By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has successfully facilitated the surrender of 69 Boko Haram terrorists while rescuing others from hideouts between 1 and 6 July 2024. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement...
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Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, have foiled an attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to vandalise power towers in Kasesa near Damaturu. The troops achieved the feat in collaboration with hunters groups in the state. Capt. Naziru Shehu, acting Assistant Director, Army Public...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the fate of the terrorists that perpetrated these insecurity will be violent and short as troops will stop at nothing to take them out of the battlefield. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The General Officer Commanding (GOC), Nigerian Army, 7 Division, Brig. Gen. Abubakar G.L Haruna, distributed palliatives to widows of fallen heroes who lost their lives in the counter-insurgency fight against Boko Haram terrorists. The gesture was part of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration...
The Acting Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kadafur , has said that the fight against Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism must continue. Kadafur made this known when he visited victims of the Saturday suicide bomb blast in Gwoza, Borno. NAN reports that the attacks, carried out by suspected...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Acting Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, accompanied by Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, Representative for Southern Borno, Member of the House of Representatives for Gwoza, Chibok, and Damboa, Member of the House of Assembly for Gwoza Local Government, stakeholders, and top government officials,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and the maiming of other citizens in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. President Tinubu in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesman,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, has expressed deep condolences to the victims, government and people of Borno, following the recent tragic suicide attacks in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state. He stated this in a statement signed by Alhaji...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has consoled the Gwoza community over the unfortunate incident that resulted in numerous deaths and injuries. It was reported that a female suicide bomber infiltrated a gathering of Gwoza residents who had assembled for a wedding...
The Director-General of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Barkindo Saidu, has confirmed more blasts in Gwoza and the rise in the number of people killed to 18. Saidu said in a situation report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the death comprised adult...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 3 additional Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the ongoing ”Operation Lake Sanity II”. Lt.- Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, MNJTF, Chief Military Public Information Officer, Ndjamena Chad, made this known in a statement...
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted a High Court Judge, Justice Haruna Mshelia together with his wife, driver and orderly on Biu to Maiduguri road In Borno State. The judge was abducted on Monday, while he was travelling in his vehicle, with his driver, a security...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Shehu of Borno, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Abubakar Umar- Ibn Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, has called on the federal government and Nigerian military to clear remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists still occupying Guzamala local government headquarters, and other communities in Kukawa, Abadam...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Ibrahim Sallau Ali, conducted an operational visit to the troops of Operation Lake Sanity 2 in Monguno and Wulgo on June 5 and 6, 2024, respectively. A statement issued and signed...
Yobe State Government on Wednesday said repentant Boko Haram members are assisting in counterinsurgency operations in the state. Retired Brig.-Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam, the Special Adviser on Security to Gov. Mai Mala Buni, made this known while briefing newsmen in Damaturu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has announced that 176 Boko Haram militants have surrendered and 57 individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region have been apprehended. The Force Commander, MNJTF, Operation Lake Sanity II , Major General...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Boko Haram Commander, Adamu Muhammad and 5 other fighters have surrendered to the military authorities in Borno State. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF),, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri. Lt....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a Superintendent of Police (SP) Pius Sunday, who was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Marte Divisional Headquarters, Marte. SP Sunday was killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while responding to a distress call on...
The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East, has rescued over 350 persons during a 10 day clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The rescued persons comprised of women , children and men who were handed over to the Borno State Government after...