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Breaking News: Seven Soldiers Died, Nine Wounded In Yobe......

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The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, 
confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.The statement said seven soldiers died while nine others were wounded
 when the terrorists attempted to invade the military base at Goniri, 
early on Wednesday.The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that troops of the Army 120 Task 
Force Battalion in Yobe, have killed more than 100 fleeing terrorists at
 Goniri area of the state.“More than 100 terrorists died but unfortunately however, seven of 
our gallant soldiers paid the supreme price while defending our father 
land, one officer and eight soldiers were also wounded.”According to the statement, the troops recovered arms, ammunitions and other equipment from the terrorists.“The fleeing Boko Haram terrorists in a desperation to create an 
impression that they remain relevant, early today made a futile attempt 
on 120 Task Force Battalion troops at Goniri, Yobe State.“During the encounter, our gallant troops successfully repelled the 
attack and inflicted heavy casualty on the invaders, as all of them were
 killed.The arms and ammunition recovered include, one general purpose 
machine gun; two rocket propelled grenades, nine AK-47 rifles and belted
 rounds of 7.62 (NATO) ammunitions.It said that various wires used for Improvised Explosive Devices, 7 
Primed IEDs, different types of spanners and a torch light were also 
recovered.It said the troops had consolidated on the encounter and would 
continue blocking any fleeing terrorist using the Nigerian Air Force 
aerial bombardment and other troops artillery fire.The statement read that troops of 21 Brigade on fighting patrol from 
Bama to Ngurosoye, had destroyed Boko Haram terrorists camps along that 
axis.

It stated that soldiers on patrol came across some of the terrorists’
 hideouts that also served as fabricating area for IEDs and the 
terrorists’ training area along Bama-Kawuri axis.The statement said the Nigeria Army with the support of the Nigerian 
Air Force and other security agencies would not relent in the determined
 effort of defeating Boko Haram insurgents.

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.The st...

The Killing Of 14 People Has Been Confirmed.....

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 The acting Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in
 a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja
 on Friday.The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of 14 persons, including 
four suicide bombers, in a bomb explosion at Sajeri area of Maiduguri in
 Borno.Usman said that 39 other persons were injured in the explosion which 
occurred near the Ajilari railway crossing on Thursday evening.“Although details of the attack are still sketchy, suffice it to 
state that four Boko Haram terrorists detonated their vests 
simultaneously.According to the statement, security operatives and emergency 
management team have been mobilised to take care of the wounded persons.“Three of the terrorists detonated their bombs in the same area while the fourth detonated in front of a mosque.“It has been confirmed that 14 people have lost their lives, 
including the suicide bombers while 39 others were wounded,’’ the 
statement said.Usman appealed to residents of the metropolis, especially those in 
the affected areas, to remain calm and continue to be vigilant as 
security operatives were in control of the situation. 
He assured the public that Boko Haram had been decimated and 
therefore had no capacity to reverse the progress already made in the 
ongoing counter-insurgency operations.In a related development, the Army announced that 80 Boko Haram 
fighters on Thursday surrendered to troops of the Army 7 Division in 
Bama Local Government Area of Borno.The Army said the repentant terrorists comprised commanders, foot soldiers and the terrorists’ food suppliers.It said that the terrorists surrendered as a result of the intense 
heat put on them by joint forces operating in different theaters in the 
North-East. 
“The terrorists among whom were commanders, suppliers and foot 
soldiers confirmed to have taken part in several terrorists attacks 
especially on Bama town, Borno, surrendered,’’ the statement said. 
The army attributed its success to intense heat and the continuous offensive embarked upon by troops.“It will be recalled that we have repeatedly stated that surrender is the only option available to the insurgents.‘’The Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force, in conjunction with other
 security agencies, are totally committed to the achievement of the 
3-month Presidential deadline for the eradication of terrorism in 
Nigeria.‘’Other terrorists are encouraged to also surrender or face total 
annihilation, as the new name of the operation states ‘achievement of 
total peace is a must’,’’ it said. (NAN)</div>
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The acting Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) i...

