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30 members of the Boko Haram sect were killed in a gun battle with Nigerian troops assisted by the local vigilantes in the early hours of yesterday at the border villages between Adamawa and Borno states. This happened after Boko Haram members on Sunday invaded Gwoza local government area of Borno State, killing nine people and destroying houses.

7 soldiers lost their lives while over 100 boko haram members were killed after the sect group made a futile attempt on 120 Task Force Battalion troops located at Goniri, Yobe State yesterday morning. A statement from the Nigerian Army's acting director Public relations, Col. Sani Usman, states that one officer and 8 soldiers were injured during the attack.   Weapons recovered from the sect members include 1 General Purpose Machine Gun, 2 Rocket Propelled Grenades, 9 AK-47 rifles and Belted rounds of 7.62 (NATO) ammunitions. Others were various wires used for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 7 Primed IEDs, different types of Spanners and a Torch Light. In a related development, troops of 21 Brigade on fighting patrol from Bama to Ngurosoye, destroyed Boko Haram terrorists camps along that axis. While on patrol, the brave soldiers came across some of the terrorists hideouts that also served as fabricating area for IEDs and the terrorists’ training area. Another patrol...

The Nigeria Army has approved the promotion of 5,000 soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents and others involved in other operations, as part of steps to boost their morale. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja, at the opening of the 2015 Chief of Army Staff Third Quarter conference at Army Headquarters.

The Nigerian Army has denied reports that 150 Nigerians drowned in a river & some shot dead after Boko Haram members invaded their community in Kukuwa-Gari village in Yobe state last Thursday.

On Monday, Boko Haram extremists raided a village in Borno state near the border with Niger, killing 7 people, community leaders said. 

The Adamawa Government on Friday announced that it had earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors to seek divine intervention toward ending the state’s lingering security challenges.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has Directed the Civilian JTF in Konduga to hand over the four Boko Haram terrorists they arrested in Malari village to security agents. Shettima, who stated this while receiving thousands of villagers displaced by the boko haram insurgents, also announced a donation of N3 Million to the IDPs from Malari village and Konduga town.

Speaking to AFP today, Abubakar Gamandi, head of the fishermen’s union in Borno State said, “On Monday around 4 pm, Boko Haram attacked three villages on the shores of Lake Chad where they slaughtered 10 people, all of them fishermen.”