Abuja, June 23 (IANS) Nigerian troops have freed at least 47 people, mostly women and children, held hostage by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a recent operation in the country’s northeastern state of Borno, the military said on Tuesday.The victims were rescued following sustained operations by troops in Kangarwa, a town believed to host an ISWAP enclave in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, as part of an intensified onslaught against ISWAP strongholds in the Lak…
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Abuja, May 19 (IANS) The death toll among Islamic State fighters in Nigeria has risen to 175 after several days of joint airstrikes between Nigeria and the United States in the country’s northeast. More than “175 ISIS militants were eliminated on the battlefield,” Nigeria’s army spokesman Samaila Uba said in a statement on Tuesday.”The joint strikes destroyed checkpoints, weapons depots, logistics centres, military equipment, and the headquarters of financial networks used to support terrorist…