Tag: ISWAP

Twelve defendants were sentenced to death by hanging, while dozens of others received prison terms of up to life imprisonment ...

Gunmen abducted six married women and two babies from farms in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State less than ...

“From that raid, we needed an extra plane to bring home all the electronic material that we captured in those ...

The Nigerian government said it added the individuals and entities to its sanctions list after extensive intelligence gathering, financial investigations ...

The United States government has sanctioned Mukhtar Muhammad, Lagos-based Bureau De Change (BDC) operator and three firms allegedly controlled by ...

Located on the borders of Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad, Darak is valuable to local and national economies – and to ...

Haruna Sani, acting spokesperson for the task force, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, describing the development as a ...

The partnership between the two countries was forged weeks after United States President Donald Trump claimed that there was a ...

The army, however, noted that the attack was repelled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in ...

The report said that the sustained air offensive had forced insurgents to abandon island enclaves and move towards the mainland ...

International and local experience shows that targeted leader killings tend to have more symbolic than practical impact.

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), a joint force in the North-east, have “rescued” 92 civilians kidnapped by suspected Boko ...

The mass kidnapping occurred on Friday at Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in the Mussa-Biri community.

A spokesperson said the army recovered AK-47 rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade tubes, ammunition, magazines, bandoliers and other ordnance.

The attack, according to security sources, occurred on Wednesday night when the terrorists

This was disclosed in a statement issued late Tuesday by Samaila Uba, the spokesperson for Defence Headquarters.

The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in the Zinai community, has heightened concerns over recurring attacks ...

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

The government, however, ordered a full investigation into the reported civilian casualties during the operation.

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

A military source says the arrest provided further insight into the operational and logistics network of ISWAP.

Mr Boulos described the mass trial of the suspects as an important step toward accountability and justice.

Mr Ndume said Nigerian soldiers lack adequate ammunition, hence they ran away from Ngoshe and Pulka because the terrorists overwhelmed ...

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