Suspected members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) are currently operating in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The fighters have reportedly set houses ablaze in Dille village in the Local Government Area that was attacked during the weekend. A source told Daily Trust that the terrorists stormed the village […]
Troops of Joint Task Force, North East (NE), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralized over 50 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and destroyed several of their combat equipment in a fierce counteroffensive in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. This is according to a statement on Monday signed by Brigadier General […]
The Senator representing, Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has disclosed the reason the Islamic State West Africa Province killed Brigadier General Zirkusu in Saturday’s attack. The military officer was killed alongside three others during an attack on a military base in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Ndume said the general was […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the deaths of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and other soldiers. The officers were killed in an ambush by fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The President, in a statement issued Saturday by his media aide, Garba Shehu, said the deceased paid the supreme sacrifice […]
In what could be described as a move to salvage the Indigenous Nigerians from the formidable bondages of Terrorists, a United States Based Non-Profit Group, Global Advocates For Terrorism Eradication (GATE), has petitioned the office of the United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinke, demanding that the United States Government should designate some Nigerian […]
A Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army has been killed in an ambush by terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province in Borno State. ISWAP had attacked troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday morning according to reports. Four other soldiers were reportedly killed in […]
Suspects fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province(ISWAP) are currently in a gun duel with troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Some civilians said they sighted the ISWAP fighters in a long convoy of gun trucks along Ngude axis towards Askira, early this morning. The civilians […]
A high court in Ekiti state has sentenced Abdulsalam Adinoyi, identified as a member of the Boko Haram sect, to death by hanging. Adinoyi was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on armed robbery, murder, terrorism, and unlawful possession of firearms. In the charge, Adinoyi, an indigene of Okene, Kogi state, was said to have […]
Residents of Askira town in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State fled when Boko Haram fighters attacked a village on Wednesday. Witnesses told Daily Trust that the gunmen, who struck in the morning, burnt down several houses. A witness said the insurgents operated in Krangla community, which is about eight kilometers away from […]
Troops of the Nigerian Army are currently in a gunfight with Boko Haram insurgents at Tamsukawu village in Kaga LGA of Borno state. A military source told TheCable that soldiers and insurgents are currently engaged in a heavy gun battle. He said the insurgents invaded the town to attack a military formation in the evening, […]
