Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI, have killed 48 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during separate operations in Borno and Yobe states. The military also recovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition after successfully repelling coordinated attacks...
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Borno State Government has explained the reason behind the prolonged power outage affecting Maiduguri and several other parts of the state, assuring residents that efforts are ongoing to restore electricity. The Commissioner for Transport and Energy, Mohammed Lawan Buba, said the blackout was caused by a fault on the...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised a terrorist and arrested another during an intelligence-led operation in Abakuradi Village, Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State. The operation, conducted on October 5, also led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle and one magazine, while several other terrorists reportedly...
Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has said the reforms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration are yielding results but that the president will require more time for consolidation, hence the need to reelect him in 2027. He stated this in Damaturu, Yobe State, on...
Borno State Governor and Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, is hosting the five other governors of the region for the Forum’s 13th regular meeting in Maiduguri. The visiting governors are Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi, Muhammadu Inuwa...
Troops of Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have recorded another significant breakthrough in ongoing intelligence-led operations aimed at dismantling terrorist support networks with the arrest of four suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP collaborators in separate operations conducted in Yobe and Borno States. Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters...
Troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in conjunction with the Yobe State Hunters Group, have arrested five suspected kidnappers during a well-coordinated intelligence-led operation conducted on 23 July 2026 at Jegalari Village in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task...
Operation HADIN KAI has recorded another major success in its ongoing counter-terrorism campaign with the surrender of two senior terrorist commanders to troops of Sector 2 in Geidam, Yobe State. The terrorists, identified as Munzirs within the group’s leadership hierarchy, surrendered to troops on July 4, 2026. They were...
ice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said Nigerians have a lot to learn from the life and times of the late Emir of Ngazargamu in Yobe State, HRH Tijjani Ahmed Ibn-Saleh. He paid glowing tribute to the paramount monarch who passed away in Cairo, Egypt, after a prolonged illness,...
Nigeria Police Force (NPG) has regrettably announced the tragic loss of seventeen (17) police officers who paid the supreme price in service to the nation following a terrorist attack on the Nigerian Army Special Forces School, Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, in the early hours...
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of 17 police officers and several soldiers during a recent terrorist attack on a military school in Yobe State. In a statement shared on X on Sunday, Obi extended his condolences to the leadership...
Federal Government has defended the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) airstrike on the Jilli axis of Gubio Local Government Area in Borno State, describing the operation as a carefully planned, intelligence-driven counter-terrorism mission aimed at dismantling Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgent networks in one of the most volatile corridors in...
Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s defence strategy following reports of an accidental airstrike at Jilli Market along the Borno–Yobe border that reportedly killed several civilians. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Obi described the incident as tragic and extended condolences...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and Amnesty International have strongly condemned the deadly airstrike on Jilli market in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, describing the incident as tragic and demanding urgent accountability. The airstrike, which reportedly killed scores of traders and injured many others, has sparked widespread...
In Aesop’s Fable, the Greek fabulist tells the story of a dog who, while crossing a bridge with a bone in his mouth, catches his reflection in the water below. Unfamiliar with his own reflection, the dog mistook it for another with a larger bone than his. He snaps...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Rt. Hon. Ahmodu Umoru Fintiri of Adamawa and Hon. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, on Monday, paid a familiarization visit to the new World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mr. Matthew Verghis, in Abuja. The visit is aimed at reinforcing...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that one of its power towers, Tower T347, located along the Gombe–Damaturu 330kV transmission line, was vandalised on Friday evening, around 5:46 p.m. The disclosure was made by Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement issued on...
Nigerian Army troops under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) successfully repelled a large-scale assault by Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants on Sept. 18, securing Banki in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State and Bula in Yobe. A senior military source at Army Headquarters told the News...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated more than 25 terrorists across key locations in Yobe and Borno states, bolstering security in Nigeria’s volatile North-East region. The successful operation unfolded on September 18 at Bula in Yobe and the Banki area of Borno. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information,...
United Nations has strongly denounced a brutal assault by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, Nigeria, where 63 individuals, including five soldiers and 58 civilians, lost their lives in Daral-Jamal, a community along the Bama-Banki Road in the Sambisa Forest. The attackers also set fire to over 20...