A viral voice note allegedly from one of the soldiers in the Presidential Guards Brigade who were ambushed by terrorists has explained how some officers and men of the Brigade were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in the operation at Bwari/Kubwa road in Abuja. But Defence Headquarters in a swift reaction yesterday, debunked the […]
Bandits on Thursday evening reportedly engaged the military in a gun duel at a checkpoint in Zuma Rock Madalla, along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. It is not yet clear if there were any casualties. According to several sources, the incident led to a gridlock on the highway. An eyewitness told Channels Television the attack started […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he was the one who told President Muhammadu Buhari of the terrorists threat to abduct him. In a video released at weekend, the terrorists who abducted some train passengers in March, threatened to abduct Buhari and El-Rufai. Speaking on a Radio Programme monitored by our Correspondent […]
A policeman was killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters ambushed the convoy of the Chairman of Nganzai local government area of Borno state, Hon Asheikh Mamman Gadai, in the northern part of the state, on Wednesday. The incident occurred along Gajiram and Gajiganna when Asheikh and his team were on an official journey. In […]
The Nigerian Army has said it found and rescued two women who were part of the female students abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibiok, Borno State, more than eight years ago. In a statement on Wednesday, the army disclosed that troops of 202 battalion during clearance operations on […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidnap and kill Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Addressing reporters after the Federal Executive Council […]
Attachegbe Rita Samuel is mourning the death of Samuel Attah, her brother who was a captain in the Nigerian Army. Attah was said to have been killed when the guards brigade’s 7 battalion ran into an ambush by gunmen in Abuja on Sunday. The battalion is a unit under the guards brigade, which is […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has raised the alarm over a planned attack on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) state, Katsina, as well as Lagos, Federal Capital Territory, among others. The NSCDC stated that Boko Haram and Islamic State for West Africa Province terrorists, from the intelligence it gathered, have […]
Hassan Uthman, one of the recently freed Abuja-Kaduna train attack passengers, has narrated his four-month ordeal in captivity. Uthman recounted his experience in an interview with BBC Hausa service. He spoke on how they they were thoroughly beaten by the terrorists. Uthman said they were initially sleeping on the bare ground in the thick […]
The federal government says it will do all it can to rescue persons abducted during the train attack that occurred in Kaduna. On March 28, a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by gunmen, with several persons killed, injured and abducted. While some captives have regained their freedom, a video which surfaced over the weekend showed […]
