…they came into our trap, at least seven fighters were killed – troops Troops on Sunday neutralized some members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Niger State. They were gunned down while attempting to free their leaders incarcerated in a Nigerian Army base. A defence intelligence officer told PRNigeria that the military
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…the arrests were made amid heightened tension in the FCT as the popular Jabi Lake Mall shut down on Thursday Following a joint operation launched by the Department of State Services, DSS, the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, the police and other security agencies, a terror cell has been dismantled and five Islamic State West Africa
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After sustained aerial bombardments and elimination of terrorists, surviving fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have burried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The terrorists were eliminated on Sept 9, in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two camps of the ISWAP
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Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) arm of Boko Haram has intensified its attack on military formations in the North East killing a Commanding Officer and 7 others when they hit two Army Bases. AFP reports that ISWAP, arm of the dreaded Boko Haram group on Sunday morning attacked a base in Ajiri, about 20
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Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) currently conducting Operation Tura Takaibango have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists in Geidam the Headquarters of Geidam LGA of Yobe State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.Gen Mohammed Yerima made this known in a press release. Yerima said that terrorists attacked the
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Fifteen (15 ) soldiers have been reportedly killed in an ambush mounted by Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters near Gudumbali on the fringes of the Lake Chad. But the Nigerian Army has refuted the casualty figure, insisting that no soldier was killed in the ambush. The Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General
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Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has killed scores of terrorists in an air strike on their logistics base at Tumbun Rego in Lake Chad area of Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Enenche said the mission was executed on November
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The Defence Headquarters says the military has killed several Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and bandits and also arrested their collaborators in the Northwest and Northeast zones during an operation. This was achieved through separate airstrikes carried out on the heels of intelligence reports indicating that the two locations were being used as staging areas by the
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The Jihadist terrorists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said Thursday. Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking
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The Nigerian Government on Thursday admitted that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and ISWAP have changed tactics. It said they had decided to be targeting Christians and Christian communities. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. It said the insurgents’ latest
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The Nigerian Air Force fighter jets have destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province training camp at Kirta Wulgo area on the fringes of the Lake Chad in the northern part of Borno State. The NAF said on Monday that the air interdiction was carried out on Sunday as part of its Operation Rattle
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole, has launched ‘Operation Rattle Snake III’ against terrorists in the North East. In a statement signed by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Cdre Ibikunle Daramola, the air interdiction operation, which commenced on Tuesday, will target selected locations
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Islamic State-affiliated jihadists have killed three Nigerian soldiers and seized two military vehicles in an attack in violence-wracked northeastern Borno state, security sources and residents said Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), stormed into the town of Askira late Friday in a dozen pickup trucks fitted with machine guns, leading to
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Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Reverend Yakubu Pam, has alleged that Christians in the North are under siege following the recent kidnapping and killing of Christian faithful in the area by Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. The CAN chairman in a statement on Wednesday, decried Monday’s beheading of the
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Seven soldiers were killed on Tuesday when Islamic State-affiliated jihadists attacked a military position in northeastern Nigeria, two military sources told AFP. Fighters in several trucks fitted with machine guns attacked a military position in Mainok village, 56 kilometres (35 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, they said on Wednesday “We lost seven
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