Suspected ISWAP/Boko Haram insurgents have killed one person and set ablaze two classroom blocks during an attack on Kautikari community near Chibok in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident, describing it as an attempted attack that was successfully repelled by…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Waidi Shaibu, has tasked troops of the 4 Special Forces Command to intensify high-impact operations aimed at decisively defeating terrorists and insurgents across the country. Shaibu gave the directive during his maiden operational visit to the Command in Doma, Nasarawa State, on Tuesday. The visit was disclosed in a…
A Nigeria Police Force inspector has been tragically killed in Oyo State after terrorists ambushed a police patrol team at the Budo Masalasi border post area. The ambush, which occurred during a routine security operation, resulted in the fatality of the police inspector, while other officers were also affected. The terrorists reportedly launched a coordinated…
Suspected terrorists have attacked the busy Isanlu–Isin–Omu Aran highway in Kwara State, abducting at least four travellers in the early hours of Monday. The attack reportedly occurred when armed men ambushed motorists along the highway, a major route connecting several communities in Kwara South to the state capital, Ilorin. Witnesses said the assailants operated unchallenged,…
The Federal Government has arrested two top commanders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (ANSARU), an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria. National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, confirmed the arrest during a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday, August 16. Identified as Mahmud Muhammad Usman (aka Abu Bara’a) and Mahmud al-Nigeri (aka Mallam Mamuda), the suspects were…
