Several suspected members of the ISWAP terrorist group met a grim end Wednesday as Nigerian troops repelled a second attack by the terrorists on a military base in Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge local government area of Borno state.
The terrorists returned to the base less than 48 hours after they attacked the facility and three others in Borno state between Monday and Tuesday.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication covering the Lake Chad region, said the insurgents disguised as Fulani herders and were repelled by gallant Nigerian troops who killed many of them.
The publication added that the military combated the insurgents with the help of a NAF fighter jet, forcing them to retreat.
However, many of the insurgents were killed as gunfire hit and destroyed a Hilux truck with which they tried to escape.
Though the publication did not state the number of casualties, it said normalcy had been restored to the area.
The success of the Nigerian military followed the assurances given by the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai Tuesday. Speaking at a press briefing, Major General Abubakar, said the military will crush the insurgents and warned them to surrender or face defeat.
The authorities had yet to speak on the latest attack as of the time of this report. (Premium Times)
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Wednesday said no fewer than 120 million persons have so far been captured in the ongoing nationwide National Identity Number (NIN) enrollment since inception.
The Director General of NIMC, Mrs. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, stated this at a media conference in Abuja.
She said the enrollment would still continue at both the rural and urban communities.
“We have enrolled many Nigerians and still counting so we are definitely going to continue to ensure that we enroll more Nigerians before the end of this year.
” One of the things that we have done under the partnership with the World Bank on the Nigeria Identification for Development (ID4D) project is that we have been able to ensure that the private sector is integrated into what we do.
“We have collaboration with the private sector through our scheme known as Frontier Partners where they join us to enroll Nigerians nationwide and they go out there with us and enroll Nigerians,” she said.
Coker-Odusote said the Commission had been able to create an enabling environment by providing jobs nationwide.
She said NIMC state offices and even at the local governments were equipped with upgraded equipment to help enrollees in various communities to be able to enroll.
“There are well trained NIMC staff that are willing to assist you to be able to enroll through the application and modify the information as requested.
“So it’s very important for us to know that when we are looking at the pricing framework, the summary of it is some prices were deleted, some prices were reviewed downward, and some prices were increased,” Coke-Odusote said.
She said citizens were allowed to book online, and visit the centres to pre-enrol, pre-fill their information as well as get their biometrics captured.
Coker-Odusote said the pre-enrolment system processes had reduced across port for easier access of time in biometric capturing, saying that information were submitted online and authenticated and pre-enrolled.
“People may move from one location to another location and they want to update because of jobs, because of family, people relocate to different parts of Nigeria.
“So, if you move from Lagos state to Kaduna or you move from Abuja to Cross River, you need to be able to update your records.
“So rather than allowing people to come and queue up at our centres we created the modification platform online,” she said.
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