Force On Anti Terrorism […]

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Troops bombard Boko Haram terrorists from both land and air, inflict heavy casualty in Gubio

Nigeria Security Digest — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 06:12:03 +0000

Troops bombard Boko Haram terrorists from both land and air, inflict heavy casualty on them in Gubio In a coordinated land and air assault, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have inflicted heavy casualties on elements of Boko Haram terrorists who were attempting to encroach on Gubio town in northern part of Borno State. In a […]

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Boko Haram: Air Task Force targets terrorist leaders’ abodes, kill scores in Borno

Chidi Omeje — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:53:28 +0000

Boko Haram: Air Task Force targets terrorist leaders’ abodes, kill scores in Borno The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed the dwellings of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) leaders and neutralized some of their fighters in separate air strikes conducted at Parisu and Bula Bello in the Sambisa Forest Area of Borno State. […]

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ISWAP Attacks Damasak A Day After Food Distribution

Nigeria Security Digest — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:29:33 +0000

ISWAP Attacks Damasak A Day After Food Distribution On Thursday around 4:00 pm, a group of ISWAP insurgents attacked Damasak, In Mobbar local government in Northern Borno. The Governor of Borno state was in the area on Wednesday to begin distribution of food palliatives to over 12,000 households living in Damasak The state Governor routinely […]

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Boko Haram: IDPs, residents scamper for safety in Borno as sporadic gunshots rent the air

Nigeria Security Digest — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:48:12 +0000

Boko Haram: IDPs, residents scamper for safety in Borno as sporadic gunshots rent the air Over 32,000 internally displaced persons said to be living in Dalori IDP camp, Borno State, scampered for safety on Sunday following the sound of explosions and sporadic gunshots in the area. Residents of Dalori, an outskirt community in Maiduguri, the […]

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