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Boko Haram Has Enslaved Only Christian Among Kidnapped Girls Of Dapchi


The only Christian among the schoolgirls kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State, last month, will not be released as she has been enslaved by Boko Haram, SaharaReporters has learned. At least 101 out of the 110 students kidnapped from Government Girls' Technical College, Dapchi, were released early on Wednesday. Five of them, according to those who regained freedom, died before they got to the terrorists' camp.



Read more; http://saharareporters.com/2018/03/21/boko-haram-has-enslaved-only-christian-among-kidnapped-girls-dapchi

bidexiii:
PRESS RELEASE

76 DAPCHI ABDUCTED STUDENTS RELEASED IN ONGOING PROCESS - FG

The directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to all security agencies
to do everything possible to secure the release of the Dapchi
schoolgirls, who were abducted 19 Feb. 2018, has yielded fruits, with
the confirmed release of 76 of the 110 abducted students in the early
hours of Wednesday.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 76 are those
who have been documented so far, adding that the release of the
abducted students is ongoing.

He said the girls were released around 3 a.m. through back-channel
efforts and with the help of some friends of the country, and that it
was unconditional.

''For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding
that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could
endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the
preferred option.

''Within the period when the girls were being brought back,
operational pause was observed in certain areas to ensure free passage
and also that lives were not lost,'' Alhaji Mohammed said.

He said the number of the freed girls would be updated after the
remaining ones have been documented, especially because the girls were
not handed over to anyone but dropped off in Dapchi.

Segun Adeyemi
SA To Hon Minister of Information and Culture
Abuja
21 March 2018

https://twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/976448663441625089


The video didnt show BHT dropping the captured girls, it only showed BHT RECIEVING AN HEROIC WELCOME. However there are still elements of lie in the ministers press statement

PRESS RELEASE

76 DAPCHI ABDUCTED STUDENTS RELEASED IN ONGOING PROCESS - FG

The directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to all security agencies
to do everything possible to secure the release of the Dapchi
schoolgirls, who were abducted 19 Feb. 2018, has yielded fruits, with
the confirmed release of 76 of the 110 abducted students in the early
hours of Wednesday.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 76 are those
who have been documented so far, adding that the release of the
abducted students is ongoing.

He said the girls were released around 3 a.m. through back-channel
efforts and with the help of some friends of the country, and that it
was unconditional.

''For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding
that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could
endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the
preferred option.

''Within the period when the girls were being brought back,
operational pause was observed in certain areas to ensure free passage
and also that lives were not lost,'' Alhaji Mohammed said.

He said the number of the freed girls would be updated after the
remaining ones have been documented, especially because the girls were
not handed over to anyone but dropped off in Dapchi.

Segun Adeyemi
SA To Hon Minister of Information and Culture
Abuja
21 March 2018

REPENTANT BOKO HARAM TERRORIST SURRENDERS TO
22 BRIGADE TROOPS

It is obvious that the fight against the insurgents is a decisive engagement as the Nigerian military is fully committed to the battle. This is paying great dividends as the insurgents could no longer take the heat. Operation Deep Punch 2 and other Operations have decimated and uprooted Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) from their stronghold in Sambisa forest. One of the Shekau’s Amirs in Malumri village under Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, who realized how badly they have lost in their fight has surrendered to the troops.

At the early hours of Tuesday 20 March 2018 Mallam Ramat Alamin aged 47 and Shuwa by tribe was intercepted by troops of 22 Brigade Garrison deployed along road Dikwa – Gulumba Gana. Mallam Ramat said he came to Dikwa to surrender himself to the troops due to the fact that Boko Haram Terrorists group could no longer hold itself and they are presently in disarray with little or no logistics to carry out their nefarious attacks. He disclosed that his personal weapon AK 47 rifle with Registration No: H3 2538, four AK 47 empty magazines and one motorcycle were hidden behind Government Teachers College Dikwa while trying to enter the town to surrender.

He also said that, many of the terrorists are willing to surrender due to hunger and lack of basic logistics but are scared of the consequences.

