ISWAP Advance Into Kukawa Town In Borno State
Magumeri is 42km from Maiduguri, the state capital. There is no security presence in the town and on Monday Boko Haram militants razed down the only functioning telecommunications mast in the council. The situation is disturbing
Rebels linked to the so-called Islamic State group have taken hundreds of hostages in a town in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources say
1 year agoEthiopia's Ministry of Revenue said a Nigerian man is caught while attempting to smuggle 23 kilograms of gold out of Ethiopia. The suspect, whose name is undisclosed, was reportedly attempting to get on board of Dubai bound flight.
1 year agoIS-West Africa today claimed it set up a fake checkpoint and captured a Red Cross NGO vehicle on the Kareto-Gubio road
1 year agoThe clashes in Baga seem to have continued as ISWAP claimed today clashes against Nigerian soldiers from two days ago, saying several troops were killed and wounded
1 year agoGeolocation of ambush on convoy in Borno State, Nigeria. Footage was filmed from exactly here, on Baga Rd:
1 year agoOperation Lafiya Doyle air strikes on "Boko Haram" locations in Borno State by Nigerian Air Force on 25 June saw some pretty heavy bombing of remote villages. "Tongule Village" was one of the heavily hit areas
Nigeria: NAF Deploys Five Helicopters to Katsina to Fight Insecurity
1 year agoISWAP released footage from their raid on the town of Monguno in NE Nigeria's Borno province on JUne 13th, featuring clashes and destroyed NA armoured vehicles. It also showed the up-armoured SVBIED that was captured by NA - h/t @CalibreObscura
13 people were killed in several attacks in Borno. One of them is a female suicide bomber, who injured three people in Konduga
1 year agoCameroon: IS claims attack against Cameroonian army. 8 dead, post destroyed, equipment taken on border with Nigeria
1 year agoIS-West Africa militants claimed an ambush yesterday on the road between Mafa and Agiri, Borno state, saying a Nigerian army vehicle was destroyed and 5 soldiers killed
Washington state lost "hundreds of millions of dollars" to a Nigerian fraud ring which used stolen information to file false unemployment claims - AP
1 year agoIS-West Africa militants claimed to have destroyed a Nigerian army barracks and killed 2 soldiers in an attack in Gajibo, Borno state
1 year agoAnd here's the claim for the attack in Dapchi - according to ISWAP, several policemen and CJTF members were killed and wounded, they also say they burned 3 vehicles, local police HQ and government buildings
Extremists kill 20 people in northeastern Nigeria during an attack
Nigeria detains British plane, "broke the coronavirus restrictions"
1 year agoFour construction workers kidnapped in Niger state, Nigeria, 13 May. The men, all staff of Tractia Construction Coy, were abducted from a site at Erena town, Shiroro LGA, by about 60 armed bandits on motorcycles. Many residents flee to IDP camp in nearby Zumba town
1 year agoISWAP claimed the killing and the wounding of at least 17 Nigerian soldiers in an attack of its militants in Borno, Nigeria
1 year agoISWAP claimed two more attacks yesterday: 1. Burning of two churches in "Geldi/Galdi" 2. An ambush between Damboa and Maiduguri, several soldiers claimed killed and wounded, 4 vehicles captured
1 year agoIS captured multiple technicals, including these 2 ZPU-2/KPV 14.5mm mounted on Toyotas. The base looks reasonably large, not entirely sure how the lightly armed fighters (With a few technicals) took it over so easily with only 5 claimed casualties on the Nigerien army side.
U.S. Repatriates over $311.7 Million in Assets to the Nigerian People that were Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator and His Associates
Coronavirus: Nigeria reopens the main cities of Lagos and Abuja as the government gradually lifts the quarantine
ISWAP claims killing 17 & wounding 7 troops in double bombing targeting army facilities & vehicles ; destroying 3 military vehicles & capturing 2
ISIS claims killing and wounding 5 after launching an infantry style attack on an army post in Diffa, Niger near the border, from inside Nigeria ,the group claims that it has 'physical' territory in both countries now
COVID19 Responsible For Mysterious Deaths In Kano, Says PTF
1 year agoISWAP issuing statements the third night in a row - an attack on a military base in Auno (several soldiers claimed killed and wounded, a 4x4 vehicle, weapons and ammunition captured) and two shelling attacks on bases - in Goniri (10 mortar shells) and Buni Yadi (4 Grad rockets)
There will be a ban on non-essential inter-state passenger travel until further notice. - President Buhari
We will strictly ensure the mandatory use of face masks or coverings in public in addition to maintaining physical distancing and personal hygiene. - President Buhari
