Banditry & Terrorism
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
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has rejected reports claiming that he was arrested by United States military officers at a Nigerian airport. The reports followed the circulation of a viral image that appeared to show the Islamic cleric being detained by foreign soldiers. Politics Nigeria reports that the image spread widely on social media […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again restated his administration’s resolve to win the battle against terrorism. Tinubu gave the assurance on Thursday in a statement he personally signed and issued to State House correspondents. The President, who described the attack on Worro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Armed Islamist extremists kill 162 in western Nigeria villages At least 162 people were killed on Tuesday in attacks on the villages of Woro and Nuku in Kwara state, Nigeria, a lawmaker said. The assaults, carried out by IS-linked Lakurawa militants, come amid a worsening security crisis across the country, including Boko […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United States has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for Africa (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, said on Tuesday. The top commander, while addressing journalists during a press briefing, said the decision to send troops to Nigeria was after both countries […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In a decisive strike against the rampaging terror gripping Nigeria’s heartland, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of a military battalion to parts of Kwara State following a deadly attack on Kaiama Local Government Area that left scores of residents dead. Some of the drastic action include the appointment of a […] Read more
