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When Farouk Yahaya was moved from the Nigerian army 1 division in Kaduna state to oversee the wars against Boko Haram in the north-east, he pledged to ensure “total peace and sanity” in the troubled region. He may not have achieved that completely, but things improved under his watch going by available records.
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Data obtained from
the Council on Foreign Relations shows that from April 1 when the major general took charge of the war against Boko Haram, till Thursday when he was
named Nigeria’s chief of army staff, the number of civilians killed by insurgents dropped by 17 percent, while the number of Boko Haram members killed shot up by 46 percent.
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Olalekan Adetayo and Solomon Odeniyi
Published 8 May 2021
Olalekan Adetayo and Solomon Odeniyi
Published 8 May 2021
Amid fear of an imminent Boko Haram attack in the Federal Capital Territory, visitors were barred from entering the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase I located in the Three Arms Zones, Abuja.
One of our correspondents, who monitored events in front of one of the gates for about 30 minutes on Friday, observed that men of the Nigerian Legion as well as the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were seen ensuring that only civil servants with identification cards were granted access onto the premises.
Gunmen In Military Uniform Abduct 19 Travellers on Kaduna-Kachia Road
They abducted many people, so some of them managed to escape from the bush, because it was in the night, but some others were not lucky.
by Saharareporters, New York
Feb 01, 2021
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have intercepted some vehicles on Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kaduna State, abducting no fewer than 19 travellers and taking them in the forest.
SaharaReporters learnt that the gunmen, who were clad in military uniform, waylaid the passengers at Idon village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state on Friday night and carried out the attack.
Troops rescue 4, arrest 3 bandits in Kaduna – Commissioner
The commissioner explains that the women were abducted on their way to the farm.
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The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that troops of `Operation Thunder Strike’ have rescued two kidnapped women at Gadanin Gwari in Gwagwada District of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The state government also confirmed the police have rescued two other persons abducted at Kurmin Idon axis of Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kajuru LGA.
This is contained in a statement issued by Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, on Saturday.
Mr Aruwan said the troops captured three suspected bandits.