By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has on Oct. 25, eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists at two locations in Bula Marwa in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa,...
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The Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Olumuyiwa Olotu, has said Boko Haram’s revenue has significantly declined since 2016 due to the counter-terrorism efforts of the Nigerian Government. Olotu disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Defence and Security Management Course 8 (DSMC 8) Seminar with the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the out-of-school children menace in the country provides a fertile ground for the recruitment of future Boko Haram insurgents, if not properly addressed now. Obasanjo said this on Sunday in Bauchi, when he inaugurated the dualised seven-kilometre Awala-Mairuguri Road and 17.70-kilometre Awalah-Sir...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has dismissed reports mostly circulating on social Media that his convoy was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday. Senator Ndume made the clarification on Wednesday at his Maiduguri residence, soon after he returned from condolence visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector III Operation ”Hadin Kai” on Tuesday rescued 38 hostages and disrupted a Boko Haram logistics syndicate during intensified clearance operations in the Lake Chad region. According to a statement from Lt. Col. Olaniyi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndum has appealed to the Nigerian military troops under the Theatre Command Headquarters Joint Task Force (JTTF) ‘Operation Hadin Kai'(OPHK) and other security agencies in the state to intensify more...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Yobe police Command Spokesman, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Monday. ”We are...
The Nigerian Army said its troops have in a series of coordinated counter-insurgency operations neutralised five terrorists, while 44 others surrendered to the troops on Monday in Borno. The Nigerian army made this known in a post on its official X Handle on Tuesday. It said the troops...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has destroyed terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory at Grazah, a location deep in the Mandara Hills in Borno State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet,...
Nigerian Army troops have captured two suspected Boko Haram commanders, apprehended two logistic suppliers and collaborators, while 50 terrorists and their families surrendered in North East. The army, in a post on its official X handle on Tuesday, said the troops also rescued kidnap victims from various locations...
The Borno Police Command said it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross area in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who disclosed this on Saturday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)...
The Borno Police Command said an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), explosion resulted in the death of one male victim while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Friday while providing a situation report to the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – a Borno State Security Council has reviewed the ongoing curfew imposed to prevent infiltration of Boko Haram/ISWAP elements following credible intelligence sources and an IED attack on Kawuri village Wednesday and parts of Maiduguri on Thursday that claimed several lives and many injured....
The police in the state had dispersed thugs hiding under the cover of the nationwide protest to attack offices of Borno State Traffic Management Agency in Maiduguri. Maiduguri residents have welcomed the declaration of 24-hour curfew in the town to contain efforts by some thugs to hijack the...
The police in Borno on Thursday said nine people were killed while 20 others were injured when Boko Haram detonated an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), in Kawuri in Konduga Local Government Area. The Commissioner Police, Yusuf Lawan who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state, effective immediately, following a deadly explosion that occurred in the Kawori area of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the explosion, which was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), resulted in...
The Police Command in Yobe, has said the Boko Haram insurgents have planned to infiltrate the planned nationwide protest in the state. The spokesman of the Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated this in a statement on Saturday in Yobe. He said intelligence received by the command indicated that...
The Borno Police Command on Sunday said two lives were lost as its men repelled an attack by Boko Haram terrorists at Jakana Police Barracks in Konduga Local Government Area of the State. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahun Daso, who confirmed the incident in a...
An explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. Sources said the incident happened at around 12.30 pm on Friday afternoon, injuring a girl. Details soon…