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Nigerian military releases 593 cleared Boko Haram suspects

The Nigerian Army has released 593 people who have been cleared of having no ties with Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai sanctioned their release which was done at a ceremony in Maiduguri on Monday, Brigadier General Abdulrahman Kuluya confirmed. Commander of the anti-Boko Haram operation launched by the military, Major General Lucky Irabor handed over the cleared detainees to the Borno Government […]

today11 April 2017

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Multiple bomb blasts rock Nigeria’s Maiduguri

Multiple suicide bomb blasts have killed at least six people and wounded 18 others in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, security sources told Al Jazeera. The attacks happened around 03:30 GMT on Wednesday at the Muna Garage area on the outskirts of the city. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at an unofficial camp for displaced people, while a third bomber was killed by his explosive device before he […]

today22 March 2017

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Army searching for Chibok girls seized by Boko Haram

After the Nigerian army claimed victory over Boko Haram in the armed group's forest stronghold, a commander at the forefront of the battle says the search is still on for the missing Chibok girls. The army captured the Sambisa Forest in the country's east over the weekend. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu, the army commander, said that while his soldiers had made significant gains, they […]

today28 December 2016

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Chibok girl recalls ‘miracle’ release by Boko Haram

When Boko Haram fighters decided to release some of the 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in northeast Nigeria, Asabe Goni did not think that she would be among the girls allowed to go home. During their time in captivity the girls were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers, with some whipped for not doing so, but Goni said otherwise they were treated well and […]

today26 December 2016

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Chibok girls in tearful reunion with families

Some of the 21 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the armed group Boko Haram have reunited with their families, following their release after 30 months in captivity. Cries of joy filled the room as the freed girls, who had been kidnapped along with more than 200 other pupils in the town of Chibok in April 2014, met their relatives in Abuja on Sunday. The girls were freed on Thursday, but it […]

today17 October 2016

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