Several soldiers and few officers reportedly ‘went missing’ on Friday after insurgents overwhelmed 153 Infantry Battalion and the 22 Armored Brigade, Marte, Borno State in a surprise attack. Both army formations were in one base when the insurgents launched an assault on them. Troops were said to have withdrawn from their positions when they were […]

Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State militant group have captured a military base in Borno state after overnight clashes with troops, sources told AFP on Saturday. Machine-gun wielding fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the base in the town of Marte in the Lake Chad area overnight Friday into Saturday, two sources […]

The Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche has said that Boko Haram insurgents no longer have authority over any part of the country, especially in the northeast where the insurgents once had a stronghold. Speaking on Channel Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Enenche explained that what the country now has are remnants and a […]

The Presidency on Thursday published a checklist of its security achievements to date, ahead of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day scheduled for Friday. “January 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day,” spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement. “As the milestone is marked this year, it also provides ample opportunity to chronicle […]

Six Nigerian soldiers were killed when a jihadist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into them during a clash in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, two military sources said Tuesday. The suicide bombing by a member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group occurred Monday as the soldiers were conducting a raid of the group’s stronghold […]

Twenty six Boko Haram terrorists were killed by Nigerian troops on Saturday, hours after they killed at least six soldiers in an ambush in Yobe State. But military authorities in Yobe said one soldier was killed and another one injured. Credible sources said the soldiers were on their way for an induction ahead of their […]

The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and other border areas in order to defend Nigeria from external aggression. Buratai, who made this remark […]

Thirteen soldiers have died in an ambush by jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province group in volatile northeastern Nigeria , two army sources told AFP on Monday . Heavy gunfire and rocket -propelled grenades hit a military convoy in Gazagana village, 30 kilometres from Yobe state capital Damaturu on Saturday. “ We […]

Desmond Yunana, a reverend of Anglican Church Nigeria based in Borno state, says Abubakar Sheaku, Boko Haram leader, is critically ill and wants prayer from Nigerians. Delivering a sermon in church on Sunday, Yuana said last night, he had a “revelation” that the Boko Haram leader’s health condition is very bad. He said Shekau, who […]

Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday attacked the Gujba town of Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. This attack comes two days after suspected Boko haram insurgents attacked the Geidam community in the state where they burnt down shops and carted away drugs in the hospital. Speaking to Channels Television, a local source, Adamu Bura, […]