Nigerian troops rescue over 330 women, children held by Boko Haram

The Nigerian army on Wednesday said it had freed more than 330 people, mostly women and children, from Boko Haram's Sambisa forest stronghold in the volatile northeast.

It was not clear if any of the around 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamists past year in northeastern Chibok were among those rescued.

"The trust issue comes from a legacy of poor communication from the armed forces over Boko Haram activity", she explains, although The Times notes that the tenure of newly elected Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has brought with it an expectation of more accurate and accountable military information.

Nigeria's armed forces have been fighting a decisive battle against home grown insurgent group Boko Haram, which recently declared its allegiance to ISIS, and has claimed a series of successes.

The Director of Army Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who confirmed this in a statement yesterday, said that the troops were also able to kill 30 Boko Haram terrorists.

In a related development, troops based on a tip off, ambushed and killed 4 suspected Boko Haram terrorists on a suicide bombing mission to Gubula, Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State. As part of its anti-terrorism efforts to rout Boko Haram from northern Nigeria, the military urged the public to call special hotlines if any of the pictured suspects were spotted. On Tuesday the airforce said they launched strikes against the group's vehicle and fuel deports in a "renewed drive to further degrade" its assets. The group's members were also suspects in a bombing there that killed seven people earlier this month. If you happen to be in the Ministry of External Affairs and have suddenly been tasked with working on this project or are generally interested and have only heard of Boko Haram in context of a Twitter campaign, we've got the right video for you.

"The fight against Boko Haram insurgency is a collective responsibility of all, including the media".

The Nigerian military was yet to respond to the attack.

"They burned cars, houses, stores", the private radio station Anfani reported. "Maybe because the media are not doing what they should do", Eto'o said.