Tag: Borno state

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it has killed several terrorists in a precision air strike targeting the Yuwe axis ...

Brigadier General Braimah's death and those of his compatriots happened against the backdrop of Nigeria's prolonged battle against insurgency in ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported that suspected fighters of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a military formation, killing a colonel, ...

Military authorities have not issued an official statement about the attack.

The rights group said the accidental airstrike killed more than 100 people.

The spokesperson for NAF, Ehimen Ejodame, an air commodore, described the airstrikes as precision bombings of terrorists’ location in the ...

"The National Assembly will stand firmly with our armed forces and all security agencies to defeat terrorists and bandits threatening ...

The army also said that many of the images and videos circulating about the attack were inaccurate, urging the public ...

The president also called on Nigerians and the media to support the Armed Forces, cautioning against narratives that undermine ongoing ...

This confirmation was disclosed in a statement issued by defence spokesperson Micheal Onoja.

Multiple sources, including intelligence sources and jihadi researchers, said the attacks targeted military formations in Benisheikh, Pulka and Mungono.

Residents also told PREMIUM TIMES that the attackers raided several neighbouring settlements, causing an exodus of displaced people seeking safety.

Governor Babagana Zulum disclosed this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored in Damaturu, on Friday

Their visit came less than 24 hours after President Tinubu ordered the relocation of military chiefs following multiple suicide bombings ...

The visit occurred hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered service chiefs to move to Borno State. The Inspector-General of Police, ...

In a State House statement on Tuesday, the president expressed deep sorrow over the attacks, mourning those killed and sympathising ...

The Nigerian Army says multiple suicide bombers may have been deployed into Maiduguri to carry out coordinated attacks at crowded ...

“The gallant troops responded with exceptional manoeuvre and firepower," an army spokesperson said.

The meeting follows the resurgence of insurgency in the North-east, including attacks on more than three military bases in less ...

In a statement, the army spokesperson in the region, Sani Uba, said the Theatre Commander of Operation HADIN KAI, Abdulsalam ...

The incident occurred when the commander's convoy was en route to visit frontline troops deployed in the state.

Items recovered from the suspect included two aerial drones, drone accessories and 20 solar power banks.

In a statement on Monday evening, Samaila Uba, the spokesperson for Defence Headquarters, said the US troops and associated equipment ...

Residents said women and children were advised to relocate to the nearby Kidlindila community, while the men kept vigil in ...

The spokesperson for OPHK, Sani Uba, in a statement on Sunday, identified the newly killed terror leader as Abu Khalid.