ISIS has claimed responsibility for Friday’s deadly attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow. State media reported 40 people were killed when several gunman opened fire with automatic weapons at the Crocus City Hall complex in Krasnogorsk, one of Russia’s biggest shopping and
Defence Headquarters has allayed fears of Nigerians over alleged plans by Al-Qaeda and ISIS to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria and penetrate the north-western part of the country, Daily Times gathered. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, while answering questions from newsmen at the updates briefing on military operations across
Leaders of terrorist group, Islamic State, are sneaking battle-hardened jihadis from Syria into Nigeria to train terrorists for possible attacks in Britain. There were fears that strong links between Nigeria and the UK would make it easier for IS to send its killers to Britain to orchestrate terror attacks, death and destruction. It noted that […]
Teresa May, British Prime Minister, said on Friday that although the Islamic State (IS) has been crushed, thanks mostly to the strike by the base personnel, it still poses threat to the region and Britain. May, who made this known on a short visit to an RAF base in Cyprus, said that British forces operating from […]
ISIS has posted a picture of Lionel Messi in prison. The mockedup image of Messi in a prison jumpsuit, with blood coming from his eye has forced the Argentine Football Association to demand for special security for star player Lionel Messi and other members of the national team. President of the Argentine Football Association Claudio […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said Monday that it is ready is to partner the Jordanian Royal Air Force (JRAF) on manpower development. The Chief of Air Staff, (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, made the announcement while receiving the Commander of the JRAF, Maj.-Gen. Yousefa Al-Hnaity, in his office in Abuja on Monday. Abubakar said […]
The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has commended Nigeria for the effective strategies adopted to combat the destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, urging other countries of the world to learn strategy deployed by Nigeria if the global terrorist group, ISIS must be defeated Tillerson, gave the commendation at the meeting of the […]
ISIS killed at least 500 people, both civilians and Iraqi soldiers and forced 8 000 to flee their homes as it captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said on Monday, while Shi’ite militias vowed to mount a counter-offensive and reclaim the Anbar provincial capital. The statements followed a shocking defeat as ISIS seized […]
At least 5 Boko Haram militants who were in Mosul, Iraq to undergo military training under ISIS were killed on Wednesday, May 13th by Mosul Youth Resistance Movement. The spokesperson for Mosul, Saed Mamuzini, told the press that the Mosul Youth Resistance Movement, which was recently formed to act against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, […]
The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defense says. According to BBC, Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afri, was inside a mosque in Tal Afar that was targeted, spokesman Brig-Gen Tahsin Ibrahim said. He had been […]
Six suspected ISIS militants, including two Air Force personnel, were charged on Thursday in Malaysia, police said. They face up to 30 years imprisonment if convicted of promoting acts of terrorism. The suspects, who appeared before the Sessions Court of Alor Setar in the northern state of Kedah, were among 17 arrested this month in […]
More than 100, 000 Ethiopians on Wednesday protested the killing of Ethiopian Christians in Libya and their own government’s failure to raise living standards of the poor, with poverty fuelling the flow of migrants through dangerous areas. The government-supported march at Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square turned violent, as stone-throwing protesters clashed with the
The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that ISIS is a virus which is attempting to destroy the Muslim community around the world. He made this known on Wednesday in a joint press conference following his meeting with the Iranian president where he harshly criticized the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham […]
Ethiopia has confirmed that 30 of its nationals were killed by Islamic State militants in Libya. The confirmation came Monday, a day after the Islamic State group released a graphic video purporting to show Ethiopian Christians being decapitated or shot in the back of the head. An Ethiopian government statement condemned what it called the […]
A bomb exploded outside Spain’s embassy in the Libyan capital on Monday night without causing injuries, a security source told AFP, an attack later claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group. “Islamic State extremists concealed an explosive device near an exterior wall of the Spanish embassy building in Tripoli, which caused some material damage to […]
Islamic State fighters captured more territory outside the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province Wednesday, residents and local officials said. In an offensive that began at dawn, the militants seized control of several villages – Albu-Ghanim, Sjariyah and Soufiya – near Ramadi, The Associated Press reported. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week that Iraqi forces
U.S.-led warplanes continued to hammer ISIS positions around the pivotal Iraqi battleground city of Tikrit, stepping in at the Iraqi Prime Minister’s request to get at what a spokesman called “difficult targets.” The U.S. military announced Thursday that it and its allies conducted 17 airstrikes around Tikrit, going after three ISIS checkpoints, two
Moroccan authorities said on Monday a “terrorist cell” they dismantled had brought in arms through the Spanish enclave of Melilla to carry out attacks for the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group. The cell was made up of 13 members aged between 19 and 37, most of them without primary school education, said Abdelhak Khiame, […]
There is justifiable reasons to have anxiety on the future of this great Nation –Nigeria . We are faced with the threat from the Islamic fundamentalist the Boko Haram- that have in every sense of the word caused the Nation so much, both in human and material resources .The insurgents if we are sincere with […]
What is the worth of a human life, after all? This question has become pertinent in the light of the horrendous action of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday in burning a Jordanian pilot, Mauth al- Kasasbeh, who since December 2014 had been in their captivity. Since the group arrived on […]
