Scores Of Travellers Killed, Kidnapped As Insurgents Mount Checkpoint On Maiduguri-Damaturu Road

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Maiduguri have been thrown into panic following the killing and abduction of several travellers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in Borno State. The 133-kilometre highway is the only major road that links Borno to other parts of the country. The killing and abduction of travellers on Friday is the latest and…

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Suspected Terrorists Attack Mourners In Chibok Community, Kill 11, Abduct Nine Women

LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine women have been abducted by suspected insurgents in Takulashi village of Chibok town in Borno state. According to local sources, 11 men were killed in the operation that occurred on Sunday morning. The insurgents reportedly attacked mourners in Takulashi village, barely 15 kilometers to the local government headquarters. Villagers told Channels…

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FG To Fund Repentant Boko Haram Members For Foreign Education

LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Should ‘A Bill for the Establishment of the National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria and for Other Connected Purposes’, be signed into law, repentant Boko Haram members will be funded to get foreign education. “The agency shall implement programmes geared towards the rehabilitation of…

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Nigeria Military, Vigilante Kill ’48 Boko Haram Fighters In Christmas Eve Biu Attack

LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers and members of a vigilante successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on Biu in Southern Borno State, an official has said. An official of the Civilian-JTF, whose members fight alongside the military against the insurgents, told PREMIUM TIMES that 48 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the battle. The military…

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