By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) following the recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Wulgo, a border town with Republic of Cameroon. During a sympathy visit on...
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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has said the ongoing security challenges in the state have deprived the state of steady growth and development. Mutfwang said this on Tuesday when he visited communities in Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area (LGA), recently attacked by gunmen. The News Agency of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has stressed the critical role of agricultural investment in addressing insurgency and conflict in Nigeria and across Africa. Governor Zulum stated this during a high-level panel discussion on “Public-Private and Development Partnerships for Agri-Food Transformation” at the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, on Wednesday, said that the military must leverage technology, enhance intelligence-sharing, and strengthen interagency cooperation to stay ahead of all security threats. Musa said this at the opening of the 2025 CDS Joint Task Force Commanders Conference with the theme:...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has pledged continued support to the army and other security agencies in the state to end insurgency. Buni made the pledge when the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, paid him a courtesy visit in Damaturu on Sunday. He commended the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kawuri village of Konduga Local Government Area in Borno State recently suffered an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday. A statement issued and signed by Bashir Sandia, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Chairman, Konduga LGC on Wednesday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Barely 24 hours after a deadly attack on Bazir village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Boko Haram terrorists struck again, this time in Shikarkir, Chibok. The latest attack saw the terrorists raze down the Church of Brethren, also known as E.Y.N...
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, has said the drones being used by terrorist groups are not military grade and cannot pose any threat in the counter-terrorism war. Buba said this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the recent airstrike incident in Sokoto State....
Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has so far logged nearly 20,000 flight hours in the course of its operations in the year 2024. Abubakar made this known on Thursday in his goodwill message to the officers...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Reports from locals in Sokoto State indicate that the new terrorists’ group known as ‘Lakurawa‘ has lowered its recruitment incentive to either a cow or N500,000 per individual. This move is likely a response to the economic hardship faced by the community, with many...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede while on an operational tour to Sokoto State urged officers to deal decisively with enemies of humanity and the country. Lt Gen Olufemi, who addressed officers of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto while...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters had dismissed the claim by the Niger House of Assembly that the Nigerian Army Training Camp in Kotangora has been taken over by bandits and terrorists. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Wednesday, said, “no...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has on Oct. 25, eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists at two locations in Bula Marwa in Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the Government Day Secondary School Ngoshe, which had been closed for over a decade, was officially been reestablished following the construction of a new school by the Borno State Ministry of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation under its AGILE...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has confirmed that only six repentant Boko Haram insurgents escaped and not 13 as being insinuated. The repentant insurgents had surrendered under the state government’s reconciliation programme. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, revealed this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has dismissed reports mostly circulating on social Media that his convoy was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday. Senator Ndume made the clarification on Wednesday at his Maiduguri residence, soon after he returned from condolence visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector III Operation ”Hadin Kai” on Tuesday rescued 38 hostages and disrupted a Boko Haram logistics syndicate during intensified clearance operations in the Lake Chad region. According to a statement from Lt. Col. Olaniyi...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said that Nigerian security forces have eliminated more than 300 commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the last one year. Also eliminated are many commanders of other banditry groups, especially in the North-West and North-East. Tinubu gave the security update in his...
Following a purported video of the bandits’ kingpin,Bello Turji, seeking reconciliation with the Federal Government, a group, Northern Elders, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu to ignore his antics. The Northwest Chairman of the Arewa Elders Progressive Group, Alhaji Mustafa Dutsinma, in a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday,cautioned against...