The military says it has rescued 178 people from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state.
In a statement released on Sunday, it said that 101 of those freed were children and a further 67 were women but didn’t say if the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were among them.
The military also says that a Boko Haram commander was captured and several camps were cleared.
Boko Haram has killed some 5,500 civilians in Nigeria since 2014.
Meanwhile, the Borno State police command has confirmed the killing of seven persons after suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Malari village in Konduga Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Aderemi Opadokun, the state Commissioner of Police, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri.
“Information available indicates that suspected terrorists attacked Malari village in Konduga on Saturday around 22:30 hours.
“The attackers burnt down some houses and killed seven persons in the village situated on Konduga-Maiduguri road,” Opadokun said.
