President Bola Tinubu has been urged to consider hiring private military contractors (PMCs) to tackle the rising wave of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. A former Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi Farouk made the suggestion in an interview with NAN on Sunday. Alhaji Farouk suggestion...
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By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the continued unprovoked killings in Nigeria and especially in the North Central states, a group under the auspices of the Middle Belt Indigenous Christian Ministers Forum (MBCMF), has condemned the act, calling it senseless tragedies. The chairman of the forum, Archbishop Cephas Okwori, in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out a successful airstrike in the Tumbuktu Triangle area of Borno, destroying an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory, terrorist gun trucks, and eliminating dozens of fighters. The airstrikes, executed on Wednesday, followed intelligence reports of terrorist activity...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Troops of 17 Brigade, operating under Operation Fasan Yamma, have eliminated eight terrorists in an encounter along Kurfi-Batsari Road in Katsina State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Kangye, the troops swiftly engaged the...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to declare armed herders causing mayhem in the country as terrorist group. The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State, Dr. Eric Odo, made the plea at a two-day meeting organized by ActionAid Nigeria in Enugu . He emphasized that such...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – In a significant breakthrough, notorious bandit kingpins operating in Dan Musa Local Government Area of Katsina State have surrendered their arms and released kidnapped victims. The development is part of the ongoing arms surrender and disengagement initiative led by Operation Fasan Yamma in collaboration...
y HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged 6,195 new recruits of the Depot Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State, to be prepared to combat terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria. Speaking at the Passing Out Parade of the 88 Regular Recruits Intake, Oluyede...
The Nigerian Army is set to inject 6,195 fresh regular combatants into its fold to enhance strength and operational readiness in the battle against terrorists, bandits, and other criminals in the country. These new recruits are members of the 88 Regular Recruit Intake (88RRI) who completed six months of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Mobile Strike Team (MST) under Operation FASAN YAMMA (OPFY) successfully killed a group of terrorists during a decisive offensive operation around Ƙunchin Kalgo town in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State on 10 June 2025. Among those killed was a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has denied reports that he was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Buratai in a statement by his spokesman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, described the reports as “mischievous and utterly false.” Usman...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A devastating bomb explosion has rocked Gwabro village in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 males and injuring 3 females. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon during Eid-el-Kabir (sallah) celebrations, when the victims, mostly youths, were visiting relatives and paying Salah...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in a renewed offensive against insurgents, with close air support from the Air Component, have neutralized another Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists’ kingpin Malam Jidda, in Ngazalgana Gujba LGA of Borno State and several other terrorists in the Timbuktu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Joint troops of Operation Fasan Yamma have successfully eliminated 10 terrorists in a well-coordinated attack on terrorist locations in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Army authority disclosed this in a post on Monday via its X handle @HQNigerianArmy. The army said the operation, conducted on June...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched a decisive pre-emptive strike against Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, killing scores of insurgents and crippling their plans to disrupt Eid celebrations. Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, confirmed this in a...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyode, has reiterated the Nigerian Army’s determination to tackle insecurity in the country, vowing to “fish out, smoke, and send bandits and terrorists to their makers.” The COAS, who was represented by the Commander, Cyber...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has lauded the Nigerian military, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), hunters, and vigilantes for their recent success in eliminating Abu Fatima, a top commander of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), along with two others, in Aleru...
Uganda military authorities said two people died before executing a suspected explosive attack near a Catholic shrine in the capital, Kampala. The military said in a statement on Tuesday they “intercepted and neutralised two armed terrorists” in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb. The deceased were a man and a woman...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated no fewer than 20 armed terrorists and destroyed over 21 motorcycles during an air interdiction operation on May 31 in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday im Abuja by the Director of Public Relations and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Bale Galtimari Consultative Forum (BGCF) has issued an urgent appeal to the Federal Government, Defence Headquarters, Nigerian Army, National Security Adviser, Borno State Governor, and the state House of Assembly to relocate Giwa Barrack from its current location in Maiduguri to a safer...
Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of a notorious terrorists’ commander, Amir Abu Fatima, during a special military operation in the Kukawa axis of northern Borno. The confirmation was made in a statement posted on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the Nigerian Army on Friday. The operation,...