The Nigerian Army in the North-East has announced the release of Lydia Simon, a Chibok girl who had been held hostage by Boko Haram militants for ten years.
Troops from the Nigerian Army’s 6th Brigade have killed five violent extremists, foiled kidnapping attempts, and discovered a large stockpile of weaponry and
Operations Forest Sanity Joint Troops intercepted more than 2,000 rounds of various grades of ammunition being couriered to bandits near Polewire in the dreaded Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Samuel Aruwan, State
Units of the Nigerian Army’s One Division Troop, operating in Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State, said they had killed five bandits and seized four AK-7 rifles. Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director
Nigerian military troops raided camps owned by six terrorists on the edge of the Sambisa forest in Borno state. They reportedly killed scores of Boko Haram members, as part of Operation Hadin Kai.