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The army also said 17 Boko Haram fighters died in the fighting following the pre-dawn strike.

This was disclosed Wednesday in a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), 7Div Maiduguri, Col. Tukur Gusau.

The Nigerian Army says no fewer than 200 suspected Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to troops that overran them on the Bama-Banki axis of Borno State.

Nigeria troops have captured a Boko Haram kingpin, Bulama Modu, along the Banki axis of Borno, alongside 43 other Boko Haram terrorists.

The Army Spokesman said that the command considers this a major breakthrough with the arrest of Bulama Modu, who he said is the Emir of Bulakuri.

A disjointed campaign by Nigeria, Chad and Niger swept Boko Haram out of the towns of northeast Nigeria earlier this year but the group, which has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, has killed hundreds of people in the last three months in those three countries, as well as...

The attack reportedly took the lives of more than 40 people and injured dozens more in a crowded market in the town of Sabon Gari.

The attack reportedly took the lives of more than 40 people and injured dozens more in a crowded market in the town of Sabon Gari. Under Shekau’s leadership, the terror group’s mission has been to drive out all followers of Christ from Nigeria. He was last heard from...

Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has refuted recent media reports of his death or replacement in an audio message.

Spokesman Col. Tukur Gusau said that 101 of those freed are children, along with 67 women and 10 men.

Sabon Gari village is settlement along Damboa – Biu road and is 50 kilometers away from Biu, the largest town in southern part of Borno State.

“It was a bloody attack by a female suicide bomber and apart from the over 40 people who were killed, many sustained injuries”, he said.

State police commissioner Aderemi Opadokun confirmed the attack but gave a lower toll, saying seven people had been killed.

The Nigerian military has announced the release of hundreds of people held captive by Boko Haram in recent months, especially in the notorious Sambisa forest, a longtime Islamist stronghold now affiliated with the Islamic State group.