By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched precision air strikes against key terrorist strongholds nestled in the Mandara Mountains, located in Borno State. The targets, Wa Jahode and Loghpere, have long served as fortified enclaves for the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko...
Boko Haram Terrorists
By ABUBAKAR MU’AZU Days ago, news broke that one of the most dreaded terrorists in Nigerian history, Kachalla Yellow Dan-Bokolo, met his expected end. Reports had it that he succumbed to injuries sustained after a heavy gunfight with Shinkafi Volunteer Forces, a group of armed volunteers from Zamfara state...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has applauded efforts of gallant troops in the North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’, men of the Civilian Joint Task Force, hunters, vigilantes and resilient people for repelling attack by suspected members of Boko Haram...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– Vice President Kashim Shettima has condemned in the strongest terms the suicide bombing attack that led to deaths at a local food joint in Konduga local government area of Borno State on Friday night, describing the incident as a heinous act of terrorism against innocent...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A devastating suicide bomb attack occurred on Friday night at a fish market in Konduga, Borno State, resulting in the loss of 12 lives and injuring 16 others. The suspected Boko Haram female suicide attacker has left the community in shock, grief, fear, and...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has condemned the recent suicide attack carried out by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Konduga Local Government Area. The attack, which occurred yesterday around 10:00 pm, targeted a night fish market, killing 12 people and leaving 18 others injured. Zulum, in a statement by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has conducted airstrikes on a major terrorist’s enclave in Bukar Meram, on the southern flank of the Lake Chad region, Borno. The operation, carried out by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), resulted in the destruction of key...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– The Minster of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Badaru, has described the resurgence of Boko Haram in the North-East, particularly in Borno State, as part of the insurgents’ renewed vigour to destabilize the Sahel states of Nigeria, Mali, Burkina-Faso and Niger Republic. He however assured that,...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that no Local Government Area in the state falls to Boko Haram or ISWAP terrorists. Zulum said this while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa. The...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Friday ordered Commanding officers and soldiers to crush and clear terrorists without showing any mercy out of the Nigeria’s territory. Oluyede gave order while declaring COAS Bi Annual conference closed in Maiduguri, where top ranking army generals brainstormed for...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, threatened to strike out the case against the alleged masterminds of the 2014 Nyanya bombing. Justice Peter Lifu made the threat following the absence of the prosecuting counsel in court for the umpteenth time. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –. Another landmines planted by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram Terrorists have killed two staff of Damboa Local Government Education Authority, LEA in Borno state. The unfortunate happening is coming less than few hours when the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 15, AIG...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has strongly condemned the recent spate of attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in various parts of the state, including Maiduguri-Damboa Road, Marte, Chibok, Gwoza, Kala Balge, and other affected communities. Governor Zulum expressed his heartfelt...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled a coordinated terrorists attack on their location in Izge, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno, neutralising several insurgents and capturing key combat equipment. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command Operation Hadin Kai, Capt....
The Police Command in Oyo on Tuesday said that the video of alleged invasion of the state by suspected Boko Haram currently circulating on social media was recycled. The Command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sympathised with 21 people injured by a bomb blast suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram insurgents along Maiduguri-Damboa highway on Saturday. Of the victims, 14 were severely injured, 7 had minor injuries and were receiving...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Armed terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram/ISWAP on Sunday kdinaped a Professor Abubakar Eljuma of the Nigeria Army University Biu (NAUB) and other passengers. The incident took place along the troubled Damaturu -Biu road near Kamuya- village. Sources said Professor Eljuma, a...
A youth group has urged the Federal Government to investigate the allegations of funding of Boko Haram by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Head of Communications African Youth Assembly for Peace (AYAP), Mr Abdul-Aziz Yusuf, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr, has said that there’s no evidence to back allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the Boko Haram terrorist group in the country. Mills made the calcification while speaking with newsmen shortly after his presentation at the Nigerian...
The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to provide a briefing on the alleged funding of Boko Haram by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Also invited are the heads of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Department of...