Family members of soldiers killed during recent battles against insurgents in the North-East urged the government to put an end to the bloodbath in the region. The relatives, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH in separate interviews, also called on the Federal Government to demonstrate genuine commitment to the fight against insurgency by providing adequate arms and ammunition, improving the welfare of military …

Islamists are expanding their frontiers in Nigeria. The latest being Mahmuda, an Islamic terror group with ties to Boko haram, terrorising Kwara and several states around it. Because of its cross-border threat, the Beninese government recently closed its borders with Nigeria around the Baruten area. Ansaru, a battle-tested Islamist group also connected to Boko Haram, is active in the Northcentral, …

The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has said that the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) is controlling about 80 communities in Borno, Benue and Plateau states. The group said yesterday that it is watching events in Borno, Benue, Plateau and other troubled spots in Nigeria in the renewed terror attacks where the lives of Christians and other innocent Nigerians have …

The South West Governors’ Forum, comprising the governors of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo states, has agreed to establish a joint security surveillance to tackle terrorists under the banner of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province. This was revealed after a meeting of all the six governors in the region. namely, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), …

Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS), for arresting suspected members of Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Ilesa, Osun State. Un a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Saturday, the governor saluted the alertness of the operatives in eliminating the terrorist threat in the state. According to him, the intelligence-gathering …

The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Ibrahim Ali has disclosed that troops of the sub-regional task force neutralised over 310 terrorists and crippled their operational capabilities in the year 2024. This came as Defence Headquarters, yesterday, disclosed that following a large scale attack by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), terrorists on Sabon Gari community, …

No fewer than eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force ( CJTF ) have been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Gamborun local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the victims instantly died after they stepped on a landmine suspected to have been …

The Nigerian military has recorded a huge breakthrough by eliminating the Nigerian leader of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ba’a Shuwa, and scores of his terrorists in the North East of Borno during a major offensive. Ba’a Shuwa was the ISWAP Leader of the Nigerian Wylayat, Lake Chad, Kwalfarji, Timbuktu Farouq, and Sambisa Mantika of the ISIS-affiliated …

A bloody clash has occurred in Borno State between Boko Haram fighters and those of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), claiming scores of lives. The wave of insecurity in the Northeast at the weekend also saw the convoy of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni come under insurgents’ attack, leaving a policeman dead. Kaduna and Sokoto states …

At least two soldiers were reportedly killed and many others injured when the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists attacked reinforced troops with a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) at firm base Arege in Malam Fatori in the North East of Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. Troops, who were on reinforcement to …