ISWAP leader bags 20-year jail sentence

  Hussaini Ismaila, one of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged terrorism, has been convicted of offences…

Bandits kill three, abduct worshippers during Kwara church service

  Rampaging bandits have shot three people dead, while no fewer than ten persons were abducted inside a church in Eruku in the Ekiti local government area of Kwara state…

Tinubu confirms army general’s killing, says Kebbi abduction happened despite ‘intelligence warnings’

  President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the death of Musa Uba, a brigadier general, who was killed while on active duty fighting insurgents in Borno state. Uba was reportedly killed…

Despite army’s denial, insurgents claim abduction and killing of brigadier general

  Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters said they have killed M. Uba, a brigadier general, following the ambush of a convoy of soldiers and operatives of the Civilian…

Strangled By Jihadist Blockade, Malians Flee Their Desert Town

  Fatima gripped her newborn tightly against her chest as the Tuareg woman queued beneath the scorching Mauritanian afternoon sun to register herself and her child as refugees. She was…

Bandits Kidnap Many Schoolgirls In Kebbi, Kill Vice Principal

  Bandits have reportedly abducted 25 students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. It was gathered that the girls were whisked away during…

Army confirms two soldiers, two security operatives killed in Borno ambush

  Boko Haram terrorists on Friday night ambushed troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade while on a routine patrol around Wajiroko in Azir Multe, Damboa Local Government Area of…

DSS recaptures wanted terrorist from 2022 Kuje prison break

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has recaptured a wanted terrorist, Abdulazeez Obadaki, one of the inmates who escaped during the Kuje prison break in the federal capital territory…

How Terror Kingpin Jubilat was neutralized, two weeks after he promised his mother to come home “Big”

  By Our Correspondent In a decisive blow to terrorism in Imo State, notorious kingpin Omerike Jubilat, the supposed second-in-command of the dreaded Ezioha terror gang, has been eliminated by…

Two killed, two abducted in one week, as violent crimes return to Atta community

  A seeming wave of uncertainty has swept back into the Atta community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State shattering a year of relative peace and raising urgent…

ISWAP Terrorists, Bandits Killed As NAF Raids Hideouts In Borno, Others

    Several members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) during intensified counterterrorism and counter-banditry operations nationwide. The…

Terrorist groups ‘fight’ over Lake Chad islands — Report

  The Lake Chad Basin is witnessing a renewed wave of violence as rival jihadist groups, Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, JAS, and the Islamic State West Africa…

Nigeria’s Islamic council rejects US Christian genocide claim, says Nigeria not in religious war

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has rejected the redesignation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” by US President Donald Trump.

ISWAP loyalists mock Trump, predict U.S. defeat in any Nigeria invasion — Report

  Supporters of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) have challenged US President Donald Trump’s recent warning to Nigeria, saying any American military intervention would fail, according to an…

Over ‘50 terrorists’ killed as troops foil midnight Boko Haram, ISWAP offensives

  Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have repelled coordinated attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters on multiple locations across Borno and Yobe. The defence headquarters said the terrorists…