The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Yahaya Umar Farouq has said that media as an important component in the nation's progress and development play a very significant role in the society and have been actively involved in the Nigerian Army's non-kinetic lines of operation towards ensuring a peaceful and secured Nigeria.
The Nigerian military has open a new camp at Gongolon outskirts town of Miaduguri metropolis for camping of voluntarily surrendered Boko Haram terrorists, following the increasing number of the surrendered insurgents and their families.