Warning:Avoid Fake ID.

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 It explained that some of the features were not visible to naked 
eyes, which distinguished the card from any of its kinds and could only 
be issued by the NIMC. “The implication of fake national ID cards in 
circulation is that Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East also used 
similar method of identification for their members in the past who were 
nabbed by the military.The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday warned Nigerians against 
approaching unauthorized agencies and individuals for national 
identification registration. It said that the National Identity 
Management Commission (NIMC) remained the only agency responsible for 
registration and issuance of the national identity card.It added that unauthorised production and distribution of the cards 
could engender ‘’serious security breach in the ongoing 
counter-insurgency operation in the North-East’’. According to the 
statement, the approved national identity card, which is a chip-based 
card, has over 18 security features.The statement was issued by Col. Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director of 
Defence Information, in Abuja. The statement said the military 
authorities had issued a ‘’red alert’’ against the prevailing incidences
 of unauthorized reproduction of the national identity card by 
unscrupulous elements in the society.“The general public should guard against patronizing unauthorized agents
 to obtain their national identification as there are racketeers issuing
 fake cards for monetary and criminal gains,’’ it said.It, therefore, appealed to members of the public to report any attempt 
by unauthorized persons to issue cards similar to the national identity 
cards to the security agencies.The statement 
said the alert would assist the security forces to contain infiltration 
of illegal aliens who may acquire the cards to legalise their migration 
into the country to support the terrorists.

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See What Nigerians are saying about Saraki...

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While some argued that the trial is merely a witch-hunt by Saraki’s 
political enemies, others believe the trial gives hope to Nigeria’s 
judicial system and to a larger extension the country and its people.

Nigerians on Tuesday reacted intensely to the trial of the Senate 
President, Olubukola Saraki Saraki’s and the many drama that surrounded 
the exercise. 
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IGP Stop The Use of Commercial Vehicles for Operations Duties.

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abuja Commissioner of Police IGP IGP Stop The Use of Commercial Vehicles for Operations Duties Mr Solomon Arase Olabisi Kolawole police IGP Stop The Use of Commercial Vehicles for Operations Duties.

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President Muhammadu Buhari Has Assured to Secure the Future of Nigerian Youth.

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Addressing members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) who marched to the Presidential Villa to pledge their full support for his anti-corruption campaign, President Buhari who was represented by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina promised to make Nigeria a country where the youth would realize their aspirations. 
 
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured to evolve a country that will secure the future of the Nigerian youth. He stated that Abuja that the ongoing anti-corruption campaign was a good way to start. 
 
 “You can be assured that your welfare and well-being are topmost in our minds and very soon you will see the things we have promised come to fruition.

“During the campaigns, change was our slogan, but today it is no longer a mere slogan, it is now a reality and we will see it in every facet of our lives. 
 
 He said: “Everything you have asked for are the things that will make for a good country, and what we are after is a good country, a country where our youths can have a future and a hope. “We are totally committed to building a country where our youths can realize their full potential. 
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 “The youths will feel it, the adults will feel it and old people will feel it and we will get the country of our dreams”.

Reading from a document, NANS President, Comrade Tijani Usman Shehu, who led the students said that Nigerian youth needed a secure future. 
 
 Shehu further remarked that the students were united against corruption, cyber crime, prostitution, human trafficking, drug abuse and other anti-social vices.“Nigerian students demand that our future must be secured and we strongly believe in the President’s zero tolerance for corruption,’’ he said.

President Muhammadu Buhari Has Assured to Secure the Future of Nigerian Youth.

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A 4-Year-Old Boy Died In The Kaduna Plane Crash(See Photo)

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Jesse was one of the victims! He is Hadizas son( Hassanas younger 
sister) he went to spend the holiday in kaduna with Hassana and her 
family and she was bringing him back to Abuja that Saturday to his 
parents! He was 4 years old! He was the first son of Mr Gabriel and Hadiza Ajane!! May God comfort the family especially Hadiza who lost a sister and a son! 
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Boko Haram members are now all over Lagos.

