THE Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has re-iterated the commitment of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the complete elimination of insurgents in the country.

The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has assured of his country’s continuous commitment to supporting Nigeria and its neighbours in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa, disclosing that his government support is also addressing root causes of the conflict, helping the Nigerian Government to deliver for its citizens in the longer term, including in health and education.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday met with the Borno State Governor, Ibrahim Shettima and elders from the state at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the governor broke down in tears recounting the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in the state.

The Nigerian Army has repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents who disguised as humanitarian workers at Gudunbali community in Borno.

Some Human Rights groups on Friday took to the streets of Lagos in protest against incessant killings by insurgents in the country.

The Army on Friday neutralised five terrorists and recovered four AK 47 rifles at Gara village in Borno North.

The Military authorities on Thursday denied some media report (Not in Vanguard), that some group of Boko Haram sect have succeeded in recapturing Damasak, the Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno state 24 hours after the visit of Chief of Army Staff, Leut. General Tukur Buratai.

Five insurgents have lost their lives in a failed bid to infiltrate a community in Maiduguri, to cause havoc.

16 Boko Haram insurgents have been killed in an encounter with troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in the Forward Operational Base (FOB) along Mairari in Monguno. The troops killed the insurgents at about 6.50 pm on Friday 27 July 2018, in Mairari, a village located in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno state.

Maiduguri – Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security check point few kilometres away from Maiduguri.

Gov Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State on Monday attributed the security challenges bedeviling the Northern part of the country to illiteracy and poverty.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said its newly acquired all-weather helicopter gunship, Mi-35M Super Hind, recorded its first hit in battle against the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East.

The Governor of Ekiti, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the Federal Government on claims that the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents have been technically defeated and that government was clamping down heavily on perpetrators of the Southern Kaduna massive killings.

Conscious of the need to assist Nigeria to defeat the surging Boko Haram scourge, the British Government, yesterday, announced the immediate increase of its military experts to Nigeria to help sharpen the Nigeria troops to tackle the insurgents.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has refuted reports in a national daily (not Vanguard), he warned pro-Biafra agitators to desist from disturbing the peace of the South-East zone.