Before Sunday’s advisory by US Embassy in Nigeria, security forces had been working hard to avert severe attacks on Abuja and its environs by terrorists loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an investigation by Daily Trust revealed. Credible security sources said many terrorists and their collaborators who have been mapping and […]
The United States and Britain have warned of a possible terrorist attack in Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the warnings on Sunday, the attack would be especially aimed at government buildings, places of worship, schools and other centres where large crowds gather. In its brief communique, the U.S. Embassy in […]
Suspected terrorists impersonating soldiers arrested in Lagos Two more Chibok girls have been rescued by the military in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, the Theatre Commander, North East of Joint Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Musa, who also announced the opening of a new […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the air component of operation Hadarin Daji has killed 30 terrorists in an airstrike in Zamfara. Musa Danmadami, DHQ’s director of media operations, said the operation was carried out on October 14 following an intelligence report about the terrorists’ plan to converge for a ceremony at the resident of […]
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said the Boko Haram insurgency led to the deaths of 100,000 persons, over 2 million displaced and $9 billion (N3.24 trillion) worth of damage. He said this at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja, on Tuesday. The Defence […]
French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine after pleading guilty to providing material support to Islamic State and other terror groups during the Syrian civil war, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. Lafarge acknowledged it paid millions of euros to middlemen to keep its Syrian cement factory running in […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he and Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, have a grasp of the problems confronting the country. Speaking on Monday at an event organised by the Arewa joint committee in Kaduna, Obi said the “domestic policy challenges” have compounded the problems the country is facing. […]
The Federal Government on Friday said 101 convicted terrorists and those awaiting trial have been moved from custodial centre to a deradicalisation camp for onward reintegration into the society. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at Aso Villa […]
Lois Arzurfa, one of the freed victims of the Kaduna train attack, says she is willing to put the experience behind her. In an interview with Punch on Monday, Arzurfa recounted the ordeal she and 60 others faced in over six months of captivity. Speaking from a hospital bed in Kaduna, she narrated how […]
A notorious bandit leader in Kaduna State, Ali Dogo, and 30 of his foot soldiers have been neutralised by Nigerian troops in an airstrike over the weekend. An impeccable military source confirmed to our correspondent that Dogo, also known as Yellow, and his gang members, were neutralised by airstrikes undertaken by the Air Component […]