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The DSS revealed this following the arrest of about 20 suspected Boko 
Haram commanders in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Plateau and Gombe states. 
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> According to the the Department of State Services (DSS) we now have Boko Haram members spread across Lagos state. 
 The DSS in a statement by an official, Tony Opuiyo, on Sunday in Abuja, said those arrested were notable commanders and frontline members of the notorious group from different parts of the country. 
The suspects, who were arrested between July 8 and August 25, 2015, 
include the masterminds of the suicide attacks in Potiskum, Kano, Zaria,
 and Jos. 
The statement noted that the group’s new pattern of movement and spread 
was caused by the pressure being put on it by security forces in its 
core areas of strength in the North-East. 
 
The service listed those arrested in Lagos to include Bakura Modu who was apprehended on July, 20 at Kara, Ogun State; Mustapha Jamberi, who was picked up on July 24 at Gowon Estate. 
 
Others are Abuyi Sheriff, who was nabbed at Ebute-Meta; Babagana Ali and Babagana Koloye, who were arrested on August, 7 at Eric Moore, Surulere. 
 
The service explained that it picked up Abba Sagma at Ijora Badia on August 9; Grema Abubakar and Tijani Bagudu were apprehended at Amukoko, Ijora Badia the next day, while Baba Alhaji and Abass Ibrahim were arrested earlier on the same day at the Alaba International Market, Ojo. 
 
The DSS stated that a Boko Haram commander, Usman Shuaibu, aka 
Money, revealed that he coordinated the suicide attacks in Potiskum, 
Kano, Zaria and Jos, which claimed several lives, with N500,000 that was
 provided by his Amir, one Isa Ali, who had a direct access to the sect 
leader, Abubakar Shekau, from whom he collected money to fund operations
 undertaken by their Markaz. 
 
The agency said, “Shuaibu also revealed that he had participated in 
several Boko Haram attacks, including the attacks at Gwoza Divisional 
Police Station in 2014. 
 
“Nigerians and indeed the general public have to note that the arrest of Shuaibu, aka Money, and the core members of his cell, stemmed the spate of bombings by the extremist sect. It will be recalled that Money and his group were arrested on their way to Bauchi State where they had planned to execute another bomb attack, and this was frustrated by the arrest. 
 
“He admitted to being the leader of the team of nine sect members that 
was dispatched from Sambisa Forest to carry out the attacks. He 
disclosed that four out of the nine of them were used as suicide bombers
 in executing all the (suicide) attacks. 
 “The sudden influx of Boko Haram members into Lagos State points is due 
to the determination of the sect to extend its nefarious terrorist 
activities to the state and in fact, to other parts of the country. 
 
“The arrest of these confessed terrorists has, however, helped in no 
small measure to avert devastating attacks in the area. However, the 
service is making efforts to conclude its investigations and commence 
prosecution of the suspects.” 
 
The DSS said a Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Device expert, Ahmed 
Mohammed, aka Abubakar), admitted to making the IEDs used in the various
 suicide bombings in the country. 
 
“Mohammed also averred that he was the one who strapped the suicide 
bombers, notably Sule and his wives, with IED vests, which they used in 
the attacks in Jos,” the service said. 
 
The secret service further stated that Adamu Abdulahi, aka Babpa, 
confessed that Shuaibu motivated him to work closely with IED expert, 
Mohammed, in the preparation of the IEDs used in the attacks under 
reference. 
 
The service said that another suspect, Ibrahim Issa, confessed that he 
was the one who carried out reconnaissance on the targets in Jos ahead 
of the attacks, while Muttaqa Yusuf (aka Mohammed Sani/Mudtaka), 
disclosed that one Aliyu believed to be Aliyu Gombe in Sambisa forest, 
was the one that ordered the serial attacks which the syndicate carried 
out. 
 
He further confessed that he assisted Shuaibu in planning and executing the said attacks. 
 
