Nigerian Army troops have repelled twin coordinated midnight attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Borno State, killing scores of insurgents amid fierce gun battles that claimed the lives of three Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members and one vigilante. Security sources… Boko Haram: 16 insurgents, three CJTF killed in Borno battlefields …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised seven suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in separate clearance operations carried out in Rann and Damboa areas of Borno State. The operations were disclosed on Thursday by security analyst… Troops kill seven suspected Boko Haram, ISWAP fighters in Rann, Damboa operations …C0NTINUE … Read more
Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised seven suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in separate operations in Rann and Damboa areas of Borno State. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this in a post on his X… Troops kill seven ISWAP, Boko Haram terrorists in Rann, Damboa … Read more
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised serious concerns over the presence of Boko Haram informants within the Nigerian armed forces and political class. In a recent interview on News Central’s Breakfast programme, the governor asserted that some members of the military and… Boko Haram informants within Military, political circles -Zulum alleges …C0NTINUE READING … Read more
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said that he wouldn’t rule out some of the repentant Boko Haram terrorists, who renounced terrorism, returning to the bush to take up arms. Zulum stated this while speaking in an interview on News Central Television’s Breakfast Show,… I can’t rule out some repentant Boko Haram terrorists returning … Read more
At least three people were killed and several others injured on Saturday following a roadside bomb explosion along the Maiduguri–Damboa highway in Borno State. The explosive device, believed to have been planted by Boko Haram insurgents, detonated as passenger vehicles were… Three killed, others injured in roadside bomb blast on Maiduguri–Damboa highway …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, a former presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed that Nigerians presidents who came after Olusegun Obasanjo, are to be blames for the rise of Boko Haram in the country. Under Obasanjo, Atiku served as vice-president from 1999 to… Atiku blames Nigerian presidents after Obasanjo for Boko Haram insurgency …C0NTINUE … Read more
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo swiftly ended Boko Haram’s activities when the group first emerged, citing strong political will as the key factor. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a meeting with stakeholders from Kogi… We crushed Boko Haram in weeks during our tenure — Atiku …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Nigerian military to swiftly redeploy sufficient personnel to the North-East following the killing of 12 soldiers in Marte town of Borno State by insurgents. The upper chamber asked the military to ensure that they are adequately equipped with… Boko Haram: Redeploy sufficient personnel – Senate tells Nigerian military after … Read more
The Nigerian Senate has called on the military to urgently deploy more personnel—fully equipped and strategically positioned to Borno and Yobe states in the North-East to tackle the renewed threat posed by Boko Haram insurgents. This appeal followed the killing of 12 soldiers by… Senate urges Military to reinforce troops in Borno, Yobe to counter … Read more