Zamfara State Government has been urged to implement comprehensive rehabilitation and socio-economic empowerment programmes before re-integrating repentant bandits in the state. Executive Director, Civil Society Organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC),, Auwal Rafsanjani, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. This, Rafsanjani said, would help...
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The Defence Headquarters says troops have in the last one week eliminated a total of 82 terrorists, nabbed 198 others and rescued 93 kidnapped hostages. This Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known while giving an update on the operations of the military on Friday...
The European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol on Thursday issued a warning about criminal networks using cyber grooming to incite terrorist acts and violence. According to a report by the agency,the groups target vulnerable children and young people in particular, and force them into extreme acts of violence. The...
Commander of the U.S. Air Forces, Europe and Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA), Gen. James Hecker, has said the U.S. Air Force will carry out airstrikes against terrorist targets across Africa. Hecker stated this at a digital news conference while attending the 2025 African Air Chiefs’ Symposium (AACS), on Wednesday in Lusaka,...
The Air Component of Operation FASAN YANMA, has eliminated several bandits in a successful airstrike at Yauni Hill, Zakka Ward of Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVM Olusola Akinboyewa, on Monday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has significantly intensified its operational strategies, leading to notable successes in neutralizing 7 terrorists in Imo and Kebbi states. The Force also recovered 23 arms, assorted ammunition and the cash sum of Three Million Naira (N3,000,000) already paid to the...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in the North East. It also said that troops eliminated 88 terrorists within the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known while addressing newsmen...
A former Chief Executive of Google, Eric Schmidt has warned about the extreme risk from terrorists or rogue states using artificial intelligence (AI). Schmidt called on governments to have oversight of private tech companies. “The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A deadly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists struck a vehicle traveling from Harang and Jibhuhwui villages in Borno State to Garkida community in Adamawa State on Tuesday. The blast killed two people and left several others severely injured. The victims...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully cracked down on a notorious bandit camp in Taraba. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
By SAIDS ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has donated N30 million to the family of the late Army Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ebisingha Alari, who lost his life in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram insurgents in the Timbuktu Triangle recently. The donation was made...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops have eliminated no fewer than 358 terrorists, apprehended 431 suspects and rescued 249 kidnapped hostages between Jan. 1 and 31. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the troops...
The troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma have intercepted a cache of arms from suspected arms dealers at Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordinating Centre to the operation,...
Kano State Police Command said it has recovered explosives and dangerous weapons allegedly planned to be used during the just-concluded National Tijjaniyya Maulud in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Salman Dogo-Garba,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday that the explosives were reportedly recovered at...
The Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated 70 terrorists and their commanders in a clearance operation at a terrorist enclave known as Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops had launched...
Defence Headquarters says troops have in the last one week, neutralised a notorious terrorist commander, and gun runner identified as Abu Mosaje in Plateau and 96 other terrorists across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja....
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, signed an executive order to re-classify Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation. “The Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times, launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure in partner nations, and attacked commercial vessels transiting Bab al-Mandeb more...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has neutralised scores of bandits and dismantled their logistics base in a series of airstrikes at Alawa Forest in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. The Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, AVM...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian military troops have neutralised popular terrorists leader, Bello Turji’s second-in-command, Aminu Kanawa and other major commanders. The Director Defence Media Cooperation, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Maj. Gen. Buba said: “Sequel to ongoing...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Most wanted notorious bandit leader, terrorizing , Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and parts of Niger State, Bello Turji has reportedly abandoned his captives and some of his herds while on the run from pillar to post for his dear life, a security source has said. The...