A military strike on a Boko Haram camp in Nigeria’s restive northeast last week killed 150 Islamists and 16 soldiers, an army spokesman said Wednesday.

Forty Eight hours after the killing of a vigilante youth by a policeman in Maiduguri, Borno State, members of the state’s Vigilance Youth Group, BVYG, have arrested 19 Boko Haram terror suspects in five villages of Konduga Local Government Area.

Army authorities disclosed, yesterday, that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road in Borno State, while 150 sect members were killed by troops of the 7th Division during a fierce battle with the insurgents last weekend.

Forty Eight hours after the killing of a vigilante youth by a policeman in Maiduguri, Borno State, members of the state’s Vigilance Youth Group, BVYG, have arrested 19 Boko Haram terror suspects in five villages of Konduga Local Government Area.

Commanding Officer of Special Operation Battalion, Mubi, Lt.- Col Beyidi Martins, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected Boko Haram members in Michika, Adamawa State.

Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria captured 11 suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and handed them over to the army, a military commander said Sunday, adding that four of them have since died in custody.

Following the dislodgement of Boko Haram camps in some parts of BornoState by troops which had forced many of the terrorists to scavenge for food from villagers, the terrorists have resorted to armed robbery thereby robbing innocent civilians and killing three passengers after collecting unspecified amount of cash and food items from their victims along Bama- Banki road.

Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in a clash in the country’s restive northeast, the military said Wednesday.

Six persons were killed and two others injured when gunmen attacked Gambiri village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

LAGOS — With the death toll from Boko Haram’s campaigns numbering in the thousands, majority of Nigerian Muslims are reported to have rejected the Islamic sect.

IF there is any good any Nigerian, irrespective of tribe, religion, colour or political persuasion could do for this country at this very moment is simply to support genuine efforts towards halting insurgency and other nefarious activities capable of threatening our continued existence as a nation.

Fourteen persons have been killed in Benishiek in Kaga Local Government Area of Maiduguri the Borno state capital, as residents clashed with the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

It all seemed to be going well last Saturday as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP held a special national convention in the Eagles Square. Security concerns arising from the Boko Haram insurgency had been almost adequately addressed with the decision to block traffic on all major roads leading to the Eagle Square.

At least 50 suspected Boko Haram sect members were killed in an encounter with Military Troops of 5 Brigade of 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Monguno when the terrorists laid ambush in two communities of Gajiram, the Headquarters of Nganzai and Bullabulin Ngaura of Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno state.

Atleast 50 suspected Boko Haram sect members were killed in an encounter with Military Troops of 5 Brigade of 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Monguno when the terrorists laid ambush in two communities of Gajiram, the Headquarters of Nganzai and Bullabulin Ngaura of Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno state.