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Boko Haram Overruns Army Base – Hundreds of Soldiers Still Missing

Tony Abu Momoh Jul 16, 2018 0

Boko Haram has overrun a Nigeria Army base in the remote north-east barely twenty-four hours after attacking Nigerian troops in an ambush during a failed assault mission. Nigerian Troops suffered heavy casualties in that operation while the…

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ISIS fighters continue to flee – Pentagon

News Agency of Nigeria Oct 11, 2017 0

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS’) fighters remain on the run in Iraq and Syria as coalition troops clear territory once controlled by them, Pentagon has said. Spokesman for U.S. Department of Defense, Col. Rob Manning said Iraqi…

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2,000 ISIS fighters to die in Raqqa – Pentagon

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 5, 2017 0

The U.S. Department of Defense says no fewer than 2,000 fighters of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will die in the Syrian city of Raqqa in the ongoing efforts to liberate the city. Brett McGurk Special Envoy to President Donald…

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Former Australian PM calls for special ‘terror courts’ to deal with fighters

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 1, 2017

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday called for a “special court” to be created specifically to deal with returning Australian Islamic State (IS) fighters. He declared that Australia is “pussyfooting” around the role…

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Syrian rebels begin to evacuate Damascus suburb: state TV

News Agency of Nigeria May 8, 2017

Hundreds of Syrian rebel fighters began a process of leaving the besieged Damascus suburb of Barzeh on Monday as part of an evacuation deal agreed with the government, state television and a war monitor reported. State-run Ekhbariya…