By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The African Union (AU) Assessment Team has commended the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) for its operational achievements in the Lake Chad Basin region. This was revealed on Tuesday, 30 July, 2024, during the team’s visit to MNJTF Headquarters in Farcha, N’Djamena. Leading the...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) fighting insurgency in the Lake Chad region says 263 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to troops. This is contained in a statement issued by Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the Chief Military Public Information Office of MNJTF...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has received a significant boost from the European Union (EU) in terms of logistics support items, aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency and capabilities. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, MNJTF, Ndjamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF).on Monday said the recent aerial operations have successfully obliterated terrorist camps situated on islets across the Cameroonian and Nigerian territories of Lake Chad, killing many terrorists and causing others to flee into Chad Republic. The Chief Military...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has announced that 176 Boko Haram militants have surrendered and 57 individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region have been apprehended. The Force Commander, MNJTF, Operation Lake Sanity II , Major General...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief Military Public Information Officer, MNJTF, Njamenah, Chad Republic, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi has solicited for more media support and cooperation for the ongoing MNJTF joint operations at the lake Chad region to rid the region of remaining ISWAP and Boko Haram...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has intensified operations to eradicate remnant of Boko Haram terrorists and ISWAP on the shores of Lake Chad basin. The Chief Military Public Information Officer, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri on Wednesday....
The troops of Sector 3, Multi-Naltional Joint Task Force(MNJTF), said it had neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists in Malam Fatori in northern part of Borno State. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, Chief Military Public Information Officer of MNJTF, who disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri...
The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents. A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the task force, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, said the development was due to the intensified kinetic and non-kinetic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai North East, Major General Ibrahim Ali, says over 100,000 Boko Haram insurgents have voluntarily surrendered to the military within the six months of his leadership at the theater command. Maj. Gen. Ali disclosed this...
The Multi National Joint Task Force is unable to sustain large-scale operations against the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP), due to inadequate, inconsistent, and insufficient funding. Amb. Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission, of the MNJTF, made this known on Wednesday...
In a major shake-up, the Nigerian Army has redeployed 75 of its senior officers. But the redeployment will take effect from April 3, 2023, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. Among those affected is Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF in the Lake Chad and...
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...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), has appealed to the United Nations to support the overall good performance of the Nigerian Military to completely end insecurity in parts of the country. General Magashi stated this during a meeting 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...
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...
Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, has emerged Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the emergence of Itno as Chairman of the LCBC at the 16th Summit of the Commission in Abuja...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing attention to the increased number of arms, ammunition, and other weapons from the Russia and Ukraine war in the Lake Chad Basin. At the 16th Summit of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Force Commander (FC) Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj Gen Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim accompanied by the Deputy Force Commander (DFC) Brig Gen Assoualai Blama and other senior officers of MNJTF have paid an operational visit to Headquarters MNJTF Sector 1 Mora , Cameroon...