The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Operation HADIN KAI, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has lauded troops of 112 Task Force Battalion Mafa for effectively thwarting a midnight attack by ISWAP terrorists on March 19. Shaibu who visited the troops on Wednesday, applauded their fierce fighting spirit during the encounter,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations has strongly condemns the reported ambush and brutal killing of more than 30 civilians in Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area in Borno State. Several people were also reportedly injured, and others are still missing following the deadly attack allegedly...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 200 Boko Haram fighters including women, and children were killed by the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a deadly rivalry clash in Gudumbali local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the ISWAP insurgents targeted...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Her Excellency Ambassador Lami Sauda Remawa – Ahmed has paid a courtesy visit to Headquarters Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) at Camp Farcha N’Djamena Chad on Tuesday. Mrs. Lami was accompanied by the Defence...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 4 ( Niger Republic ) while on patrol along Kara – Diffa Road have arrested four persons suspected to be Boko Haram/ ISWAP logisticians conveying about 1000 litres of fuel cleverly concealed in plastic bags...
Airstrikes from the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have killed 24 terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP. The operation, PRNigeria gathered, took place on Sunday, at Tumbun Hamma, one of the identified locations for ISWAP training camps in Lake Chad. The terrorists who were...
Community vigilantes and youths have arrested suspected terrorists and handed them to security authorities in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered the suspected terrorists were arrested during a search and interrogation of strange people in Wawa district of New Bussa. A source who participated in the search in an audio sent...
Two kingpins of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, Mallam Ali Kwaya and Mallam Bukar Mainoka, have been eliminated, PRNigeria has reported. They were killed in a raid by Nigerian military fighter jets at Lake Chad on Saturday, PRNigeria gathered. Kwaya and Mainoka, who were also key...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Edo State Government has debunked some reports alleging the presence of members of the terrorist group, Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP), in any part of the state. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, debunked the report in...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has lauded the gallant performance of the military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the six geo-political zones of the country. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Minister...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the fresh bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that Kyari had not given sufficient grounds for the application to be granted. The judge said the detained police officer failed to raise new...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has debunked the rumors making the rounds on social media that the territory was recently invaded by suspected ISWAP terrorists. The police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, who described the reports as “erroneous” and misleading. assured the FCT...
Scores of ISWAP terrorists have been killed by Nigerian Air Force, NAF, military jets at the enclave of Fiya Ba Yuram, in Sambisa Forest, over the weekend. PRNigeria gathered that Fiya Ba Yuram, a notorious terrorist, is the current Leader of ISWAP at Sambisa forest. He took over the...
The reign of terrorists is not without its own sardonic humour. Soon after storming Kuje prison in Abuja to free their comrades in arms, ISWAP terrorists indicated an interest in two pricey trophies: President Muhammadu Buhari and, my friend and brother, Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State. While...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Monday morning laid an ambushed on a convoy of military troops and Civilian Joint Tasks Force (CJTF) members, killing the Chairman of CJTF, Alhaji Bukar Mandama and other vigilante in Gubio LGA of Borno State. Another...
Terrorists of The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of the Boko Haram have attacked a convoy of four food trucks meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and resettled communities in Borno and intercepted four of them. According to Daily Trust, the attack, which occurred Thursday night...
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Friday declared no fewer than 69 Boko Haram suspects wanted following an attack by ISWAP terrorists on the Kuje Prison facility in Abuja, which led to their escape. This is according to a statement issued on Friday by The Nigerian...
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night, July 5. In a video shared online on Wednesday evening, the terrorist showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility. Tens of fighters were seen marching...
Defence Headquarters says its troops in various theatres of operations in the North West have eliminated scores of bandits and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in...