According to a statement released by the Nigerian Army, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 105 Boko Haram members in a recent offensive that was carried out against the insurgents. Nigerian Army spokesman Col. Sagir Musa who released the statement on Sunday April 19, said it was gathered that the terrorists were killed in northeastern Yobe…
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Yusuf Buratai, the father of Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is dead. Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, confirmed the death in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri. Kukasheka stated that Yusuf Buratai, an ex-serviceman, died on Friday morning. He said: “This is to inform you of the passing…
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Javad Zarif Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif has called on Nigeria to take “prompt and serious” action to protect Shia Muslims after dozens of them were killed in a military crackdown on Sunday, in Zaria, Kaduna state. The minister, in a phone call to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, described the clash as a worrying…
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