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Nigeria: Nigerian Soldiers Kill 44 Insurgents, Reclaim Dangerous Forest - DHQ
Premium Times, 7 July 2014
The Nigerian military on Monday said it has cleared and taken over Balmo forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend. The military also said 44 terrorists… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dozens of Boko Haram Militants Killed
VOA, 5 July 2014
In Nigeria, gunmen believed to be members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram have attacked a military base in the northeastern town of Damboa. Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers in Deadly Clashes with Boko Haram
Leadership, 6 July 2014
No fewer than 50 terrorists, five soldiers and one senior officer died on Friday night when some terrorists attacked the troops' bases and police locations in Damboa. Read more »
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Nigeria: 53 Terrorists Killed As Troops Besiege Location, Apprehend Four With Explosives in Fish Consignment
Nigerian Govt, 7 July 2014
Over 50 terrorists have been killed by troops while repelling daring attacks on their location in Damboa, Borno State on Friday July 5, 2014. Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers Exchanged Gunfire With Boko Haram Member
Independent (Lagos), 6 July 2014
A suspected member of the Islamist insurgent, Boko Haram, was on Sunday killed following a shootout with security operatives in the Kinkino area of Kaduna South Local Government… Read more »
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Nigeria: 53 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed in Damboa Attack
This Day, 6 July 2014
The Defence Headquarters yesterday confirmed the killing of 53 terrorists during a daring attack on troops' locations in Damboa, Borno State Friday night by members of Boko Haram… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Attacks Damboa, Loses 50, Kills 20
This Day, 5 July 2014
The outlawed Boko Haram sect on Friday night attacked Damboa town in troubled Borno state, killing twelve soldiers, four policemen and four civilians, But they also lost 50… Read more »
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Nigeria: 50 Insurgents, Six Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Nigerian Military Formation - DHQ
Premium Times, 5 July 2014
The spokesperson of the DHQ, Chris Olukolade, said the insurgents "stormed the troops' bases and police locations while most of the troops were out on patrol of surrounding… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Acquiring New Equipment to Defeat Boko Haram - Army Chief
Premium Times, 6 July 2014
The Nigerian military is acquiring new equipment and undergoing more training to face Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the country, the head of the army said Sunday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Boko Haram May Linger
Independent (Lagos), 4 July 2014
Like a child's play, Boko Haram attacks are gaining stronger grounds in Nigeria. Hardly any day passes without a report of this deadly sect snuffing out lives from innocent… Read more »
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Nigeria: Hell in Borno - Four Weeks of Horror, By Elders
Vanguard, 6 July 2014
In just four weeks, between May and June, 2014, 562 persons were systematically killed by Boko Haram sect - mind you, there were many more unrecorded deaths. The killings are… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians in U.S. Hold Rally Against Boko Haram
Independent (Lagos), 6 July 2014
Hundreds of Nigerians in Chicago in the U.S. on Saturday held a solidarity rally, demanding that the terror group, Boko Haram, unconditionally release the schoolgirls abducted in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Chief - Military Acquiring New Equipment to Defeat Boko Haram
This Day, 7 July 2014
The Nigerian military is acquiring new equipment and undergoing more training to face Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah… Read more »
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Nigeria: 22 Die in Two Separate Boko Haram Attacks in Borno
Vanguard, 5 July 2014
NO fewer than 15 passengers including motorists were killed when some gunmen suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists laid ambush along Maiduguri -Mafa- Dikwa Road… Read more »
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Nigeria: Chibok - U.S.-Based Nigerians Want Urgent Action Against Boko Haram
Leadership, 5 July 2014
Nigerians living in the United States have asked the federal government to do whatever it needs to do in order to ensure a quick and safe return of the over 270 female students… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Orders Chibok Indigenes to Vacate Home
This Day, 5 July 2014
Chibok indigenes in Borno State under the auspices of Kibaku Area Development Association yesterday alerted the federal government to a quit notice served on the community by the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Chibok Is Prone to Boko Haram Attacks
Vanguard, 6 July 2014
Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, which is south and about 160 kilometres drive from Maiduguri, the capital city, has been in the news globally, especially on April 14,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mass Exodus to Lassa As Boko Haram Seizes More Villages
Daily Trust, 7 July 2014
Mass attacks abductions have continued in southern Borno villages as Boko Haram militants expand their frontiers, killing men and abducting women for two weeks now without any… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram 'Massacre' Image Fake
Africa Check, 3 July 2014
A graphic image circulating on Facebook and Twitter is said to show the badly charred bodies of 375 Christians murdered by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. But the claim is false. Read more »
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Nigeria: These 'Boko Haram Suspects' in Abia
Daily Trust, 22 June 2014
On Sunday last week, military authorities and the Abia State Government announced that 486 persons had been arrested the previous night as they were travelling in three dozen buses… Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Urges Boko Haram to End Violence
Daily Trust, 29 June 2014
The former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised Boko Haram fighters to abandon any form of violence against innocent people once and for all as the 30-day-long Ramadan fasting… Read more »
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Nigeria: British Envoy Laments Boko Haram Insurgency
Daily Trust, 7 July 2014
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria Dr. Andrew Cocock, has expressed concern over the rising security challenges in the country especially the Boko Haram insurgency. Read more »
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Nigeria: Victims of Boko Haram Insurgency Lament Life Without Compensation
Leadership, 6 July 2014
As Borno State battles with the ongoing Boko Haram conflicts that have so far claimed thousands of lives in the past three years, many victims of the insurgency, especially those… Read more »