By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, has urged troops to remain vigilant and ensure the safety of unarmed civilian populations in their area of responsibility. Chibuisi gave the directive during operational visit to troops in Baga, Cross Kauwa and Bosso...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 200 Boko Haram fighters including women, and children were killed by the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a deadly rivalry clash in Gudumbali local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the ISWAP insurgents targeted...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema has given details of how President Muhammadu Buhari deployed diplomatic engagements to end activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. The minister spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023) organised to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed dozens of terrorists and captured more than 40 in recent operations in the Lake Chad Basin. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, made this known in a statement on Wednesday...
No fewer than 1,773 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have died while fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North East Zone. The Chairman of CJTF, Babashehu Abdulganiu, made this known on Saturday in an interview with the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 4 ( Niger Republic ) while on patrol along Kara – Diffa Road have arrested four persons suspected to be Boko Haram/ ISWAP logisticians conveying about 1000 litres of fuel cleverly concealed in plastic bags...
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for sustained efforts to end the activities of terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin region. MNJTF Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, in a statement on Saturday, said Ibrahim made the call during a ceremony to usher...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum was in Bosso, a border town in Niger Republic on Sunday, to visit citizens of the state, who were displaced by flooding. The citizens were residents of Malam-Fatori, headquarters of Abadam Local Government in the northern part of Borno...
Two kingpins of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, Mallam Ali Kwaya and Mallam Bukar Mainoka, have been eliminated, PRNigeria has reported. They were killed in a raid by Nigerian military fighter jets at Lake Chad on Saturday, PRNigeria gathered. Kwaya and Mainoka, who were also key...
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu on Friday said the proposed Inter-Basin Water Transfer from Congo River into the Lake Chad was possible, expensive and would require more consultations. Adamu said this at a Media Forum, with the theme, `Engage, Educate and Empower Nigerians on the Legacy...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency along the shores of Lake Chad has reiterated its commitment to compliance with the rules of engagement in its operations. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday from Capt. Benn Raphael, the Deputy Chief of Military Public Information Office, MNJTF...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was at the headquarters of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad, to honour over 6,000 gallant soldiers. The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to celebrate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry...
The Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) has honoured 6,000 troops with medals for gallantry in the fight against insurgency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the MNJTF are drawn from Nigeria, Tchad, Cameroon and Niger. NA reports that the medal ceremony was held at the headquarters complex of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force(MNJTF), Ambassador Mamman Nuhu has commended troops of the MNJTF for their efforts in the ongoing Operation LAKE SANITY, urging them to sustain the onslaughts against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Amb. Nuhu, who is...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Training and Operations (CTOPS) – Navy, Rear Admiral Solomon Agada has charged officers and ratings of Naval Base Lake Chad (NBLC) Baga, Borno State to be extra vigilant and sustain the current tempo against Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists and other criminal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have been killed by troops of MNJTF during a clearance operations in the fringes of Lake Chad. The Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF N’Djamena, Chad, Lt. Col....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – MNJTF troops at Forward Operations Base Arege in conjunction with the Air Task Force (ATF) have raided Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists enclaves in the vicinity of Tumbun Fulani and Tumbun Rago, where about twenty terrorists were neutralized. The Chief of Military Public Information, Colonel Muhammad...
The Air Components of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have rained multiple missiles at the abodes of ISWAP Commanders and their training camps in the Lake Chad axis A military intelligence source told PRNigeria that the coordinated attacks spearheaded by the Nigerien air taskforce were conducted on Thursday,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army authorities on Thursday said that six soldiers were killed when troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) clashed with Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Mallam Fatori Town in the fringes of the Lake Chad region. The terrorists also suffered...