At least 15 persons including a child and two policemen were killed while more than 70 others sustained injuries in blasts near two churches in Youhanabad area of Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday. The banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group Jamatul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the
The British government, Friday, said no weapons from the United Kingdom are being used in the ongoing war in the north east of Nigeria. Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission to Nigeria in Abuja Mr. Simon Shercliff said this on Friday at a press conference organized by the West African Action on Small […]
The Defence headquarters said troops have discovered terrorist bomb a making factory in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe State. In a statement by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade on Friday, a large quantity of improvised explosive devices (IEDs0 including those commonly used by suicide bombers was recovered from […]
The African Union (AU) has tasked the United Nations (UN) to institute a trust fund to finance a force to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria. However, reports coming in from the UN indicates that a draft UN Security council resolution has endorsed the creation of a force by Nigeria and its neighbors Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin […]
The first South African has been killed in North-eastern Nigeria, where he was participating in the fight against Boko Haram. Leon Lotz, an apartheid-era Defence Force Koevoet operative, was reportedly killed in a friendly fire incident when a Nigerian tank destroyed the wrong target. According to sources in Nigeria, Leon Lotz, a private security contractor, […]
Reports coming in from Reuters states that much of the Chadian force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria have withdrawn to Cameroon and is deploying further south, Chadian soldiers and a Cameroonian military official said on Thursday. According to the officials of both countries, the withdrawal by the Chadian troops signals the potential start of […]
A non-verified audio message that has purportedly come from an ISIS spokesman has revealed that the group has accepted the recent pledge of allegiance from Nigerian-based Boko Haram. The pledge according to the audio tape reveals was accepted by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The 28-minute message, which cannot be independently authenticated by experts was […]
Hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and other countries are playing a decisive role in Nigeria’s military campaign against Boko Haram, operating attack helicopters and armored personnel carriers and fighting to retake towns and villages captured by the Islamist militant group. Though the government is yet to acknowledged the presence of the mercenaries, a senior […]
In a communication glitch, two South African mercenaries assisting NiÂgeria in the war against Boko Haram were on MonÂday killed in error by the military in Bama, Borno State. A military contractor, Leon Mare Lotz, and his driver, whose name was given simply as NanÂgombe, were shot dead when a convoy in which they were […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the dreaded Islamic terror group Boko Haram, will be defeated in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, all in Nigeria’s north east geo political zone in the next couple of days. President Jonathan, who made this known during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), said that […]
The Transformation Believers of Nigeria (TBN), a nascent Youth-dominated Group, on Thursday held a March for Victory-cum-Rally in Abuja to launch the body’s “#WeCare” Initiative which aims to galvanize empathy and support for Nigerian troops and their loved ones, especially during the ongoing war against terrorism. The Rally which was attended by
Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, has said that in spite of challenges, terrorism will not defeat the Nigerian Armed Forces. Adeosun stated this when he received a team of newsmen on tour of communities recently recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents in his office in Maiduguri. “Terrorism […]
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday showered encomiums on the Nigerian Armed Forces for their bravery and recent successes in combating the Boko Haram insurgents. During its plenary meeting, the Senate President, David Mark, expressed his satisfaction with the gallantry of the Nigerian Armed Forces and asked the Senate Committee on Armed Forces to send the message of the
The federal government on Wednesday said that 36 towns have been reclaimed from Boko Haram insurgents since the military forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon launched a joint offensive against the sect, voicing hope that the operation could lead to the group’s “total defeat”. National security spokesman Mike Omeri said four towns had fallen […]
