37 BOKO HARAM MEMBERS , 2 SOLDIERS DIE IN GUN BATTLE

Nigeria's armed force said two fighters and 37 Boko Haram activists were murdered in an assault on a camp utilized by the guerillas at Kotokuma, Borno State.


"The troops cleared the terrorists' camp which was furnished with therapeutic office, an ad libbed touchy gadgets processing plant, fuel dump, mechanical workshop, generators and a few water focuses," Colonel Sani Usman, an armed force representative, said in a messaged explanation on Saturday. Fighters "additionally devastated three vehicles weighed down with IEDs implied for suicide bombings," he said.

Nigeria's administration says it's gaining ground in its fight against Boko Haram, which has pursued a vicious seven-year crusade, for the most part in the upper east of the nation, to force its rendition of Islamic law on Africa's biggest economy.

For the current week, President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria and its neighbors have "essentially annihilated" the battling limit of the guerillas, who have murdered thousands since 2009.