It is good and courageous for him to surrendered and would be recommended for Government de-radicalization programme. He gave out some information and encouraged other terrorists to take a cue from him and surrender in order to ensure lasting peace and stability in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public through your reputable medium.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations.

More...

ARMY APPREHENDS WANTED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS SUSPECT, OTHERS.

Troops of 23 Brigade on Operation LAFIYA DOLE on 20 March 2018 have arrested a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Bubayi Isa from Panama village, Gunda District, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State following a tip off. Further investigation reveals that Bubayi is the 37 suspect on the list of Boko Haram Terrorists suspect published by Army Headquarters. Others arrested with him are Muhammad Buba and Abdullahi Abubakar from the same area while Yakubu Abdullahi hails from Sabon Gari Gado in Bayo Local Government Area also of Borno State. The suspects were arrested in Kalaa village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The suspects have also confessed of belonging to a Boko Haram Terrorists group and their various involvement following a preliminary investigation by the troops.
You are please requested to disseminate this information to the general public through your medium.
Thanks for your usual cooperation.

TEXAS CHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations

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#HMCSSummerside strengthened relationships with the #Benin Navy and local community, including a 'Lycée militaire' for girls, during a visit to Cotonou as part of #OpPROJECTION.

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NIGERIAN AIR FORCE COMMISSIONS WELFARE-RELATED FACILITIES AT NAF BASES IN ILORIN, ABUJA

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, 20 March 2018, commissioned a Joint Airmen/Airwomen’s Mess and a 6 x one bedroom residential accommodation for airmen/airwomen serving at 303 Medium Airlift Group (MAG), NAF Base Ilorin, Kwara State. Other facilities commissioned during the ceremony include a 500 KVA transformer as well as 2 boreholes, each with 300,000 and 55,000 litres surface tanks, in addition to overhead tanks. The facilities were provided to further cater for the welfare needs of NAF personnel who operate and maintain the various platforms employed for medium airlift in support of ongoing operations in different parts of the country. It is also part of a deliberate effort aimed at bringing the personnel of the Unit, who were residing in different locations within the city, together for enhanced operational efficiency and optimized service delivery for the benefit of the nation.

While speaking during the commissioning ceremony, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was represented by the Chief of Administration (COA) at Headquarters NAF, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Yahaya, reiterated that the NAF leadership would not relent in its efforts at ensuring better living conditions for personnel and their families. Air Marshal Abubakar also said that the critical role being played by 303 MAG towards ensuring national peace and security cannot be overemphasised, as timely logistics resupply is central to the success of military operations. Additionally, the CAS disclosed that the NAF had recently posted more personnel to the Unit to enable it contribute more to Internal Security operations in Kwara State and its environs. He therefore appealed to Kwara State citizens to continually give the NAF the needed cooperation to succeed in safeguarding the nation.

Meanwhile, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji (Dr) Abdulfatah Ahmed, who was represented at the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Manjo, acknowledged that the presence of NAF in Ilorin had given a boost to the security of Kwara State. He therefore gave the assurance that the State Government would not relent in providing the NAF and other security agencies in the State with adequate support to aid the discharge of their duties. Governor Abdulfatah also expressed delight at the rate of infrastructural development at the NAF Base in Ilorin, noting that the visionary leadership being demonstrated by the CAS, Air Marshal Abubakar, was indeed worthy of emulation. In his welcome address, the Commander 303 MAG, Group Captain Patrick Obeya, expressed profound appreciation to the NAF leadership for the provision of the new infrastructure and facilities in the Unit, noting that the gesture would go a long way to boost the morale of the personnel and spur them to strive harder in the discharge of their duties.

In a related development, a Joint Airmen/Airwomen’s Mess was also commissioned for Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) serving in Abuja in a bid to boost comradeship and regimentation among personnel. While speaking during the commissioning, the COA who represented the CAS at the occasion, urged the NCOs to make optimal use of the facility and also maintain it in line with the standards for which the NAF is renowned. It is worthy of note that in the past 3 years, the NAF has tried to address the gaps in accommodation in all NAF units.

OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA
Air Vice Marshal
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force

EAF F-16 BLOCK 52

A special picture of one of the monsters of the Egyptian Lightning forces in the sinai campaign

Photos | Japanese offensive submarine soryu-class.. the world's strongest conventional submarine currently
The Japan-class offensive submarine is characterized by hydrodynamic design, which is based on the older submarines of the category, and is considered to be the most distinctive of the sue submarines, the largest in terms of displacement from former Japanese submarines and its steel structure. The High-Tensile Coating, which was covered with paint paint to reduce the sound waves from the submarine and to maintain its phantom silence, is characterized by its rear design as an " x.. due to the desire of the Japanese Navy. In giving the submarine the greatest possible maneuverability.
The submarine entered the Japanese Naval Service for the first time in 2009
Currently serving in the Japanese Navy with 9 submarines out of 14 sub-Submarines.
It'S 2900 tons on the surface and 4200 tons at the dive.
It's 84 metres long, 9.1 meters wide, 37 km / h in case of dive.
Range: 7060.75 miles equivalent to approximately 11297.2 km (generally range variable by speed)
A dive can dive to 2132 Feet.
A crew of 65, including 9 Officers.
The submarine has 6 533-mm slots to launch missiles and heavy torpedoes.
The submarine carries 30 assorted weapons between the type 89 heavy torpedoes of 50 kilometres, and the rockets are 130 kilometers deep, and can be armed with dates rockets. Ground, you're arming the submarine, all of you with Marine Mines, working as an opportunity to launch special
Information | to increase survival and reduce the acoustic emissions of the submarine, the last 5 Submarines will be built with Lithium-ion emergencies instead of relying on the system cell system in the former submarines.

Good morning everyone from sky sinai to ula for glory

A special photo of one of the fraternal Saudi army soldiers and shows his arming with Russian assault rifle ak-103 equipped with Russian Binoculars 1 P76
The AK-103 assault rifle is one of the AK-100 rifles, which includes AK-101/102/103/104/105 Rifles, and the AK-103 rifle was built on the basis of the famous ak-47 assault rifle, but With The addition of a new flame of arms to reduce the reaction of the weapon, which is more accurate than the weapon during archery, especially during the automatic shooting, which is considered to be one of the problems that affect accuracy, an effective weapon range between 500 : 600 meters and uses 7.62 x39 rounds and the shooting rate is 600 rounds per minute.
Telescope 1 P76 is a Russian-made telescope that is classified within the category (Red Dot), but has replaced the red dot in the other telescopes with a German correction network, which gives the telescope a high capacity to aim accurately against distant targets, and also use Meh in close clashes (CQB).
Illustrations: https://imgur.com/a/0Uxia
The Telescope can work at temperatures ranging from 40 to 40°C, providing a 13-degree vision range and weighing about 500 grams.

Israel announced today officially and for the first time that it bombed the nuclear reactor in deir ezzor on the night of 5 AND 6 September in the summer of 2007 the reactor was built with help from Korea Northern
The raid on the reactor nuclear reactor was carried out by 8 F-15 and f-16 fighter jets, with the participation of a Syrian radar jamming aircraft. The fighters took off at 10.30 p.m. on September 5, 2007 From Airport South of occupied Palestinian territory
The extensive and qualitative jamming of Syrian radar in the area of air breach on the coast was launched and the fighters entered a low altitude of the Syrian coast and flew at a low altitude until it arrived at deir al-Zor-El-false in full radio silence until it reached In the evening, the bombing lasted for 3 minutes, during which 14 tons of bombs and rockets were dropped by Israeli fighters, where each fighter threw two bombs, and following the end of the bombing, the fighters withdrew at a low altitude towards Turkish airspace and The return dropped fuel tanks there (on Turkish territory) and the fighters arrived at one of the air bases in the north of the occupied Palestinian territory at 1:30 p.m. on 6 September 2007
The Israeli Enemy Defense Minister, the lieberman, said that the entire region had to absorb the lesson from Israel's strike in 2007 against the Syrian nuclear reactor and added: the motives of our enemies have grown in recent years and But the ability of the Israel defense forces has also grown, and he said, " everyone in the middle east will do well to accommodate this equation
The Occupation Army said that the operation had removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a message to others
The Commander of the Israeli air force gave an explanation of the achievements and challenges encountered in the operation of the reactor
Chief of the general staff of the occupation army, general gadi reisen, who was commander of the northern front in 2007, spoke about the operation of the nuclear reactor in deir ezzor in 2007 and said it was the most important strike since war. Yom Kippur in Syria
The spokesman for the Zionist Occupation Army, called the, sponsored a video of the attack on the reactor on his page and said, " our bones have been and will be strengthened

