Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has asked the federal government to take proactive steps against the activities of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP). Ortom spoke on Tuesday while addressing a delegation from the Victim Support Fund (VSF) led by Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, its chairperson, at Makurdi, the Benue state capital. The Benue […]
One hundred and four fighters of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their family members have surrendered to the 25 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian army in Damboa, Borno State. Deadly assaults on the terrorists by the military have forced the family members of the fighters out of their hiding.
An expert in conflict resolution mechanism, Dr Jackson Nkem Amayo, on Saturday called on the Federal Government to publish names of financiers of terrorism and other criminal activities in national dailies to provide a lasting solution to the nation’s security challenges. Amayo made the suggestion shortly after he was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate […]
About 25 ISWAP fighters fleeing airstrikes of the Nigerian military have drowned in Lake Chad river around Marte axis of the Lake Chad, a known stronghold of the terrorists in Borno State, North-East. PRNigeria reports that military fighter jets, including Super Tucano belonging to the Nigerian Air Force raided camps of the Islamic State […]
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has warned the Federal Government against relenting in its terrorism fight, admitting that the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) has continued to grow. The governor said this during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House on Thursday. According to him, this is an early call to […]
The Federal Government has said the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, especially those backing Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It also said NFIU has unmasked 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, about 123 companies and 33 bureaux de change linked with terrorism. It […]
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says he is sure about the sincerity of repentant insurgents. Zulum spoke on Wednesday while addressing state house correspondents after the inauguration of the presidential committee on the repatriation, return, and resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east. The inauguration of the committee took place at the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is embarking on a revised approach to addressing the 13-year conflict and insurgency in the North East. President Buhari, who also said that his government will not relent in efforts towards a return to peace and normalcy, pledged that Nigerians in the region will, in the […]
Armed Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be members of ISWAP group who invaded Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno state have freed four girls hitherto abducted on Friday 14th January, 2022, relevant sources have said. Recall that during that incident, about nine residents of Kautikari village were abducted, before they released […]
Troops of 5 Brigade on fighting patrol in Douro near Damasak, Borno State. Credit: Nigerian Army. Boko Haram terrorists fled for their lives on Saturday as troops of the Nigerian Army attacked their enclave in Borno State. The troops of 5 Brigade on fighting patrol stormed the insurgents’ enclave in the Douro area near […]
