Thirteen repentant Boko Haram fighters ex-fighters have escaped with rifles and motorcycles they got from the Borno State government, which co-opted them to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in the State. They are among thousands of former Boko Haram fighters and their families who surrendered to the government. It was gathered […]
At least 600 people were killed during a recent assault by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) in Burkina Faso, a French government security assessment has said. In August, residents of Barsalogho, a Burkinabe town, were digging trenches around the town to protect themselves from terrorist attacks when the al-Qaeda-linked militants rode in on motorcycles […]
At least 17 fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have drowned while trying to cross a river along the border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, noted that the river is between Kafetoa and Bulabulin Gaidam communities in Yobe state. […]
The Nigerian Air Force said a notorious terrorist kingpin, Halilu Sububu has been killed by its special forces. One of his audacious attacks was on a military base in Katsina in 2021 where many soldiers were killed. Although based in Zamfara, Sububu terrorises communities in Sokoto, Niger, and Kaduna States. Sububu’s death is coming a […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Wednesday warned former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Ahmad Bashir, to stop comparing IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu with the notorious bandit leader Bello Turji. In a press statement made available to The PUNCH, IPOB stressed that Kanu does not support terrorism like Turji and “his terrorist brothers.” IPOB’s […]
At least 170 villagers were reportedly killed when gunmen attacked Mafa village, Tarmuwa LGA of Yobe, on September 1, 2024. Eyewitnesses said the death toll was a lot higher than the 34 handed by government officials. The attack was said to have been executed by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter […]
The officials of Yobe State government led by the deputy governor, Idi Barde-Gubana, has conducted funeral prayers for the 34 victims who were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday. The deputy governor, who sympathised with the victims, said the state government will work closely with the Federal Government to provide […]
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu on Monday. ”We are yet to ascertain the number of lives […]
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed students at Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, DailyTrust us reporting. Faudiya School belongs to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a Shiia sect in Nigeria. According to sources, the assailants invaded Hausari quarters in Geidam LGA around 3:44am, on Friday. A […]
Four farmers have been killed by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at a border community of Kerawa in Gwoza local government area of Borno State. The incident happened on Thursday between 12 and 1 pm while they were working on their farms. This is coming almost two months after multiple explosions killed over thirty persons in […]
