Tag: Ansaru

During the attack, the terrorists carted away eight operational motorcycles and a gun truck, intelligence sources and locals said.

According to an internal memo released by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), the attacks are being planned by fighters of ...

Yet, despite all your unrelenting wickedness and unprecedented cruelty, not just in Kaiama but everywhere else that you and yours ...

The cases include one involving two suspected terrorists believed to be leaders of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, commonly ...

Nigeria faces different forms of insecurity with various armed groups operating in different parts of the country.

The proceedings, which lasted over four hours, were held amid tight security around the court.

The globally wanted suspected Ansaru terrorists face 32 counts of terrorism-related offences.

The two leaders: Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri, notoriously known as Mallam Mamuda, were arrested ...

“We must adopt a holistic and coordinated response,” he said, emphasising inclusivity, justice and respect for human rights.

Ansaru has been linked to several kidnappings, attacks on security forces, and violent campaigns across northern Nigeria.

Experts have warned that the spillover of violence in the Sahel could further destabilise Nigeria and frustrate its fight against ...

Can our security agencies be as effective in Katsina, Plateau or Taraba as those of Mali? I am positive that ...

ISIS-WA, Boko Haram, and Ansaru continued to pose serious challenges to Nigeria’s national security during the year under review, according ...

“We have seen in the past few years how democracies in the West African sub-region have collapsed. It has happened ...

A total of 879 of the 994 inmates escaped, and more than 400 remain at large including scores of Boko ...

The lawmaker said the governor was trying to exonerate himself from the failure of dealing with insecurity in the state.

Like the Taliban, Ansaru is strategic in its use of violence, exercising restraint to win the local populace and mounting ...

PREMIUM TIMES proposes that the administration should retool its gaze to a robust assertion of the human development elements in ...

The attacks are planned to be carried out successively, first, in Gusau, then Birnin Kebbi, and finally Katsina, the military ...

The resurgence of Ansaru, Boko Haram’s breakaway faction, with its al-Qaeda backing, threatens national and regional security.

The brazen targeting of transport and state infrastructure reflects a security breakdown that threatens lives and economic prospects.

The US had earlier designated the leaders of Boko Haram as terorists. The United States government on Wednesday formally designated ...

Even if the banks have no transactions involving the groups, a report is still to be expected. The Central Bank ...

The police lamented the loss of their men but have assured that there will be no reprisal. President Goodluck Jonathan ...

The JTF announced the casualty on Friday. The Joint Task Force, JTF, on Friday said it killed six gunmen but ...