Airstrikes by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have killed several terrorists hibernating in the Lake Chad fringes of Borno state. The air strikes also destroyed the terrorists’ hideouts, structures, and “strategic logistics base.” NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 2. He said the terrorists were […]
Leah Sharibu, the lone schoolgirl held in captivity by members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) who invaded Government Secondary School, Dapchi in 2018, now leads a medical team of the sect in Lake Chad, according to local security sources. Sharibu was abducted alongside over 109 schoolmates from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, […]
Marauding Boko Haram insurgents, Saturday, killed 10 farmers and abducted a few others in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. Aside from this attack which occurred late afternoon in the fields between Bulakunkumma and Maiwa villages of Baram Karowa ward of the LGA, the insurgents also sneaked into Zannari ward, Maiduguri metropolitan part […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday said the post-insurgency assessment in the North-East showed that attacks by Boko Haram cost the region $9bn, out of which Borno State, the epicentre of the insurgency, lost $6.8bn. Speaking in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, when he flagged off palliative distribution for states in the region by […]
Repentant Boko Haram terrorists have called on the government to provide them with a means of livelihood as they resettle back into communities having undergone series of rehabilitation. Speaking exclusively to Channels Television at the Bulumkutu Rehabilitation Centre, Maiduguri where the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, distributed food items to […]
Boko Haram fighters have reportedly captured 60 terrorists of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), including three key commanders of the sect. The commanders were identified as Abubakar Saddiq, Abou Maimuna and Malam Idris. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad, the ISWAP terrorists […]
The Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji raided the hideouts of terrorist kingpins, Ado Aliero and Dankarami. The air operations were conducted in Zurmi, Tsafe, Faskari, and Jibia Local Government Areas in Zamfara and Katsina States between July 28 and 29. It was gathered that no fewer than 16 terrorists were killed during the […]
No fewer than 11 persons were shot dead, while another one sustained gunshot injuries when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists ransacked Kawuri village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Kawuri is located between Bama and Konduga expressway, which shares boundary with Sambisa forests, the hideouts of the terrorists. An elder […]
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have beheaded 21 herders in the Kukawa axis of Borno State, in what looks like a deliberate target of herdsmen in the North East state. The herdsmen were killed on Tuesday because they allegedly trespassed some of terrorists’ hideouts with their cattle. A counter-insurgency expert in the […]
Boko Haram suspects reportedly plotting to attack the Yola, Adamawa State residence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, have been arrested. A 29-year-old suspect, Jubrila Mohammed, who confessed to being a Boko Haram member from Damboa in Borno State, was first arrested at the gate of Atiku’s residence while trying to carry out the attack […]
