Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces (SF) on Wednesday rescued 26 kidnapped victims while on a fighting patrol along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Road. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement, said that the rescue operation occurred when the SF came across five abandoned vehicles with their doors ajar near Anguwar Yako, an indication of […]
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday revealed that Abadam and Guzamala Local Government Areas in Borno state are still under the control of Boko Haram sect. This revelation by the Governor corroborated the statement earlier credited to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkarim Lawan who told Journalists recently that 99% […]
Troops of the Nigerian military have neutralized five terrorists in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement on Monday by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the terrorists were neutralized after the troops foiled an attack by the terrorists in Kwanan Bataro community of Giwa […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the official declaration of bandits as terrorists will enable the armed forces to take necessary action against them. The defence chief said the gazette proscribing bandits as terrorists was long desired by the armed forces. Irabor spoke on Monday when he featured on ‘Good Morning Nigeria’, a Nigerian […]
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation”. The call is coming hours after the federal government gazetted an order designating bandits as terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the governor as saying […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday officially declared bandits as terrorists. The gazette proscribing bandit groups in the North as terrorists was made on November 25, 2021 but was unfolded on Wednesday. Signed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), the gazette said henceforth, bandits will face trial under […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the Federal Government is yet to officially designate bandits as terrorists because the government is following international best practices. He said his office was in the process of gazetting a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists, adding […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has asked the Federal Government to name and arrest those that finance terrorism in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm, Ndume said he was prosecuted by the Federal Government for sponsoring Boko Haram. His offence, he noted, was because the Department […]
Authorities in the army said on Thursday that six soldiers were killed when troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force engaged Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists within the vicinity of Mallam Fatori Town in the fringes of the Lake Chad region. The terrorists, however, did not go unscathed as troops killed 22 members of the […]
‘ Residents of Chibok and Damboa in Borno state have raised the alarm over a possible attack by the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP). Some of the residents who called TheCable Tuesday morning said they have been observing how the insurgents are gathering at Gumsuri Litawa since Christmas eve. Gumsuri Litawa is an […]
