Terrorism

Troops of Operation Accord have killed four suspected bandits at Jeka Da Rabi area along Kaduna-Abuja expressway in Kaduna State and have recovered weapons from them. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche. The operation, which was carried out on September 2, is […]

Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 75 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered weapons in the northeast. The Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday. According to him, the terrorists were killed in an ongoing offensive in the region that resulted in casualties on Boko […]

Scores of armed bandits have been neutralised and their weapons destroyed in air strikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara State. The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He noted that the operations were conducted on Saturday at two separate […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the commencement of a major military operation to sweep bandits and kidnappers out of Katsina State. A major proactive operation by Special Forces, which details are being kept secret, is now in progress to replace the reactive strikes against insurgent camps. To give a full effect to the exercise, a […]

Two female suicide bombers have attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, killing a 12-year-old boy and injuring thirteen others. Channels Television gathered that the female bombers tried to force their way into the mosque during the early morning prayers before some persons in the neighborhood raised an alarm. Some residents suspect that the suicide […]

Troops of operation Hadarin Daji have launched offensive attacks on various hideouts and camps of suspected bandits located in four local government areas of Zamfara and Katsina States. The troops during the operation, also killed over one hundred bandits, destroyed their camps and recovered assorted dangerous weapons and rescued ten kidnapped victims. A statement by […]

Residents of Munya Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State have reportedly sighted dozens of stranded bandits wondering about apparently in search of food in the area. The bandits, according to sources, were up to 30 and said to be involved in the attack that claimed the lives of four soldiers and other civilians. In […]

Al-Shabaab claimed its fighters attacked a US-Kenya military base in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region early today. The strike on the base known as Camp Simba in Manda Bay is the latest by the group in Kenya since Nairobi sent troops across the border in 2011. Kenya’s army spokesman Colonel Paul Njuguna confirmed in a statement […]