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Boko Haram: FG Explains Why ISWAP Killed 11 Christians

December 31, 2019 7:50 am

The Federal Government has described the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, as irrational and inhuman.

Addressing the press in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Monday, Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, maintained that the terrorists “do not subscribe to any religion, despite their pretensions.”

He added that this “explains why they reportedly murdered 11 innocent men in Nigeria recently, in a dastardly and cold-blooded manner, just to avenge the killing of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by US forces. The world must unite to fight this scourge of our time.

“Our gallant men

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ISWAP: We Killed 11 Christians To Avenge Al Baghdadi

December 28, 2019 9:16 am

The ISIL (ISIS) group has released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in northeast Nigeria, one day after Christmas.

The footage posted in an online Telegram news channel late on Thursday by ISIL-linked propaganda arm Amaq showed 11 blindfolded men being lined up at an unidentified outdoor location.

One man is shot before the other 10 are beheaded. A masked man in the almost one-minute video claimed the killings were in response to the death of ISIL chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his spokesman.

Al-Baghdadi committed suicide in October to avoid capture during a raid by …

ISWAP: MURIC Speaks On Execution Of Christian Captives

December 28, 2019 7:28 am

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the execution of Christian captives by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

The terrorists based the action on its revenge of the killing of ISIS leader, Abubakr Al-Baghdadi and its spokesman, Abul-Hassan Al-Muhaiir.

Reacting, MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement, on Saturday, said the killing was part of an attempt to embarrass the Federal Government of Nigeria for preventing attacks during the Christmas celebration.

“We reject the criminal antics of terrorists. This is definitely not Islam. It is the handiwork of misguided elements. Our hypothesis is that the terrorists may

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B/Haram: NAF kills ISWAP Fighters, Destroys Meetings Venue

December 16, 2019 2:16 pm

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralised some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters at their hideout in Kollaram on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno.

NAF said the insurgents were obliterated as they assembled for a meeting at the same area.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Daramola said the operation was conducted through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Saturday.

” The operation …

ISWAP Kill 3 Security Officers, Threatens Army In New Video

December 10, 2019 2:27 am

A new video dated December 8, showing the execution of two Nigerian soldiers and a policeman has emerged online.

In the video which was obtained by Channels Television on Monday, the killing was carried out by masked men believed to be members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP).

Those who were killed were reportedly abducted at a fake checkpoint in Benisheikh, a village seventy kilometers west of Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

It is not clear how many people were abducted, but the video only showed three tortured security personnel with their hands tied behind them.

They displayed …

NAF Fighter Jets Bombard ISWAP Strongholds, Kills Scores

November 14, 2019 1:01 pm

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), said its fighter jets have bombarded another stronghold belonging to members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), and killed scores of their members at Mallam Fatori on the fringes of the Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State.

NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Inna statement said “Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have suffered severe losses in a joint counter-offensive mounted by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and troops of the 89 and 97 Task Force Battalions of …