Insurgents

Veteran singer, Eedris Abdulkareem has reacted to a report of Boko Haram insurgents surrendering and seeking for forgiveness from Nigerians. The 'Nigeria Jajaja' crooner compared the treatment the terrorists got to that #EndSARS…

The federal government has blamed the prolonged activities of insurgents and bandits in northern Nigeria on political elites and religious leaders, saying that all “security stakeholders” in the region have been compromised by insurgents…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330kiloVolt (KV)Transmission Line. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi…

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has lauded the latest onslaught by the Nigerian Army to recapture Marte, the headquarters of Marte Local Government Area of the state, from insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…

It is now as clear as day, Northern Nigeria has sunk steeply into the abyss of despair. The fright is glaring like a pray staring at a hungry lion. The palpable fear is unquantifiable, never before in the history of once peaceful Northern…

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has met with families of policemen and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force ( CJTF) killed by insurgents in an ambush on Friday in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned friday’s fresh attacks on the motorcade of Borno state Governor, Babagana Zulum, by insurgents resulting in the killing of some security operatives attached to the governor. The…

Nigerians have let out an outcry following the reintegration of former Boko Haram Insurgents presided over by President Mohammadu Buhari. On Saturday, July 25, the Operation Safe Corridor Mallam Sidi in Gombe state housed the graduation…

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for tackling the activities of insurgents when they attempted to infiltrate Damboa, headquarters of Damboa Local Government Area of the state. Zulum, in a…

The military authority says no fewer than 608 repentant Boko Haram insurgents are currently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Programme by Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) at Malam-Sidi, Gombe State. SEE…

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it had uncovered plot by Boko Haram insurgents to win public sympathy through the unconditional release of rustled cattle to the owners. In a statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public…

The International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) Forum, on Wednesday called for immediate end to insurgency in the North-East, as honour and justice for slain aid workers, Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Liman. INGO’s Senior Information…

No fewer than 1,103 new sailors have been inducted into the Nigerian Navy to complement the joint military operations in the North-East, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea. Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali announced this on Saturday at the…

Boko Haram insurgents have reared their heads once more, this time in Borno state where the combined efforts of men of the Nigerian Army and Police repelled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Jakana town in Kaga Local Government about…

The Nigerian Army had recorded a military victory against Boko Haram as troops of 233 Battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have reportedly killed scores of Boko Haram insurgents while countering an ambush staged by them along Sasawa…

Boko Haram has overrun a Nigeria Army base in the remote north-east barely twenty-four hours after attacking Nigerian troops in an ambush during a failed assault mission. Nigerian Troops suffered heavy casualties in that operation while the…

Reports coming out of the North-East have reported a Boko Haram ambush on Nigerian Army personnel in Bama. The soldiers of 151 Battalion of the Nigerian Army came under ambush during a failed assault operation in the area. Although exact…

Mozambique police have revealed that on Sunday nine “insurgents” in the country’s far north were killed. This was after ten people were decapitated by suspected jihadists in the region last weekend. Cabo Delgado province, which is…

The Federal Government has set up a 12-member committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi, Yobe State, following the attack on the…

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Abuja has successfully destroyed one Boko Haram vehicle workshop in Sambisa, on Monday, killing many insurgents in the process. In a statement by Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya on the 16th of…

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents at Dure village in Gwoza local government area of Borno. Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, who disclosed this in a statement in…

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had rescued six herdsmen abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Kamuya community of Yobe State. A statement signed by Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka said that the rescued herdsmen were re-united with their…

Mrs Aisha Bukar, a 25-year-old housewife and mother of five on Monday narrated their ordeal in the hands of Boko-Haram insurgents, saying she, her husband, mother-in-law and children, fed on ‘weeds’ to survive. Aisha, one of the captives…