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We’re Prepared for the Threat of ISWAP, Southwest Governors Warn Terrorist Organization

South West state governors
South West state governors have stated that they are prepared to take on the northern fundamentalist organization, ISWAP, if and when necessary. Following their meeting yesterday in Lagos, they announced that they had decided to create a combined surveillance monitoring team to supervise and coordinate security activities throughout the area, as well as to designate special advisors on security in each state. In order to promote interstate cooperation and reduce food inflation, the meeting also decided to establish the Food Inflation Joint Monitoring Team. The six governors of the Southwest convened at Lagos House in Ikeja to address important zonalRead More

Again, Troops, ISWAP In Fierce Gunfight In Borno

Nigerian troops
11 local hunters killed by Boko Haram landmines 23 women, children rescued in Katsina Troops yesterday ambushed fighters of the Islamic State for African Province (ISWAP) on two Hilux vansRead More

Terrorism: Fighter Jets Pound Sambisa Forest

Nigerian Air Force
Neutralise scores of insurgents, destroy anti-aircraft gun station Borno equips local hunters to fight Boko Haram Following the attacks by insurgents on Garkida, Adamawa State and three villages in HawulRead More

Hundreds Flee Borno Villages As Troops Battle ISWAP For Hours

Hundreds of villagers in communities in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State have fled their homes following a clash between the military and fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP).
Terrorists burn worship centres, loot four communities Zulum orders immediate reconstruction of police station, others Hundreds of villagers in communities in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State have fledRead More

Police Arrest Motorcycle Thieves In Ogun

Arrested person
The police in Ogun state have arrested two men, Francis Obeya and Emmanuel Abah, for stealing a motorcycle belonging to their employer. The suspects were arrested following a distress callRead More

How Boko Haram Attacked Adamawa Town On Christmas Eve

Boko Haram
Kills 5, kidnaps 3, Razes Houses Terror group, Boko Haram, on Christmas eve, launched an attack on Grakida town of Gombi Local Government Areas in Adamawa State, killing five peopleRead More

FG Tightens Security At Lagos Airport To Combat Breaches

Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos
The Federal Government has introduced new security apparatus to further secure the nation’s busiest gateway, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The government, in response to reports of incessantRead More

Despite FG’s Denial, Freed Katsina Schoolboys Say Ransom Was Paid

Freed Katsina Schoolboys
Claim bandits demanded N1m for each of the 344 pupils The schoolboys who were kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, by suspected bandits on December 11,Read More

Presidency: How We Forced Bandits To Free Abducted Katsina Pupils

Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu
Says repentant outlaws helped in rescue operations Faults allegations FG stage-managed kidnapping The presidency yesterday shed more light on how the Katsina and Zamfara State governments, in collaboration with theRead More

DSS Alleges Bombing Plot During Yuletide

Department of State Services' operatives
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over the “plot to bomb some places” during the Yuletide. In a statement yesterday, the agency asked Nigerians to beRead More

Zulum Disappointed In Military, Others’ Failure To Stop Attacks Near Maiduguri

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday expressed disappointment over the inability of the military and security agencies to secure 20 kilometres from the state capital on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highwayRead More