Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 103 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province (ISWAP) in the past three weeks in the North-East. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami stated this while reviewing progress of…
The Federal Government on Tuesday berated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over a statement credited to him expressing surprise at the existence of Boko Haram insurgents. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was quoted as saying…
The Federal Government says the Reuter’s report that the Nigerian military ran a secret mass abortion programme in the war against Boko Haram is fake news, disinformation and a ploy to demoralise and distract the fighting forces. The Minister of…
Abubakar El-Kanemi, the Shehu of Borno has said foreigners seeking to acquire Quranic education introduced Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast region of the country. Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by Yateem Faqeer Global Foundation in Abuja on…
The Chairman, Governing Board, North East Development Commission (NEDC), retired Maj.-Gen. Paul Tarfa said that the Commission has accelerated resettlement of persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the region. Tarfa said this on Tuesday in Maiduguri at a…
Nigeria’s fight against insurgency and non-state actors recorded major victories in the past two weeks with troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji neutralising at least 44 terrorists while over 50 others were arrested in North West and North…
An intelligence-led aerial and ground coordinated operation launched by the Nigerian Army targeting the Boko Haram group’s strategic human and material capacity has led to the killing of scores of terrorists in Bama Local Government Area in Borno State. It…
Calculated attacks on schools recently took the scores of Nigeria’s insecurity narratives to another level of fright. Although attacks on schools could be trailed back as far as the Chibok girls kidnap of April 14, 2014 by the mischievous Boko-haram…
Joel Oladele, Abuja The Defence Minister, Major General (rtd.) Bashir Salihi Magashi has linked the attack which led to escape of about 600 inmates of Kuje Prison to the terrorist group called Boko Haram. In an interview with journalists in…
Abimbola Abatta About 64 Boko Haram suspects have escaped following the Tuesday night attack on the Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Nigerian NewsDirect reports that over 600 inmates, including the Boko Haram suspects, escaped the prison which…
