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United Kingdom Advises Against Travel To Six Nigerian States

United Kingdom Advises Against Travel To Six Nigerian States

November 13, 2025 11:22 am

British Foreign Office warns of rising terrorism, kidnappings, and violent crime across Nigerian states, urging extreme caution for travelers.

The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a stark travel advisory for Nigeria, warning British nationals against visiting six northern states amid escalating insecurity.

In its latest guidance, FCDO cited a surge in violent crime, kidnappings, and terrorist activity across multiple regions. The advisory specifically urges against all travel to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Katsina, and Zamfara states, highlighting threats from Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP), particularly around transport hubs, religious sites, and large

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ISWAP Kills 8 Boko Haram Members As Groups Clash In Borno

ISWAP Kills 8 Boko Haram Members As Groups Clash In Borno

September 16, 2022 6:32 am

A fierce battle broke out between Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and has led to the death of eight fighters, including a middle-rank Commander simply identified as ‘Kundu’.

It was gathered that the incident, which took place on Thursday September 15, between Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas, also left many fighters from both the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad and ISWAP injured.

An Intelligence officer told Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad that Kundu and his team were on a robbery mission when the ISWAP intercepted them on six motorcycles …

Abducted Train Passenger’s Brother Seeks Buhari’s Help

Abducted Train Passenger’s Brother Seeks Buhari’s Help

August 30, 2022 7:58 am

Following the Abuja–Kaduna train attack the Federal Government has been urged by Azurfa Lois’ family to intervene quickly and stop the terrorists from being killed off by her kidnappers.

Christian Lois, age 21, was taken hostage on March 28 while on the Abuja-Kaduna train when it was assaulted by ISWAP militiamen. Lois has been held captive ever then.

On August 20, Tukur Mamu, a past mediator between the families of the hijacked passengers and the terrorists, alerted authorities to the fact that the kidnappers had indicated a desire to marry Lois; the recent development has thrown the girl’s family into …

Insecurity ISWAP Kidnap 6 Farmers In Borno, Slaughter One

Insecurity: ISWAP Kidnap 6 Farmers In Borno, Slaughter One

August 18, 2022 6:34 am

No fewer than six farmers were yesterday abducted in Mafa, a town in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, by terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

An Intelligence Officer who opened up to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad disclosed that the victims who were mostly displaced persons, went missing after they went to their farm at Bulagarji village, located some kilometers away from Mafa town.

Relatives of the victims who confirmed the incident, said the insurgents attacked the farmers in the wee hours on Wednesday and took them to …

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

July 24, 2022 9:54 am

Panic has gripped Nigerians as a splinter terrorist group in the North West which has been identified as one of the factions of the ISWAP have openly threatened to kidnap the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and murder the remaining train victims.

The unknown terrorists had made the threat in a fresh video which had surfaced where they were captured flogging some of their captives.

This threat is coming a few weeks after the convoy of Buhari was attacked in Katsina State.

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In the new viral video, the daredevil terrorists, who …

ISWAP Takes Responsibility For Massive Kuje Prison Attack

ISWAP Takes Responsibility For Massive Kuje Prison Attack

July 7, 2022 11:03 am

The Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP), a well-known terrorist group, has openly claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s massive attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja which had left several security officials dead and a massive prison break.

In a video which had been shared by the terrorist group, ISWAP on Wednesday, numerous inmates had been seen fleeing the prison while the terrorists chanted ‘Allahu Akbar’.

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ISWAP is a breakaway faction of the Boko Haram sect that has terrorised the North-east region of Nigeria for over a decade. Africa, particularly the …

Six Locals Killed By Suspected ISWAP Landmine In Borno

Six Locals Killed By Suspected ISWAP Landmine In Borno

February 16, 2022 4:03 am

No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead yesterday with several others injured after suspected members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) planted Improvised Explosive Devices along Gamboru-Ngala road in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.

A humanitarian worker who spoke to newsmen on Tuesday narrated that first incident actually involved a commercial pickup vehicle in which three of its occupants died at the spot.

The source also added that another IED killed later two members of the local vigilantes who arrived at the scene to offer assistance for the injured victims.

Although the military …

CAN Reacts As ISWAP Confirms Abduction Of Missing Rev. Zango

ISWAP: Many Soldiers Feared Dead In Fresh Ambush In Borno

July 14, 2020 5:27 am

Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York shows an unknown number of terrorists suspected to be factional fighters from the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, on Monday afternoon, ambushed a convoy of military vehicles along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

Travellers along the route said the incident occurred at about 3:00pm in Jakana village, leaving many casualties.

Another traveler said villagers in Jakana told them that only one of the vehicles in the military convoy managed to escape the ambush.

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A source, who spoke to Newsmen said

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Buhari Orders Troops: Go After Boko Haram, ISWAP

February 24, 2020 4:21 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Nigerian troops to pursue the terrorists of Boko Haram and ISWAP and make them pay a huge price, for attacking soft targets in the country.

Buhari gave the order in an appreciatory note sent to the troops who repelled the attack by the terrorists against civilians in Garkida, in Adamawa state. ISWAP claimed responsibility.

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“These attacks on soft targets by the terrorists are obvious signs of frustration because my administration has significantly weakened Boko Haram’s military capability to invade and hold Nigerian territory unchallenged.

“Our gallant

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B’Haram, ISWAP Clash, Members Turn Guns Against Each Other

January 25, 2020 1:18 pm

Intense gunfire between two rival jihadist groups in northeast Nigeria has left several fighters dead, two sources with close knowledge of the incident told AFP on Monday.

Fighters in pickup trucks from a Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau stormed a camp belonging to rival IS-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), resulting in a fierce gunbattle that caused several fatalities, the sources said.

The Boko Haram jihadists attacked the camp in Sunnawa village in Abadam district near the border with Niger to reclaim their women seized by ISWAP fighters in an earlier raid on their camp across the …

UN Condemns Attacks On Humanitarian Aid Workers In South Sudan

UN, EU Decry Boko Haram, ISWAP Attacks Against Aid Workers

January 25, 2020 8:05 am
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) expressed concerns, in a joint press conference on Friday, about the recent upsurge in attacks against aid workers and civilians by Boko Haram and ISWAP in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

They reiterated their commitment to work better together and strengthen efforts to provide life-saving assistance to those affected by more than ten years of crisis in the states and to increase support to people rebuilding their lives and communities.

On his first official trip outside Europe, Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, joined by the Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria,

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NAF Neutralises ISWAP Fighters, Headquarters In Borno

January 10, 2020 2:54 pm
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed portions of an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)’s tactical headquarters at Kollaram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno.

The NAF said it also neutralised some ISWAP fighters in the same area.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information who made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, NAN reports.

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Daramola explained that the airstrikes

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