The Sarkin Kudun Gatawa in Gatawa District of Sokoto State, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, has reportedly died in the captivity of bandits. The news of his death on Wednesday afternoon was attributed to one of his sons who claimed that the family had been informed of their father’s death in captivity. The monarch was kidnapped about […]
Public policy think tank, Nextier, has asked the Federal Government to liaise with neighbouring countries and regional bodies to boost joint border surveillance. The body stated this in a development report titled ‘Nigeria’s Northeast Belt of Insurgency and the Challenge of Refugees’ released by its researchers on Saturday while reacting to the death of […]
Economic and official activities quickly halted on Wednesday morning when suspected IPOB members invaded Owerri, the capital of Imo state and its environs. Unchallenged, the terrorists rented gunshots in parts of Owerri like the Imo State University junction in Owerri, Akwakuma, Amakohia, Ikenegbu, Douglas Road, Okigwe Road, Mbari street, Aba Road, Item street, Nekede, […]
As Operation Lake Sanity 2 progresses, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) said it has witnessed a substantial surrender of 263 Boko Haram terrorists and their families in the Sector 1, Cameroon, from 10 to 17 July 2024. A statement signed by the Chief Military Public Information Officer, HQ MNJTF N’djamena Chad, Lieutenant Colonel, […]
An injured man grimaces in pain as he arrives for treatment after a wave of suicide attacks in the North East of Nigeria, in Maiduguri on June 29, 2024. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP) Vice President Kashim Shettima says death toll from the suicide bomb attack in Gwoza area of Borno State on […]
Barely four days after killing fifteen fishermen in the Tumbun Rogo community, the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have given residents of Kukawa LGA notice to quit their communities or face death from the terror group. A resident who fled his community to Maiduguri three hours after receiving the threat, revealed […]
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed 15 fishermen, and left many others injured in an attack on the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. According to a local source from Kukawa, the terrorists who stormed the community around 11 pm on Sunday as the fishermen, embarked on night fishing […]
The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police station at the resettled community […]
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State, said his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 per cent in the last one year. Since over one month, Katsina State in Northern Central part of the country, has continued experience increased mass abductions and killings by terrorists. According to the Governor, this was sequel to the […]
The Military High Command has declared a Nigerien Terrorist sponsor and financier, Halilu Buzu, who owns a gold mine in Zamfara State, wanted in connection with several kidnappings and killing of many villages in both Zamfara and Katsina States. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who disclosed this said, “Troops are […]
