The Borno State Police Command has recovered a hand grenade from a drainage slab in the Moduganari area of Maiduguri, the state capital. The unexploded ordnance was recovered by operatives of the EOD-CBRN Base 13, Maiduguri, after the command received a report about the suspected explosive on Saturday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso,…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the early hours of Saturday repelled a simultaneous attack by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province on a Forward Operating Base in Mandaragirau, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army said troops detected the advancing terrorists through emplaced early warning and surveillance systems, leading…
News Quick Read The troop responded swiftly after detecting the terrorists through real-time surveillance systems and deployed a Quick Response Force to pursue the attackers, according to a statement issued by the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni By Ayorinde Oluokun Troops of Nigerian…
A Sony camcorder recovered from a dead ISWAP cameraman has allegedly exposed the involvement of foreign operatives in the terror group’s activities in Borno State. The device was recovered after troops of 19 Brigade, Sector 3, Operation Hadin Kai, repelled an attempted ISWAP infiltration at Cross Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area. The attack occurred…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the employment of 100 unemployed graduates from Biu Local Government Area as part of efforts to curb youth restiveness, political thuggery and other social vices in the state. The governor announced the approval on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Emir of Biu, Alhaji Mustapha Mustapha II….
The identities of the students abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists during Monday’s attack on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, have emerged, as school authorities confirmed that 36 candidates remain in captivity. Documents obtained by SaharaReporters from the school show that the missing students comprise 25 female…
A classified military document containing the full names of 104 Nigerian Army soldiers declared deserters after a Boko Haram attack on their base in Borno State has been obtained exclusively by SaharaReporters. The soldiers, who were attached to the 162 Amphibious Battalion along the Mandara–Buratai Road, were listed as having “absconded” from their duty post,…
More details have emerged about Monday’s mass abduction of candidates sitting the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) practical examinations in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, with a security source alleging that the attackers exploited a suspicious security vacuum after soldiers stationed near the school departed on what residents believe was a questionable…
Air Component of Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 27 terrorists in separate air interdiction missions targeting terrorist enclaves in the Southern and Northern Tumbus areas of Borno. The operational report of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday indicated that the strikes were conducted following…
Nigerian troops of 3 Battalion (Mechanised)/24 Task Force Brigade have repelled an attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, and Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, JAS, terrorists on a military position in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, counter-insurgency and security…
