Terrorism

A group of armed men have attacked four villages in Erena in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The attacks were said to have taken place between Monday and Tuesday. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Abubakar Dan-Inna, confirmed the incident in an interview with Channels Television. He, however, could not give the casualty […]

Troops od the Nigerian Army have killed two members of a suspected terrorist group operating within the Gwoza axis of Borno State.  According to the army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, the troops of 26 Task Force Brigade killed the terrorists in an ambush conducted along Sabon Gari and Jirawa Village on Friday 28 June, 2019. […]

Troops of the Operation Harbin Kunama of one Division Kaduna of the Nigerian Army, have killed 24 suspected bandits in Kaduna, Kano and Niger States and arrested 61 others during operation. The General Officer Commanding 1 mechanised Division, Major General Faruk Yahya said this during a press briefing at the Headquarters of the Division, on […]

Troops of 112 Task Force Battalion have destroyed Boko Haram camps along Kajeri village in Borno State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, said the operation was made possible following a collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF). According to Musa, two women and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the current attacks on the people of Kona in Taraba State, and ordered security forces to end the violence immediately and decisively.   BUHARI, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, in Abuja, warned that attacks on innocent people in the name of […]

Boko Haram fighters on Friday engaged operatives of the Operation Lafiya Dole, killing five soldiers in a fierce battle that ensued after the terrorists attacked the military base in Magumeri, Borno State. According to a statement by its spokesman, Colonel Ezindu Idima, the army said the insurgents came in numbers to infiltrate Magumeri in order to loot food […]

Six soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with suspected bandits in Bini Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This incident also led to the death of 37 bandits and rescue of 80 kidnapped, the acting information officer of Operation Saharan Daji, Major Clement Abiade, revealed in a statement. According to the statement […]

The Federal Airports Authority (FAAN) has said that reports of a bomb allegedly placed on an early morning Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos are false. A statement by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, alleged that the passenger that raised the alarm is said to have a history of mental illness and […]

The Minister of Defence, Mr Mansur Dan-Ali, has ordered the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Burutai to remain in the north over the security challenges in the region. According to a statement issued on Monday by Colonel Tukur Gusau, the Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence, the directive came shortly after a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his government will not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said THIS in Katowice, Poland, during a […]