(Soldiers Injured. Photo Screenshoted) A Nigerian Army patrol truck crashed on a highway in Abia State on Thursday morning during heavy rain. Several soldiers were injured when the vehicle lost control on a sloped section of the road. The truck was descending when it skidded on the wet asphalt at high speed, lost traction…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two men accused of impersonating military personnel and allegedly assaulting a laundry attendant in the Suleja area of the state over a missing mobile phone. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the suspects, identified as Abraham Ashiwel and Michael Okonkwo, both of Bakassi area,…
No fewer than 20 residents have been killed after heavily armed terrorists launched a brazen three-hour daylight attack on several communities in the Sauna District of Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, with survivors accusing nearby security operatives of fleeing for safety instead of defending residents. The attackers, who also rustled a…
Troops of Sector 1 Joint Task Force, Operation WHIRL STROKE, have neutralised two suspected terrorists and rescued three kidnapped victims during an offensive in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The Force said in a statement on Friday by its Acting Media Information Officer, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, that the operation was carried out…
A security analyst, Brant Philip, has reported that terrorists captured several Malian soldiers during coordinated attacks across parts of Mali on Saturday, while unverified reports also claimed that a Russian military aircraft was shot down. In a series of posts on X, Philip said there were unconfirmed reports that a Russian Africa Corps Su-24 fighter jet…
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…
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA have killed two suspected Lakurawa terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition during an operation in the Sabarumawa axis of Kebbi State. The operation, conducted on June 27, followed intelligence that the group was planning an attack on the Sabarumawa community. This was contained…
Nigerian soldiers battling Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East have accused the Borno State government of issuing a fresh directive compelling them to work alongside ‘repentant’ terrorists who were recently reintegrated into society under the state’s controversial deradicalisation programme. The development, according to serving military personnel who spoke to SaharaReporters, has triggered unease within frontline…
Fear has gripped residents of the Danare community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State after more than 200 heavily armed Cameroonian security personnel reportedly crossed into Nigerian territory without formal border clearance on Wednesday. The unauthorized incursion, which occurred in the early hours of June 10, 2026, sent hundreds of villagers fleeing…
