Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly attacked Kautikari, a local ward in Chibok local government of Borno State. Local officials in Chibok, who spoke to the press in anonymity, confirmed that gunshots were heard around Kautikari at about 6:00 pm on Tuesday. According to the eyewitnesses, the sounds continued...
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The Nigerian Army says gruesome murder of two soldiers by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN), is callous and despicable. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that report of killing of Audu Linus, a retired Master Warrant...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has reiterated his matching orders to troops of the Nigerian Army to intensify the elimination of bandits and terrorist from every part of the country. COAS Faruk gave the order on Tuesday shortly after...
More details have emerged showing why some unknown gunmen killed a Nigeria Army couple in Imo State. The couple were on their way to their wedding when the unknown gunmen killed them on Saturday. The man has been identified as A.M Linus, a sergeant first class in the army....
….As COAS, CAS organise Sallah luncheon for military troops By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for his immense support to the Nigerian troops and other security agents in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency. Governor Zulum also thanked the...
Gunmen in Imo State have reportedly shot dead and then beheaded a couple who were operatives of the Nigerian Army. Military sources told SaharaReporters that A.M Linus, a sergeant first class in the army and his lance corporal wife were on their way to Imo State when the incident...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), has urged Muslims faithful to use the occasion of Eid-el-fitri celebration to prayer for end to security challenges bedeviling the country. Maj. Gen. Magashi made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Training and Operations (CTOPS) – Navy, Rear Admiral Solomon Agada has charged officers and ratings of Naval Base Lake Chad (NBLC) Baga, Borno State to be extra vigilant and sustain the current tempo against Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists and other criminal...
The Nigerian Army, says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by Nigerian army troops recently to malign the institution. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have been killed by troops of MNJTF during a clearance operations in the fringes of Lake Chad. The Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF N’Djamena, Chad, Lt. Col....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has organized a farewell ceremony in honour of the outgoing chiefs of the following cells: Military Public Information (MPIO), Logistics (J4) and Head of Centre for Coordination and Liaison (CCL). The MNJTF Force Commander, Major General Abdul...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has felicitated with troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) on the occasion of the Eid-El-Fitr Celebration. Presenting his Goodwill message to personnel across all NA formations and units, the COAS specially recognized and appreciated...
By MARK JANG, Jos – No fewer than two civilians and a soldier have been killed by unknown gunmen at Rikwe-Chongu village of Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. According to locals in the area, the gunmen also injured one person and set various houses ablaze....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of steps to enhance security measures in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and to assess the condition of inmates at the holding facility, the Theatre Commander Joint Taskforce ( JTF ) Northeast Operation HADIN KAI ( OPHK ) Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa, had...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated over 62 terrorists, arrested 79 others and rescued 179 kidnapped victims across the North West Region of the country within three weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A total of 1,158 terrorists and their families surrendered in the last 3 weeks as troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police and other security agencies carried out series of operations on land, maritime and air operations across the various theatres of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people were killed after hoodlums attacked a send forth ceremony in the Gudum Hausawa area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement that the send forth was organized by...
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday said that seven of the eight herdsmen allegedly kidnapped in the state on Saturday had been found and rescued. Police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, told NAN in Akwa that a joint police and military patrol team found the herdsmen sitting in the...
One person has been killed while seven others were injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in Yobe state. The incident happened on Sunday night at a local drinking joint at Abasha ward in Gashua, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Council of the state. The Chairman of...
No fewer than two commanders and 32 fighters of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have been killed following a renewed clash in Sambisa Forest in Borno State. A counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a series of tweet, said separate clashes of the terror groups occurred at...