Odunayaw:
Most times concessions are made in the form of ;
1) staying of the tempo of operations
2) cash
3) prisoner exchange

Now what bites me is how we can't track this people after their dropoff to wherever they hide. Perhaps they are quite mobile, viruses tend to adapt

Where do BHT want to hide with quite numbers of adopted school girls and unaccounted captured civilians.

Now the question his do we really think the military do not know where does girls are......?

Capital NO, they know team exact location. But there are some inderances or obstacle preventing them from carrying out a rescue mission.

Apart from the just freed 105 Dapachi school girls few hours ago, there are more innocent civilians Bokoharam are using has Shields with heavily fortified perimeter.

Secondly; conducting a rescue mission may proof very destructive for the image of the military if captured civilian used has shield dies during such mission. Don't let us forget the Amnesty international is always watching.

They are not helping matters at all. They are only good at destroying the image of the military. for me I see them has a watch dog for the western and European Lords.

We have drones that can track Bokoharam movement but there are more dialogue and less war-fare that is more productive in such issue.

On the BH camp used in camping innocent civilians his known to the military; the issue can be described; just like grain in the bottle and a chicken trying to pick them up, there is nothing the chicken can do unless if it breaks the bottle.

The consequences would be catastrophic .

Odunayaw:
US donated what? when?

Naa so demand they ask oO...... just decided to lay off

#Libya- T-55 tank & ZPU-2 technical #MSCD captured from #LNA's 122 Bn. in clashes near #Derna

#Tunisia- MoI photos from the scene of the suicide bombing and clashes in Sidi Tou showing another PBIED that was not detonated and a sawed-off shotgun

Boko Haram Returns Kidnapped School Girls In Dapchi, Five Dead

http://saharareporters.com/2018/03/21/boko-haram-returns-kidnapped-school-girls-dapchi-five-dead

kikuyu1:
Nigga,when was that? Why do people feel the need to do battle on this thread!? Why?

you should have thought of that before spitting your shit..

‪Col. Adegoke Adetuyi, Commandant, Operation Safe Corridor (Gombe), met with Gov. Kashim Shettima on the planned transfer of Ex-Boko Haram members to the Borno State Government having concluded de-radicalization & rehabilitation program, ready to be reintegrated back to the society.‬



What's your take on this ex-bokoharam members should they be given a second chance after the deradicalization & rehabilitation program and ready to be reintegrated back to the society. ........

tdayof:
Beautiful and dangerous

jakeporeshenko:
MNJTF Troops

Beautiful mountain background and skyline.....


Location.....

#CION

kikuyu1:
Errr,sometimes the reason people don't venture an opinion is because they don't have one-which is no bad thing in itself. Just think of some of the poo we've been forced to read here by those pretending to know and forcefully inflicting their ignorance on normal people!

It's a sensitive issue that till date the defense HQ and M.O.D has said little or nothing about till date. That is why someone like me will rather keep quite.

I'll rather keep quite and allow people like you rant and spit shit, displaying your level of ignorance. Even Eeben Barlow himself only gave one press release regarding these issue on behalf of STTEP company only and wrote two articles to clarify these issues.

It's not necessary, you spit .....



http://eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecurityblog..com.ng/2015/04/feeding-narrative_25.html?m=0


http://eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecurityblog..com.ng/2015/05/updating-nigerian-narrative.html?m=0