Dead body of a soldier and two members of Boko Haram sect have been recovered in Askira town, Askira-Uba Local Government Headquarter of Borno state following a deadly encounter which started about 4pm on Saturday and lasted to 3am on Sunday, residents said. This is even as two soldiers who sustained injuries have been evacuated […]
A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively. Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently in custody of troops of 195 battalion of the Nigerian army, said Shekau got injured during an air bombardment on an insurgents’ camp in Tumbuktu, Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram […]
Terrorists have kidnapped two aid workers in Nigeria ’ s restive northeast Borno State as they were returning from a wedding, humanitarian and security sources said Saturday. The two were identified as an employee of UN World Food Programme , who had just attended his wedding, and a colleague from the International Committee of the […]
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has said that his administration is still optimistic of rescuing the remaining Chibok schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity. Zulum who made an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Friday, said this while responding to questions about the state of security in the northeastern state. It’s been six years […]
Ten Nigerian troops were killed and one was taken hostage in clashes with IS-linked jihadists in northeast Nigerian Borno state, according to two security sources. Clashes erupted on Monday when a team of soldiers stormed a camp of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Alagarno village in Damboa district. “We lost 10 soldiers in […]
The Attorney- General of the Federation , Abubakar Malami ( SAN) , says the National Assembly lacks the power to invite the President Muhammadu Buhari to speak on security matters . Malami, who is also the Minister of Justice, said this in a statement titled, ‘ Buhari ’ s Summon : NASS Operates Outside Constitutional […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday address a joint session of the National Assembly on efforts being made by his regime to address the security challenges being witnessed across the country. The President ’ s Personal Assistant on Social Media , Lauretta Onochie , disclosed this in a message she posted on her Twitter handle […]
……Says records from 27 Borno LGAs show Buhari performed better than Jonathan in handling security challenges Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has said no one should be blinded by recent killing of 43 rice farmers to pass judgment on the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to checkmate Boko Haram insurgency. He said records of […]
A former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Ishola Williams (retd) said this in an interview. If they were serving a foreign government, Lt.General Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff and Major General Babagana Monguno ought to have resigned their positions, in the wake of the recent massacre of […]
Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, refused to be drawn on any question about insecurity in Nigeria, saying he was the wrong person to speak on the issue. The former president said he also had his challenges to deal with while in office, “I was there before and of course, you know there was a […]
