Tag: Borno state

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters said the ongoing offensive aims to degrade terrorist capabilities, disrupt their operations, and maintain pressure on ...

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, described the repeated reports of civilian ...

The detainees are categorised into three groups: prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration.

The police in Borno State said they have recovered an abandoned backpack containing explosives.

Governor Babagana Zulum Borno State, North-East Nigeria has been the epic centre of Nigeria’s longest running war between the Islamist ...

The displacement follows violence in early March that forced residents to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Pulka, about ...

Worshippers were attacked during Easter services in Benue, Plateau and Kaduna. In Ngoshe and other North-east communities, violence struck shortly ...

Governor Babagana Zulum A recent comment by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on the bombing of Jilli market by ...

The Senate also called on the Chief of Defence Staff and other service chiefs to conduct a comprehensive operational and ...

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 ...