Security operatives in Borno State have arrested three suspected logistics suppliers linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), during a coordinated operation around Mainok village in Kaga Local Government Area. The suspects, identified as Fandi Adam Konto, Aji Bura Modu and Tijjain Abubakar Aisami, were reportedly intercepted...
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A civil society group, Concerned Nigerians for Peace, Security and National Unity, has announced plans to stage a peaceful road walk in Abuja on Monday to mobilise support for collective action against insecurity and promote national unity. The group said the security situation across the country requires all Nigerians,...
Federal High Court Abuja has sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their roles in the deadly attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, following their prosecution by the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Emeka Nwite said evidence presented by the prosecution and defence made it...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, intensified ongoing air offensives against terrorist elements in the North-East with precision air strikes conducted on 19 May 2026 at Bukar Meram in the Southern Tumbuns and Chikide in the Mandara Mountains. Director of Public Relations and...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the growing security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States following a joint military operation that reportedly eliminated a senior Islamic State (ISIS) commander and several of his fighters in the Lake Chad Basin. In a statement issued from the Presidential Villa, the...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have dealt a crushing blow to ISWAP terrorists, decisively defeating a lnight attack on 120 Task Force Battalion Gonori under Sector 2 in the late hours of Saturday, 9 May 2026 up till the early morning of...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have intensified their offensive against terrorist groups in Nigeria’s North-East, recording major battlefield successes in coordinated land and air operations across key insurgent enclaves in Borno State. In a statement issued on April 29, 2026, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer at the...
A blistering urgency currently envelopes Nigeria. It is an urgency of war, the clear and present danger of an imminent national meltdown. It is a common truth that Nigeria is desperately embattled on all fronts. It has been so for far too long. Our leadership may not agree that...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sadness over the loss of the brave soldiers of the 29 Task Force Brigade, Operation HADIN KAI, who died in a coordinated terrorist attack on their camp in Benisheikh, Borno State. The President also expressed heartfelt condolences to the military and the families...
In a major crackdown on terrorism, the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four Boko Haram terrorists to life imprisonment, while convicting 14 others with varying jail terms for terrorism-related offences. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered the judgment after the defendants pleaded guilty...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed as misleading and inaccurate a viral social media post that allegedly distorted remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, on Operation SAFE CORRIDOR. In a statement issued on Thursday, Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, said the...
STATEWIDE BROADCAST BY THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF BORNO STATE, PROFESSOR BABAGANA UMARA ZULUM, ON THURSDAY, 19TH MARCH 2026 My dear good people of Borno State, I address you today at a moment that requires both our solemn reflection and our resolute unity. Fellow citizens, the recent resurgence of insecurity...
Multiple bomb explosions rocked Maiduguri on Monday evening, leaving at least 23 people dead and 108 others injured in what security agencies described as coordinated attacks by suspected suicide bombers. The explosions occurred at about 7:05 p.m. at three busy locations — Monday Market, the entrance of the University...
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, on 11 March 2026, joined the Honourable Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, alongside other Service Chiefs at the Ship House, Abuja, for a high-level operational review aimed at...
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, working alongside local vigilantes and hunters, have eliminated a senior commander of Boko Haram and arrested a suspected logistics and drone supplier in Madagali, Adamawa State. Security sources disclosed that the operation took place on Thursday evening when troops intercepted suspected insurgents along the...
Several Nigerian Army soldiers and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have been killed after terrorists launched a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack on troops operating in the Timbuktu Triangle. The incident occurred on January 20, 2026, during ongoing offensive operations by troops of Operation HADIN...
*Proceedings continue March 2 One of the suspects being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) alongside Khalid Al-Barnawi and three others for being behind the August 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he joined...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has assured the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), of its support towards the achievement of its mandate. Governor Zulum, conveyed the assurance, when he hosted the Force Commander (FC) MNJTF Major General Saidu Tanko Audu, in Borno State, as part of his familiarization...
Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI have recorded further operational successes in the ongoing Operation DESERT SANITY, destroying multiple terrorist camps, recovering arms and equipment, and repelling coordinated attacks by the insurgents in the Timbuktu Triangle. A statement signed by media information officer headquarters...
Nigeria has confirmed that its ongoing security and intelligence partnership with the United States played a key role in recent precision airstrikes against terrorist targets in the North West, as authorities intensify efforts to curb violent extremism across the country. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that US President Donald J. Trump,...