“From accounts we gathered from people around, the woman arrived on a taxi tricycle, as every woman grocer does. The place was littered with victims and burning rickshaws”, a local resident told AFP.
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“The attackers burnt down some houses and killed seven persons in the village situated along Konduga-Maiduguri road”, Opadokun said.
Buhari commended Yayi for increasing the number of Benin troops to 800 for the MNJTF, saying “and I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year”.
The ongoing clash between Nigeria’s armed forces and the Islamist militants Boko Haram has been largely a one-sided affair with the terrorist group seemingly taking the upper hand.
Cameroon becomes the fourth country to commit to the African Union-mandated Multi-National Joint Task Force after Buhari inked similar agreements with Chad and Niger. “Thank God I was not too close”, he said.
About 1,000 Chadian soldiers have been deployed in the area of Lake Chad “to occupy all the islands and neutralise Boko Haram“, a security source said.
A auto lies in the aftermath of a suicide attack in the Nigerian city of Kano.
Army spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman told VOA, “Whenever there is success of this nature, it goes a long way in boosting the morale of not just the fighting forces, but the overall Nigerian population”.
The Nigerian air force said its Alpha jet was instrumental in assisting ground troops repel an attack by Boko Haram on Bita Village in Borno state.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden”, controls large parts of northeastern Nigeria.
The region has seen a surge in violence since Buhari took office in May vowing to crush Boko Haram’s campaign for an Islamic caliphate.
The United Nations envoy also welcomed President Buhari’s successful visit to Cameroon and his reaffirmation of Nigeria’s commitment to the peaceful resolution of all border issues with Cameroon.
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Malari has been the target of numerous attacks in recent months, including a suicide bombing by a youth in a mosque in the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in July which left 12 people dead.
