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JTF bans vendors and beggars from checkpoints in Yobe

May 21, 2013 no comments

Street food vendors and beggars will no longer be allowed to hang around security checkpoints in Yobe state, one of the three northeastern states under emergency rule. The News Agency of Nigeria repo...

JTF, Senator Zanna in war of words; military accused of mass murder

October 23, 2012 no comments

Borno state senator, Ahmad Zanna, recently accused of harboring a wanted terrorist, Boko Haram leader Shuaibu Bama, is slinging mud at the Joint Task Force. Senator Zanna, who has repeatedly denied J...

Senator denies JTF claims, says Boko Haram suspect was arrested in for...

October 22, 2012 no comments

The high-profile Boko Haram member, who was reportedly arrested at the home of a government official last week in Maiduguri, was arrested at the home of former Borno state Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, ...

JTF imposes curfew in Mubi, Adamawa; door-to-door searches ongoing

September 24, 2012 no comments

The Joint Task Force has imposed a curfew on yet another northern town, this time the order has been issued in Mubi town in Adamawa state where security operatives are conducting a door-to-door searc...

24-hour curfew imposed in Damaturu as JTF arrests 25 suspected Boko Ha...

September 23, 2012 no comments

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the Yobe State capital of Damaturu after the Joint Task Force in the restive city conducted massive raids that led to the arrest of 25 suspected Boko Haram member...

Two senior Boko Haram members killed in Maiduguri gun battle

September 21, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s military forces reportedly killed two senior members of the radical Islamist Boko Haram sect, officials confirmed. According to reports the two leaders were killed in a gun battle bet...

JTF soldier in Kano accused of assaulting retired officer

September 12, 2012 no comments

A soldier attached to the Joint Task Force has been accused of assaulting a retired Captain Yusuf Abdulmalik, spokesman for the Retired Army, Navy and Airforce Officers’ Club (RANAO). The attac...

JTF kills 7 suspected terrorists, arrests 13 in Maiduguri

September 7, 2012 no comments

Maiduguri (NAN) – The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Friday that it had killed seven suspected terrorists in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the...

JTF warns Maiduguri residents to stop giving Boko Haram money

August 31, 2012 no comments

Premium Times – The Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Wednesday, warned residents of the city, to refrain from paying money to the militant sect, Boko Haram, for illegal arms recovered by JTF. The...

Mulitiple explosions in Maiduguri; one suspected bomber killed, soldie...

August 28, 2012 no comments

Multiple bomb explosions have rocked the Borno state capital city of Maiduguri, leaving a number of soldiers wounded and one reported death. Joint Task Force military operatives said they killed a ma...

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