The Joint Task Force Operation FASAN YAMMA (OPFY) operating in the North West Nigerian theatre against insurgents have heightened its operations moving it from downgrading adversaries’ potential to “complete eradication of terrorists and their agents,” the commander has said. Major General Warren Bello Idris, the Theatre Commander of Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), disclosed this in Gusau on […]
A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday, prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents. The soldier, a Lance Corporal, is attached to 4 Battalion, Marte. Borno Police Command spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu said the incident occurred around Yanakiri and Kondori villages when insurgents in about 20 gun trucks ambushed […]
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, “Operations Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the number of insurgents who have surrendered to the government has now reached 17,000. Musa made this known on Friday in Maiduguri during a courtesy call on the management of North East Development Commission (NEDC). Musa said those that surrendered […]
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has urged the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to sustain the fight against insurgents, bandits and other criminal elements in the country. The governor made the call in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau. Zulum, […]
Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN) yesterday stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja to seek the opportunity and recognition under the law to assist the federal government in tackling the ravaging insecurity in the land. The Commandant of the Akwa Ibom State Command of the organisation, John Essien, who spoke with journalists, said they specifically […]
The Coalition of Nigerian Youth for Peace and Development has said for there to be total victory against insurgency and banditry in the country, there must a sincere regional collaboration between the Nigerian troops and the troops of the neighbouring countries. The group was reacting to recent attacks by the insurgents in Borno State and […]
The Nigerian Army said it has eliminated over 1,015 Boko Haram terrorists in different encounters with the insurgents in the north-east from April 4, till date. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who disclosed this on Sunday when he hosted the troops of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ to Eid-El-Fitr luncheon at the Military […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has tasked troops in the north- east theatre of operation to braze up for the final defeat of insurgents. Buratai gave the charge while addressing troops of ‘Operation Harbin Kunama IV’ at Army Special Forces Super Camp Ngamdu in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state on […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it has become imperative to deal with emerging human rights concerns emanating from continuous attacks by insurgents/terrorists and counter -insurgency operations in the north-east. Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu stated this at a three-day inception training of human rights monitors on effective human rights monitoring and […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised dozens of Boko Haram terrorists at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the NAF also destroyed the insurgents’ infrastructure […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the failure of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was bolstering insurgents, bandits, kidnappers The party also said that Nigerians should hold the Buhari Presidency and APC responsible for the negative impacts of the proposed travel sanctions imposed on our country by the United States. The PDP according […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) to continue their onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents until they are completely subdued. Buratai gave the charge while addressing troops of 156 Task Force Battalion deployed to Mainok village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno on Monday. He commended […]
The Nigeria Army on Saturday, said that its troops fighting insurgents’ groups across the country has succeeded in rescuing a septuagenarian, 3 women and a minor from captivity in recent operations. The rescue came after a combined troops of 192 Battalion deployed at Gwoza, Borno State, elements of Theatre Strike Force(TSF) and the Cameroonian Defence […]
Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralised scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibukunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the super camp concept adopted to tackle activities of insurgents and other criminal activities in the country has yielded the desire results. Buratai stated this in an interview with newsmen during an operational visit to Tarkwa Bay super camp on Sunday in Lagos. He said that […]
Troops of the Nigerian Army have continue to raid the hideouts of criminals such as the insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements nationwide with remarkable successes. This is as troops of 342 Artillery Regiment, while acting on credible intelligence raided a suspected kidnappers’ den at Ihie Community in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State where […]
A human rights group, Coalition For Truth And Justice [CTJ] has said some individuals are not happy with the progress being made by the army in the war against Boko Haram insurgents. Addressing journalists in Abuja, Barrister Charles Timothy, national coordinator of CTJ said it is obvious that these individuals are unhappy with the professionalism […]
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested 22 suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram Terrorist responsible for the kidnapping of Chibok schoolgirls. The suspects, who were paraded at the Borno State Police Command on Wednesday were said to have been responsible for over 50 suicide bombings within […]
A 15 year-old former Boko Haram bomb maker has made a chilling confession about how he made over 500 underwear Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) used by insurgents for suicide missions on soft targets in the last five years. Ali Goni was only ten years old and in primary six when he was kidnapped in Bama. The […]
Nigeria Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has been waging a terrorist’s war against the Nigerian State for over a decade yet Amnesty International instead of supporting the Nigerian military to combat the deadly insurgents that have maimed, killed and orphaned millions of children in northern Nigeria is manipulating and orchestrating a campaign of calumny against […]
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