Other suspects include Ibrahim Audu, who was arrested on August 19 at 
New Artisan Market, Enugu; Ibrahim Haruna, arrested on August, 21 at 
Kwomi village, Kwami Local Government Area, Gombe State; Ali Mohammodu, 
nabbed on August 22 at Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Fagga LGA in Kano State; and 
Adam Jilbe, who was apprehended on August 23 at Obanikoro, Lagos State. 
 Meanwhile, the DSS has stepped up covert operations to dismantle Boko Haram cells across the country, particularly in the South-West, South-East and South-South where suspected terrorists are hiding. 
The agency restated its determination to work with other stakeholders in
 the fight against terror and other forms of criminality in the country 
and called on citizens to volunteer useful information to the service 
and other security agencies. 
It was learnt that the arrest of notable Boko Haram commanders had 
provided credible leads and intelligence that could assist the service 
to track down insurgents and their supporters, including ‘sleeper 
cells.’ 
 
A source said, “The recent arrest of terror suspects has provided a haul
 of information and intelligence that could assist the service to 
dismantle various terrorist cells. If the security forces can sustain 
the current momentum, we will destroy Boko Haram; it is a matter of 
time.” 
Two security experts, Richard Amuwa and Dr. Ona Ekhomu, have urged 
vigilance and a more friendly relationship between security agents and 
residents to tackle threats of Boko Haram, especially in Lagos. 
 
They said vigilance was the only way to recognise terrorists, adding 
that a friendly relationship would encourage the people to be free to 
report suspicious objects or persons in their neighbourhood. 
 
Ekhomu, who is the President of the Association of Industrial Security 
and Safety Operators of Nigeria, advised Lagosians to imbibe the culture
 of TAPIs ─ Terrorists Attacks Pre-incident Indicators ─ to avoid 
unnecessary deaths and tragedy. 
 
He said, “Boko Haram members have been with us for a while; so one thing
 we can do is to be vigilant against the influx of strangers into 
neighbourhoods. Landlords associations should register okada 
(motorcycle) riders and keke NAPEP (tricycle) drivers. Give them vests 
so that any stranger would be picked up. 
 
“Also, ask questions if anyone moves suspiciously in your area. Look out
 for one another. Everybody must be their brothers’ keepers.” 
 
Ekhomu said the ammunition of war of Boko Haram members was usually the IEDs. 
 
“So, if you see anyone collecting cans; or anyone with bags of 
fertiliser; or anyone with container of diesel when they don’t have a 
generator, be suspicious. These are ingredients for IEDs. Boko Haram 
don’t have easy access to high explosives,” the security expert added. 
 
He also urged Lagosians not to be confrontational if someone looked 
suspicious. He added that the suspect might be armed and could kill to 
save himself. 
 
Ekhomu said, “Contact the authority immediately. You can also contact 
the media to ensure accountability by the security agencies.” 
 
He said, “The people should not hesitate to raise the alarm if they see any strange face in their environment. 
 
Also, Amuwa said the police should be ready to work with the people without creating fear in them. 
“People should think less about their problems, and be more conscious of happenings within their environment.” 
 
Amuwa, who is the Managing Director of the Mega Guards Services Limited,
 also advised the government to ban the wearing of hijab for the time 
being, saying the veil worn by muslim women, was being used by 
terrorists to shield explosives. 
 
He said, “The problem is that how do you detect a Boko Haram member? If 
you are wearing shirts and the terrorist is wearing hijab, how do you 
figure him or her out? That is why we have asked the government to stop 
the wearing of hijab for now.” 
 
In a related development sources told our correspondent that the 
security agencies had been paying attention to some area in Lagos to 
prevent attacks. 
 
The areas include FESTAC, Apapa, Agege, Yaba, Ojuelegba, Obalende, 
Ajegunle, Alimosho, Badagry, Lagos Island, Idi araba, Bariga, Bajulaiye,
 Fola Agoro, Onipanu, Palmgroove, Aguda, Agbado, Ejigbo and Ikorodu, 
among others.