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    Boko Haram fighters have beheaded at least 43 farmers in one of the most horrific mass murders in the history of insurgency, Anti-jihadist militia told AFP. The barbaric incident happened this evening in Zabarmari, less than 20 km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said. "We have recovered 43 dead bodies, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries," said militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors. "It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in the area and frequently attack farmers." The victims were labourers from Sokoto state in northwest Nigeria, roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away, who had travelled to the northeast to find work, said another militiaman Ibrahim Liman who gave the same toll. "There were 60 farmers who were contracted to harvest paddy in the rice fields. Forty-three wer...

Insurgency Troops Eliminate Seven Boko Haram Commanders, Fighters in Lake Chad - DHQ Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated several top commanders and fighters of Boko Haram terrorists group in their various camps at the fringes of Lake Chad in Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Enenche said that the troops also destroyed several camps used by the terrorists located at Tunbun Gini, Tunbun Nbororo, Tunbun Kayoma, Tunbun Kaza and Tunbun Fulani during the operation. He said that some of the top Boko Haram/ISWAP commanders killed during the operation were- Abu Usman, Alhaji Shettima, Modu Mainok, Bukar Gana, Abu Summayya, Amir Taam and Amir Kuraish. He assured that the Armed Forces of Nigeria in collaboration with other security agencies were committed to ending terrorism and other security challenges in the country. “While the good people of the Nort...

Boko Haram slaughtered 75 elderly people in one night, I can't travel home - Sen. Ndume The Senator representing Borno South senatorial district at the National Assembly, Sen. Ali Ndume, has disclosed that Boko Haram slaughtered 75 elderly people in his hometown of Gwoza area of the state. Ndume claimed that Boko Haram dragged the elders to the town’s abattoir and slaughtered them like animals. The lawmaker disclosed this during a stakeholders’ Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri, on Wednesday. He lamented that the activities of the insurgents had made him unable to travel home. Ndume disclosed that in one day, the insurgent also killed several young residents. He, however, noted that the level of insecurity in Gwoza had overwhelmed security operatives. He said: “Even as a serving senator, I still cannot go to Gwoza my home town because it is not safe. “Our security operatives are trying their bests, and we have to giv...