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Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Eufai, on Saturday urged the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state to always collaborate with security agencies in discharging their duties. The state governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i made the call at the launching of the coalition of Civilian JTF, Doka office under the chairmanship of Col. Usman Dudu (retd). El-Rufai,
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By Ndahi MARAMA, Maiduguri Scores of Oil Exploration Workers, subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and members of Civilian JTF were feared dead and missing in a Boko Haram ambush which took place around Jibi village situated between Magumeri and Gubio Local Government Areas of Borno state. Reliable security source and government officials revealed on
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Six hundred and eighty members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have lost their lives to the Boko Haram insurgency from 2014 till date in Borno State, the hotbed of the war.
Read More Thousands of Muslims celebrating Maulud, which is the birthday of holy Prophet Muhammad, on Thursday escaped what would have possibly been an all-time record calamity, had some eagled-eyed vigilante operatives not intercepted five food flasks filled with bombs outside a popular Maiduguri mosque, reports Premium Times.
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Over 50 gunmen, yesterday, invaded Kawuri District of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state and set ablaze over 300 residential houses and shops after killing a soldier, 51 civilians and wounded several policemen.
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ABUJA—A member of the House of Representatives, Kyari Kaka Gujbawu, yesterday commended the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, for employing over 2,000 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force,JTF, to help combat insurgency in the state.
Gujbawu,PDP, Maiduguri metropolis, who made the commendation in a chat with journalists, described the youths as the true heroes of Nigeria who deserved national honours for fighting for their father land.
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno weekend opened a training programme for the second batch of security operatives, called “Civilian JTF” at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Maiduguri.
Read More Following the declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States in May 2013, a section of patriotic youth in the Maiduguri metropolis organised themselves into a vigilante known as “Civilian JTF”.
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Gripping a machete he claimed was stained with blood, a 24-year-old civilian manned a checkpoint in one of Nigeria’s most dangerous cities, looking for members of a violent Islamist group.
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