Banditry & Terrorism
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The military high command on Sunday said troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), rescued 92 kidnapped civilians and successfully foiled an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ambush mounted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists during a swift rescue operation along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Biu Local Government Area of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The military high command on Tuesday dismissed claims suggesting that terrorist groups have established a permanent operational base in the South-West region, following the recent abduction of pupils and staff members in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to a statement made available to Defence Correspondents in Abuja by the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, says Nigerians are constitutionally empowered to defend themselves against attackers, including in situations involving lethal threats, while assuring that the government is working to curb insecurity across the country. Bwala made the statement during an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, while […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas U.S. and Nigerian forces launched additional strikes on Monday against Islamic State militants in Northeastern Nigeria, U.S. Africa Command announced Tuesday. “The removal of these terrorists diminishes the group’s capacity to plan attacks that threaten the safety and security of the U.S. and our partners,” AFRICOM said in a statement. It’s the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the elimination of the wanted ISIS senior leader, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, in a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian armed forces and the United States military. He also commended the United States President, Donald Trump, for his leadership and unwavering support in this effort as well as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intercepted more than 400 Starlink communication devices allegedly linked to Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists operating in the North-East, in a major breakthrough aimed at disrupting insurgents’ communication and logistics networks. The Commander of Sector 2, Operation HADIN KAI, Brigadier-General Beyidi Martins, disclosed this during a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports alleging civilian casualties during recent aerial interdiction operations carried out by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.The military clarified that the coordinated air strikes, conducted between the late hours of May 9 and the early hours of May […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Senate has passed for second reading a bill proposing to allocate one per cent of total revenue accruals in the Federation Account to fund the operations of the Nigeria Police Force. The bill, an executive proposal, also lists four other funding sources for the police as part of measures to address the funding […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The mouthpiece of the North, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said that Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has escalated to what could be described as a “state of war”. To this end, it urged the federal government to adopt extraordinary measures to address the crisis. This position was contained in a communiqué issued […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas THE media team of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has issued a rebuttal to what it described as “baseless and misleading” allegations circulating in a viral video attributed to one Mike Arnold, believed to be an American. In a statement released on Thursday, the media office said its attention […] Read more
