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Bandits Attack Abuja-Kaduna Road, Abduct Many Travellers

Bandits Attack Abuja-Kaduna Road, Abduct Many Travellers

May 19, 2022 4:59 am

Bandits yesterday attacked commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, abducting an unspecified number of travellers and injuring many others.

The spokesman of the Kaduna Police Command Mohammed Jalige told reporters on Wednesday night that the bandits had about 4: 20 pm blocked the Audu Ogbe portion of the Highway, near Katari village.

He revealed that they intercepted some vehicles, and during the process, took some persons away to an unknown destination.

Read Also: Insecurity: Bandits Murder 56 In Zamfara Communities

Jalige said the prompt response and arrival of security operatives attached to the highway, prevented the terrorists from abducting more travellers. …

11 Killed Following Terror Attack In Burkina Faso - Army

11 Killed Following Terror Attack In Burkina Faso – Army

May 7, 2022 2:21 am

No fewer than seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army have revealed.

The first attack near the town of Solle on Thursday led to the deaths of two soldiers and four civilian volunteers helping the army while five paramilitary troops perished in another raid the same day at Ouanobe, the army said in a statement received Friday.

The ambushes were staged by “terrorists,” according to the army, using a term to signify jihadist groups active in Burkina Faso’s north.

Nine people were wounded, it said, adding that the …

Boko Haram Now Diminishing, Victory Now In Sight - Buhari

Boko Haram Diminishing, Victory Now In Sight – Buhari

May 1, 2022 6:21 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that Boko Haram and other terrorist groups are now fading adding that ‘victory is within sight’. 

The president, however, assured Nigerians that the ongoing battle being waged against terrorists, who falsely masquerade under the name of Islam is now in its final stages and would soon become history.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that President gave the assurance in his Sallah message to Nigerians as the Holy month of Ramadan reaches its end and Muslims will officially mark the Eid-el-Fitr on Monday.

Read Also: Catholic And Anglican Bishops Demand Buhari Resign

In a statement …

ISWAP Attacks Chibok, Kills Three, Injures Many

ISWAP Attacks Chibok, Kills Three, Injures Many

February 27, 2022 1:45 am

A traditional ruler’s son and two internally displaced persons hosted in Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State were among those killed following a fresh invasion of the village by fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered from locals who fled the village that the name of the traditional ruler’s son is Mr Bulama Wadir.

Recall that Kautikari was attacked in December 2021 and January 2022 where women and children were taken. Also, a church in the community was razed by the insurgents during the attacks.

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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 …

Burkina Faso Army Destroys Militants' Base

Burkina Faso Army Destroys Militants’ Base

July 21, 2021 2:56 am

The army in Burkina Faso has disclosed that its soldiers yesterday destroyed a ‘terrorist base’ and killed dozens of militants in an operation north of the country.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the offensive in the forests of Toulfé and Tougbrebouli took place during the week of July 12 to 18.

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Three soldiers died and eight others were wounded during the counter-terrorism operation, according to the weekly report on security operations published by the army.

Armaments, ammunition, and camp equipment were recovered.

In the same week, the national …

ISWAP Insurgents In Military Uniform Abduct Travelers In Maiduguri

Suspected ISWAP Terrorists Kill 15 At Baptism

May 20, 2021 5:14 am

Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be connected with Al Qaeda or ISWAP have killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in Burkina Faso.

The tragic attack happened in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government said on Wednesday.

The attack took place in Adjarara, about 7 km (4 miles) from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according to a statement from the governor of Burkina Faso’s Sahel region.

It was unclear who carried out the attack, but Islamist groups control large swathes of the area.

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Boko Haram: 608 Ex-Terrorists To Be Freed – Nigerian Army

January 19, 2020 6:32 am
The Nigerian military says no fewer than 608 repentant Boko Haram insurgents are currently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Programme by Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) at Malam-Sidi, Gombe State.

Brig:- Gen. Musa Ibrahim, Commandant DRR Camp OSC, made this known when the Managing Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali visited the camp on Saturday.

NAN quoted him as saying 14 of the repentant insurgents were foreigners from Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.

Ibrahim said: “from inception we received 893 out of which 286 graduated

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‘Hisbah Is Okay, But IPOB Are Terrorists?’ – FFK

January 15, 2020 12:12 pm

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to his verified Facebook page to blast the Nigerian Federal Government on their recent declaration which labelled the newly formed South-south Security organisation as Illegal and how they tagged IPOB as a terrorist organisation but discreetly allowed the Hisbah (Sharia Police) to carry out their daily menaces without fear of repercussions.

 

Read Also: Amotekun: Explain Why Hisbah Police In North Is Legal

 

“Hisbah Police in North West is ok. Civilian Joint Task Force in North West is ok. Civilian Joint Task Force in North East is ok.”…

B/Haram: Terrorists Attack Village In Chibok, Kill 6

December 26, 2019 4:53 am
Boko Haram fighters have attacked Kwaranglum village in Borno State, killed six people and reportedly abducted two women.

Residents told NAN that the incident occurred on Christmas eve, throwing the whole community into pandemonium.

Kwaranglum is about a kilometre to Chibok town, Headquarters of Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.

The state commissioner for poverty alleviation, Mr. Nuhu Clark, an indigene of the area, told newsmen that the Boko Haram insurgents invaded the village at sunset prayer time (around 6pm), and started shooting sporadically.

He said the insurgents burnt down a primary school and a large quantity of

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Troops Dislodge Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno

November 16, 2019 7:23 am

The Nigerian Army says its troops have again successfully dislodged Boka Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Malam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno.

The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Iliyasu said that the terrorists attempted to launch an attack on the location of the troops of 64 and 98 Task Force Battalions and elements of the Armed Forces Special Forces Battalion on Friday.

He said that the terrorists who were in a revenge mission had on Wednesday been humiliated by the troops in their …

DHQ: Operation Positive ID Will Track Fleeing Terrorists

DHQ: Operation Positive ID Will Track Fleeing Terrorists

November 4, 2019 3:39 am

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) at the weekend rallied support from the public for the controversial Operation Positive Identification, saying it was launched to track fleeing terrorists and not to violate human rights of Nigerians.

Besides, it is optimistic of a quicker end to the insurgency in the North-east following the acquisition of helicopter gunships, which will give it a monopoly of aerial power over the insurgents and change the tide in favour of the military.

It also described the killing of the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, by US Special Forces …

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