The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says suspected Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed its monitoring team in Kaduna, leaving seven officers missing. In a statement on Tuesday, Afolabi Babawale, NSCDC spokesperson, said the incident happened on Monday in the Farin-Kasa area of Chikun LGA of Kaduna while the monitoring team was inspecting the […]
A Nigerian military camp was subjected to a major attack by Islamic State fighters in northern Nigeria, resulting in deaths and significant material losses. ADVERTISEMENT Military sources told Channels that Islamic State fighters attacked the Nigerian Army camp in the town of Kareto in Borno State on Saturday with various weapons. Although there is no […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its airstrikes against banditry have killed several bandits, including key loyalists of infamous bandit leaders Dan-Isuhu and Dogo Sule. This was disclosed in a statement by the NAF Director Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa. He said the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma executed further air […]
Biafra agitators loyal to Simon Ekpa attacked an army checkpoint early on Wednesday at Ekenobizi, a border community between Abia and Imo states in Umuopara, Umuahia South Local Government Area, killing two soldiers. Mr Ekpa, based in Finland, heads Autopilot, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB is a separatist group agitating […]
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, says members of the Lakurawa terrorist group have been retreating in the wake of a fusillade from troops. Makama reports that the coordinated air and ground attacks targeted Lakurawa camps in Kebbi and Sokoto states, leading to the seizure of livestock, a vital revenue […]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters confirmed that a new terror group named Lakurawa has emerged in Nigeria and is operating in the Northwest region of the country. Spokesman of Defence Media Operation (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who broke the news during a press briefing in Abuja, said the terrorists are not of Nigerian origin but […]
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, says members of the new terrorist group Lakurawa are offering financial incentives to recruit youths in Sokoto. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) recently declared nine suspected members of the terrorist group wanted. Edward Buba, director of defence media operations, said the new group emerged from […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared nine suspected members of the Lakurawas terrorist group wanted. They are Abu Khadijah, Abdurrahman, Dadi Gumba a.k.a Abu Muhammed, Usman Shehu, Abu Yusuf, Musa Wa’a, Ibrahim Suyeka, Ba Sulhu and Idris Taklakse. Edward Buba, director of defence media operations, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday. […]
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the growing number of out-of-school children in the country poses a great security risk for the nation in the future. He said that the over 20 million out of school children in Nigeria are only being prepared for recruitment into Boko Haram and banditry in the next 10 […]
The unconfirmed video clip, yesterday, indicated that some armed members of Boko Haram have gruesomely murdered two Red Cross staff, in Ngoshe Community of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Vanguard had recently reported killings of farmers and abduction of many people in the community and Kirawa town of Gwoza, with looting of unripe […]
