The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops of Operation HADIN KAI killed 73 Boko Haram Terrorists and rescued 55 victims in Borno State. The acting director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this during an update of the military operations across the country between June 18-30, 2021. He said the operations yielded attendant successes […]
An amendment bill seeking to increase the fine for the illegal importation and sale of firearms, from N1,000 to N1 million, has been passed by the senate. The bill titled, ‘Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021’, was passed on Wednesday after the senate considered the report of its committee on judiciary, human rights and legal […]
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), has raised the alarm that terrorist organisations like the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were recruiting and radicalising vulnerable Nigerian youths through social media. Monguno made raised the alarm at the ongoing second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism […]
The Nigerian army says troops of operation Hadin Kai have killed 12 Boko Haram insurgents. The insurgents were said to have been engaged by the troops of 152 battalion, while attempting to infiltrate the forward operational base (FOB) at Bula Yobe in Borno state, on Sunday. Onyema Nwachukwu, army’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, […]
Following the death of the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, who reportedly blew up himself to avoid being captured by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP ) fighters, Boko Haram fighters have formed an alliance with commanders of ISWAP. The reunion announced in a viral video which was obtained […]
Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, has tried to take over the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna on Saturday morning, FIJ has learnt. An Air Force offiicial told FIJ that as of 6 am on Saturday, a gunfight between the terrorists and military personnel that lasted for close to two hours was ongoing. The […]
North-East Nigeria’s conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The toll, given by the UN agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods is 10 times higher than previous estimates of […]
Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI in conjunction with the Air Task Force on Sunday 20 June 2021 inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorist groups who were camping around Wartek in the general area of Lambom Forest. Acting on […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group has confirmed the death of its chief Abubakar Shekau, who sources say died during infighting with a rival Islamic State-allied faction, according to a video message from its presumed new commander. In the short video in Arabic, top Boko Haram commander Bakura Modu, also known as Sahaba, urged his faction’s […]
The Nigerian army has called on Boko Haram insurgents to drop their arms, “seek forgiveness and reconciliation”. AA Eyitayo, the general officer commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian army, made the call on Sunday at an event organised for journalists by the army in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Eyitayo said Boko Haram insurgents are in a […]
