At least six children were reportedly killed on Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near a Qur’anic school in Gubio LGA of Borno state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. The publication said an undetonated IED was collected among […]
Two members of the Civilian Joint Taskforce have been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorist in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. Eight other civilian JTF member sustained injuries after stepping on the landmine while on a routine patrol along Dikwa-Konduga Road. Confirming the incident, the Chairman […]
Despite the promise of the Federal Government to commence the trial of people suspected to have been involved in terrorism in early December last year, the date for the commencement of the trial is not known yet. The delay, Sunday PUNCH gathered, was due to concerns about the safety of the judges, counsel and […]
Suspected terrorists abducted an unspecified number of traders travelling along the Kaduna- Birnin Gwari Road A graphical illustration of gunmen. Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed Pastor Luka Levong of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Kwari, Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe state. The attackers also killed five others. Some residents […]
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed two loggers in a bush around Dure/Wala communities, in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, confirmed that the incident took place on Tuesday. He said the terrorists ambushed the loggers who went to fetch wood around Dure-wale and mandara […]
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists in military uniform have killed 12 persons and abducted one in Gatamarwa and Tsiha communities in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The latest attack came barely two weeks after the insurgents perpetrated a similar attack in Chibok, where they killed two persons and looted food stuff in some […]
No fewer than eight persons have reached their early graves after a terrorists gang armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. During the attack which took place on Sunday night, four persons according eyewitness, were said to have been wounded and two others declared missing. A resident told Channels […]
Chibok town, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, is in the news again following a fierce attack by Boko Haram insurgents, on Tuesday evening, killing two persons and injuring scores. Chibok was for the first time in the global news in April 2014, when the insurgents stormed the Government Girls Secondary School there […]
The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday said an air strike undertaken by its Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, on Wednesday, neutralized scores of terrorists including the dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. In a statement signed by its director of public relations and […]
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, has justified why terrorism persists in the country despite the huge budgetary allocation the military receives annually. Musa spoke in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday. The CDS said the military did not have enough equipment to fight the terrorists because year after year not […]
