No fewer than 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly released from the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State. According to an online platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism, wardens at the facility let them out as part of a swap deal for the release of travellers who were abducted in Kaduna on March […]
Abdu Umar, Borno commissioner of police, says 389 police officers have died in the fight against Boko Haram from 2011 to date. The commissioner said 450 others were injured in the war against the insurgency. He said over 24 police barracks and 30 stations were razed or destroyed, while several pieces of equipment were […]
Following the release of all the abducted victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, over N6 billion may have been paid to the terrorists to set most of their captives free. Terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022, in which about 14 persons were killed and 63 officially declared abducted. The attack, […]
The police command in Kano said it has arrested one Abubakar Muhammad Sadiq, who is one of the escapees of the Kuje Correctional Centre. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said a team of ‘Operation Restore Peace’ attached to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department arrested the suspect, 25-year-old […]
Abdulmalik Atta, a member of the presidential committee set up by Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, to facilitate the release of train passengers abducted in Kaduna has spoken on the panel’s activities. Atta spoke on Friday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. On Wednesday, the federal government announced […]
Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly rescued one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by insurgents in 2014. The girl, identified as Yana Pogu, was rescued on Thursday in Borno by the troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Hadin Kai. Pogu, who was rescued with her four children, gave birth to a set […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the insecurity in Nigeria is not as bad as it was in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari came into power. According to NAN, Mohammed said this on Thursday, at a public lecture, which was part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. The minister’s […]
Troops of the Nigerian army’s Operation Hadin Kai are in a gun battle with Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno state. TheCable understands that the terrorists ambushed soldiers escorting commercial vehicles at Yaleri village along Damboa Road. According to an intelligence officer who spoke to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad […]
The bandits who kidnapped three sisters in Kaduna, including a pregnant housewife that gave birth in captivity, have threatened to kill the hostages, including the newborn baby if the family fails to pay N50m ransom within two days. The three sisters were kidnapped on July 17, 2022, at their family house in the Mando […]
The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād has claimed responsibility for the killing of two businessmen in Kano State. Gunmen on Saturday night killed the duo around Azubros Plaza, off France Road, Sabongari in Kano. The deceased are Ifeanyi […]
