Nigeria Armed Forces, in collaboration with United States forces has successfully conducted a meticulously planned and highly coordinated counterterrorism operation resulting in the elimination of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a senior ISIS leader and one of the world’s most active terrorists. Director, Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, confirmed the development...
Boko Haram insurgency
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development was in full solidarity with the twelve rescued CHIBOK girls who graduated from the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State on Saturday. The Minister Imaan Suleiman Ibrahim though could not attend the event personally due to other official Commitments, she...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have once again demonstrated overwhelming combat superiority, decisively crushing a large-scale, coordinated attack by ISWAP terrorists on Headquarters 27 Brigade at Buni Gari and the Buni Gari Checkpoint in the early hours of Thursday, 8 May 2026....
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have continued to record significant operational successes across the theatre, including the arrest of suspected terrorists and their collaborators, rescue of kidnapped civilians, and recovery of explosive devices during coordinated operations. In a notable development, troops of...
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has commended the Federal Government and troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) for their sustained offensive against insurgents, which has led to the rescue of some of the 416 abducted residents of Ngoshe village in Gwoza...
Chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph John Hayab, has led the distribution of relief materials to 1,000 heads of households displaced by over a decade of Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri, Borno State. The beneficiaries, currently residing in camps and host communities, received assorted...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, sustained operational pressure on terrorist elements with a precision air interdiction mission conducted on 24 April 2026 over Ali Sheriffti, a known terrorist enclave in the Southern Tumbuns. Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen...
It was in 2016 that Nigeria first lost top army commanders – Lt. Col. K. Yusuf, Col. B.U. Umar, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Ali and Lt. Col. O. Umusu in the war against religious terrorists. Yet another heroic Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba was murdered by terrorists in 2018 as...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Federal Government over reported plans to reintegrate hundreds of repentant terrorists into society, warning that such a move could undermine national security and deepen the trauma of victims of insurgency. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the...
Federal Government has defended the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) airstrike on the Jilli axis of Gubio Local Government Area in Borno State, describing the operation as a carefully planned, intelligence-driven counter-terrorism mission aimed at dismantling Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgent networks in one of the most volatile corridors in...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated ₦50 million to the family of the late Lt. Col. OC Okolo, who lost his life during a Boko Haram attack at Mandaragirau in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on 16 February 2026. The governor recently made a...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, 10 April 2026, reaffirmed the determination of the Nigerian Army to defeat all security threats confronting the nation, with the continued support of citizens. The COAS made this known during an operational visit to Yobe State, where he...
Scores of people, including insurgents, civilians, security operatives, and a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have died following coordinated night attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Pulka community of Gwoza Local Government Area and Benesheikh town, headquarters of Kaga Local Government Area, Borno State, reliable sources...
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has decried the unabated attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, specifically on the last Saturday invasion on Ashigashiya village in Gwoza LGA and Kopul village of Askira-Uba lLGA in his Senatorial District. The separate attacks led to the killing of a disabled household who...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated the sum of ₦150 million to the families of three military officers who lost their lives in recent attacks in the state. The gesture, made on behalf of Borno State Government, is part of Governor Zulum’s sustained support to families...
Force Commander (FC), Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Saidu Tanko Audu, on 19 March 2026 conducted a confidence-boosting operational assessment visit to 68 Battalion, Malam Fatori, in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, Sector 3, MNJTF Area of Responsibility. Details of the visit was contained in...
Weighed on the scale of the insecurity ravaging the entity he was entrusted with the responsibility of governing since May 29, 2019, the feats accomplished by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on the restoration of security as sine qua non for the recovery of the state from...
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have once again demonstrated firm operational control over Ngoshe and Gwoza areas of Borno State, effectively countering terrorist propaganda and ensuring a peaceful Eid-el-Fitr celebration across the axis. Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Former Army Chief Tukur Buratai says Nigerian authorities know those financing terrorism, sparking renewed calls for action against Boko Haram sponsors Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd.), has revealed that the Nigerian government is aware of individuals and groups backing terrorist activities in the...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, alongside the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Wednesday, arrived Maiduguri on an operational assessment visit to the Headquarters Theatre Command, Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), barely 24 hours after recent suicide bomb...