Troops of the 21 Armoured Brigade, operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) in Sambisa forest, Borno state.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, the troops discovered the underground armoury following the invasion of...
No fewer than 2,167 repentant insurgents have graduated from the Operation Safe Corridor’s (OPSC) Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme, organised by the Federal Government, an official has said.
The Assistant Director of Planning, Research and Strategy, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Audu Ayuba, disclosed this, yesterday, at a workshop...
The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has reportedly abducted three humanitarian workers and two security guards of the Family Health International (FHI360) in Borno.
FHI 360 is a US-based nonprofit human development and non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people
According to Zagazola...
Two of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped from their captors.
Sources told Daily Trust that the girls escaped from Sambisa forest, on Sunday, as a result of intense military operations.
A security source said the escapees were identified as Hauwa Mutah and Esther Markus.
“One is from Chibok and the other...
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have launched a fresh offensive in Yobe State, killing no fewer than nine residents.
Channels Television reports that the incident happened on Thursday in Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of the North-Eastern State.
Residents of Buni Gari – Baba Ibrahim and Iliya Maina – told Channels...
The chief bomb maker and a high-ranking member of the Boko Haram Terrorist Group, Awana Gaidam has been killed by his own Improvised Explosive Device(IED).
The 39-year-old bomb maker, apart from his high status in the command structure of the Boko Haram terrorists, was one of their capable hands involved...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has disclosed that about 51,828 Boko haram fighters and their family members have surrendered to the Federal Government between July 2021 and May 2022.
Gen. Irabor disclosed this while delivering a lecture at the 7th Founders’ Day of the Edo State University...
Ummaru Nagona, one of the notorious bandits terrorising residents of North West, has fallen to the superior firepower of the military.
During his reign, Nagona focused on the eastern areas of Sokoto, especially the villages in Isa and Sabon City.
Residents saw hell in the hands of the deceased who worked...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that a total of 1,332 terrorists and their family members surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai across North East in the last two weeks.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known during the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations...
Not less than 26 fishermen have been reportedly killed by suspected fighters of the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP).
The attack took place in Mukdolo village, Gamborun Ngala, Borno state.
According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the fishermen were ambushed, tortured and killed.
Military sources...
