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...
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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...
Suspected gunmen have abducted 10 members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN in Anambra State with 300 cows. They were said to have demanded N4m ransom and a gun from the families of the victims. The South East Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in partnership with the British Military Advisory Training Team have trained no fewer than 150 advanced Special Forces operatives, who would be deployed to areas facing security challenges across the country, Speaking in a welcome address at the graduation ceremony...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stated its reasons for raiding and sealing the Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja, in a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said t in a...
A community leader in Niger State has accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing six children and bombing houses in Kurebe, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Sabo, the strikes occurred on April 13. The Nigerian...
Six persons have been confirmed dead with an unspecified number injured following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking bar in Mashaya market, Iware Community located in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. The blast occurred on Tuesday. A visit to the scene of the incident by Channels...
No fewer than nine persons have been killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday night during an attack in Geidam community in Yobe state, The locals told newsmen that the suspected insurgents came by foot at around 9pm and moved straight to a drinking joint located at Kwari...