Banditry & Terrorism
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas THE Borno State Police Command has confirmed an explosion in Maiduguri, the state capital. In a statement by the police spokesperson, Nahum Keneth, on Monday , March 16, the command said the explosions were reported around 7:20 p.m. near Monday Market and the gate of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. “Following […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The service disclosed on Thursday that the operation, conducted on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, also led to the neutralisation of scores of insurgents. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has conducted precision airstrikes in the Sambisa area, destroying four gun trucks and multiple logistics assets belonging to terrorist groups. The service disclosed on […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A former Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the United States government to suspend intelligence sharing and security cooperation with Nigeria following recent remarks attributed to Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi regarding banditry and terrorism. Frank made the call in a statement on Tuesday while […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, Lt.-Col. Sani Uba disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, March 3. The Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, has revealed that Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) are spreading outdated images and recycled […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Federal Government on Sunday maintained that many of the terrorists responsible for killings across the country are foreign nationals who infiltrated Nigeria through its porous borders. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, made the assertion while addressing participants at the First Plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Dare: No basis to compare Nnamdi Kanu with Sunday Igboho The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Chief Sunday Dare, has rejected claims in some quarters equating the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, with Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas •Niger, Kwara governors meet in Minna Laleye Dipo in Minna, Linus Aleke in Abuja and Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the arrival of approximately 100 United States military personnel and associated equipment at Bauchi Airfield to support ongoing capacity-building efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Abuja says it requested US troops plus equipment to help train soldiers of the West African country. Nigeria announces arrival of 100 US soldiers following Trump’s claims of Christian ‘persecution’ Abuja says it requested US troops plus equipment to help train soldiers of the West African country. Some 100 US soldiers are […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United States government has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links with Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The over 3,000-page document released by the US Treasury’s office of foreign assets control (OFAC) also listed individuals sanctioned for cybercrime-related offences […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Defence Headquarters says troops of the Armed Forces have, in the last week, neutralised scores of terrorists, apprehended 38 suspects and rescued over 50 kidnapped victims in coordinated operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Onoja […] Read more
