Scores of motorists and travellers were feared dead on Monday after stepping on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by members of the Boko Haram sect on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road in Borno State. This was confirmed by the Executive Chairman of [...]
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has told the Kaduna State Government that the lynched herdsmen in Birnin-Gwari on Sunday were terrorists from Sudan. It had been reported that two herdsmen were killed by a mob of disgruntled teenagers who [...]
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed a police inspector identified as Idris Musa at Makera quarters, Kwakware community, along Katsina-Jibia Road in Katsina State. The terrorists stormed the community on Monday at about 7am shooting sporadically while chasing a [...]
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic militants have reportedly killed a middle-aged woman identified as Lyop Dalyop at Bagai village in Bachi District. The district is in the Riyom local government area of Plateau State. According to Tribune, the victim was [...]
The Nigerian Army says it will take a minimum of 30 years to eradicate the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram. According to Tribune, the Acting Director of Nigerian Army Information Management, Brig-Gen. Folorunso Oyinlola disclosed this in Benin at the [...]
The Nigerian Presidency has said it was outsmarted by terrorists in the government’s negotiation for the release of kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna passengers still in captivity. The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in an interview [...]
Terrorist kingpin, Alhaji Shanono, has been killed in a major air raid, the Air Force high command has confirmed. Spokesman of the Nigerian Air force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who made the confirmation, added that the Chief of Air Staff [...]
Nigerian Military’s operation, code-named Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), has arrested some suspects for armed banditry and kidnapping in Kaduna, Plateau and Nasarawa states. Bernard Onyeuko, Director of Defence Media Operations disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said the [...]
Amid glaring danger lurking in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Senate, yesterday, turned deaf ears to the recent threats by terrorists to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai and lawmakers in the country. Despite heightened apprehension, [...]
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 42 Boko Haram insurgents in the past two weeks in the North-east. The DHQ said 3,858 terrorists including six top commanders and their families surrendered to troops in the [...]
Youths under the aegis of the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has expressed fears that terrorists might take over the Nigerian government soon if nothing is done urgently. The coalition said that this was obvious based on the recent [...]
An Assistant Commissioner of Police and Area Commander for Dutsinma, Katsina State, ACP Aminu Umar and one other officer were killed by Islamic terrorists on Tuesday. The officers were reported to have been killed in an ambush by the terrorists [...]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday night struck at the Millennium City, Kaduna where they kidnapped the wife of a military officer and six others at the Keke ‘A’ and Keke B communities. According to Vanguard, people in the [...]
The Senate has identified terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger States, respectively. Accordingly, the red chamber, on Tuesday, urged the Military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught against bandits and criminal elements within [...]
Inhabitants of Adara community in the southern part of Kaduna State have said that about 32 persons lost their lives in an alleged helicopter-aided attack by terrorists, who razed houses, including Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the area. Adara leaders said [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram terrorists are either stupid or do not know God. Buhari questioned how the terrorists kill innocent people and shout ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is great), saying it might be because of their stupidity. The President [...]
The United States has sanctioned six Nigerians convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over alleged funding of Boko Haram terrorism. The convicts were tried and convicted in 2019 after being found [...]
Violent extremism is escalating in West Africa’s coastal states. This is terrifying for citizens but is just the tip of the insurgency iceberg. Under the surface lies a covert network that ensures terrorism continues in the region. Evidence is emerging [...]
At least 200 bandits have been killed in Niger State in the past three days in security operations, an official has said. The state’s Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development, Chieftaincy Affairs and Internal Security, Emmanuel Umar, said this on Wednesday. Mary [...]
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, has identified three religious groups as organisations backing terrorism activities in Nigeria and other Sahel countries. Speaking at the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers and Imams of Sahel countries in [...]
Hundreds of Nigerian Boko Haram terrorists who are being held in a camp in Borno State after surrendering to the military rioted on Wednesday to demand the right to slaughter cows for meat, AFP reports. The riot prompted residents in [...]
Boko Haram terrorists have taken over five communities in Rafi and Shiroto Local Government Areas of Niger state, an official of the state said. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government disclosed this in an interview with News Agency [...]
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an ambush in Pulka general area, the Nigerian Army has disclosed. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. [...]
Militants of the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have killed two policemen and a soldier during an ambush in Borno State. Multiple military sources [...]
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, has reportedly received another set of six girls who escapes from Boko Haram terrorists, with one of them pregnant. They were said to have been kidnapped at various locations by terrorists during attacks in northeast Nigeria. [...]
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami on Wednesday gave the reason why President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has not published the names of Boko Haram sponsors. He said the Buhari government took the decision so as not to endanger [...]
Scores of ISWAP and Boko Haram members have been killed during a deadly clash between the terrorist groups in Northern Abadam, Borno State. According to a news agency, PRNigeria, Boko Haram militants who had planned to surrender came under heavy [...]
Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters have attacked a military post in southern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine more, the defence ministry says. About 50 attackers from the group were killed in the resulting combat in the West African [...]
Babagana Zulum, Borno governor, has said he has been attacked by Boko Haram insurgents “more than 40 to 50 times”. Speaking on Tuesday while briefing state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Zulum said [...]
The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been funding another secret programme aimed at rehabilitating and integrating the “repentant” Boko Haram terrorists into the society. The program titled “Sulhu” was exposed in a report by The New Humanitarian. The media outlet stated [...]
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