The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the combined efforts of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and other security services have decimated and obliterated scores of terrorist leaders, their foot soldiers and structures. Abubakar said this during the decoration of the 22 newly...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 14 insurgents and rescued 13 kidnapped victims in Niger and Kaduna States. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Lt. Col....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in an operation in the Isa Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, revealed this in a...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Sunday in Katsina. He said the farmers were harvesting their crops...
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the killing of four notorious terrorist commanders in air strikes within the week. They are Machika, Haro, Dan Muhammadu and Ali Alhaji Alheri, popularly called Kachalla Ali Kawaje. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Troops of Sector 1 Exercise GOLDEN DAWN III, in conjunction with other security agencies, apprehended a commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The IPOB/ESN Commander, Mr Uchechukwu Akpa and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits on Wednesday unleashed terror on Takakume village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 persons, abducted 15 others while many sustained injuries. The bandits who were said to have stormed the farming settlement on...
The Police Command in Imo has announced the arrest of 15 suspected members of Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Henry Okoye, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Friday that...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), announced on Thursday that 80 terrorists were neutralized and 304 others arrested within the last 14 days in the course of the on-going military operations across the country in support of Nigeria’s national security interest. Director Defence Media Operations (DMO),...
The Defence Headquarters says the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week have resulted in the killing of more than 180 terrorists, arrest of 204 others and rescue of 234 kidnapped victims. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a...
The planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire will last a maximum of 10 days, when up to 300 Palestinian prisoners are to be exchanged for up to 100 live hostages from Israel, a report in the Times of Israel on Wednesday said, citing the Israeli Cabinet. After that, the fighting in...
The Defence Headquarters has said the military has continued to target the leadership and chains of command of the terrorists, insurgents and extremist groups undermining the security of the country. Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Buba...
The Police Command in Anambra has debunked stories making the round that Umunze Community in Orumba South Local Government Area of the State was the operational headquarters of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the military wing of IPOB terrorists. The command made the clarification following a news report...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the air component of the joint military taskforce, “Operation Hadin Kai’’ has eliminated several terrorists in Ajigin and Banki Junction areas of Borno in two major air strikes on Nov. 8 and Nov. 11....
The Defence Headquarters has said the troops of the armed forces have eliminated 113 terrorists and apprehended 300 others in different operations in various theatres across the country in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while briefing newsmen on the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said its Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai(OPHK) in the Northeast and Operation Hadarin Daji in Northwest have destroyed several terrorists enclaves in recent operations across the theatres. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF,...
Israel’s Army says its troops have killed “dozens of terrorists” as its ground operation in the Gaza Strip continued overnight. “Over the past day, there were numerous attempted attacks on IDF troops from tunnel shafts and military compounds in the northern Gaza Strip,” the IDF said on Saturday...
The Defence Headquarters, has warned terrorists and bandits that their days are numbered as the military thwarted the criminals in several operations within the last one week. “The military will continue to deny the terrorists, insurgents and violent extremists the ability to achieve their selfish objectives. “The war...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have neutralised 50 terrorists and apprehended 114 others within a week in various operations across North-East, North- Central and North-West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces, on Thursday in...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces have in the last one week neutralised 31 terrorists and apprehended 81 others in various operations across North East, North Central and North West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on Sunday...