Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), says Malam Bako, another leader of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), has been killed. This development comes days after Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, confirmed that Abu Musad Al-Barnawi, a leader of ISWAP and son of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram, […]
The National Assembly Thursday said it would next week transmit its resolution, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists, to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Senate had, on September 29, passed a resolution, urging Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists and wage a total war against them. It […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Third Quarter of 2021 in Kaduna on […]
ited States policymakers has uncovered how Boko Haram terrorists operating in the North-East region have been collaborating with armed bandits terrorising communities across the North-West to collect ransom from the Buhari administration and civilian victims, The Wall Street Journal reports. The American newspaper reports that the U.S. has not recognised armed banditry as a direct […]
The fight against insurgency in the country has gathered boost as over 13,000 suspected terrorists have surrendered to Nigerian troops in the last two weeks. Providing an update on the military operations across the nation, the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko said the figures include some members of the families of […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says the north-west region is worried over the possibility of Boko Haram insurgents relocating from the north-east. He said this on Thursday, during the inaugural edition of the ‘Fountain Summit’, an event organised by the Ekiti government. In May, Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram group, had been reported […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says Abu Musad Al-Barnawi, a leader of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), is dead. The military chief confirmed the development on Thursday, while fielding questions from journalists at the state house. “I can authoritatively confirm to you that Al-Barnawi is dead. He is dead, and he […]
Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, received another set of six girls who escapes from Boko Haram insurgents, with one of them pregnant. They were abducted at various locations by terrorists during attacks in northeast Nigeria. The girls are aged between 20 to 25 years. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya […]
In April 2021, an insurgent named Mallam Sadiqu set up an empire in the local sprawl of Shiroro, Niger State. As a Boko Haram jihadist, he took control of political and social life in about 25 communities. Sadiqu started his infiltration of the communities like a ‘gentle man of God’ before professing himself as a […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is winning the war against terrorism in the North East Zone of the country. The minister said this in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He recalled how some communities under full control of the insurgents […]
