Nigerian Security Forces On Alert As ISWAP 'Kills' Shekau
More and more sources confirming Abubakar Shekau is dead as he reportedly blew himself up to avoid being captured by ISWAP fighters who were attacking his forces in Sambisa Forest.
11 locals have been allegedly killed, two injured while five others were missing as gunmen launched an offensive on Gaida Kaso and Wako Kaso villages, Kakau Ward in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State yesterday
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari'ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo has arrested six suspected members of a syndicate that allegedly specialised in pipeline vandalism and oil theft
Gunmen have killed three herders in an attack on a settlement in Marraban Jos, Rigachikun, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State
There was pandemonium on Wednesday when gunmen shot a police sergeant, Loveday Obilonu, dead at Okwuuratta in Owerri North Council Area
Alfred Diette-Spiff, the traditional ruler of the Twon Brass community in Bayelsa, hosts to Agip's Crude Export Terminal, currently protesting against a lingering power outage in the settlement has fled as the protests turned ugly
Driver shot dead as gunmen abduct 13 passengers in Nasarawa
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits yesterday,abducted a Shariah Court judge, Alkali Hussaini Sama'ila in Bauren Zakka village in Safana Local government area of Katsina State
Again, gunmen attack another Abia Police Station, kill two officers
According to reports, 40 Boko Haram fighters were killed in Dawuri (Konduga LGA) during the weekend
Police arrest 16 persons over cultism, recover firearms, ammunition in Enugu
4 month agoTwo attacks claimed by ISWAP yesterday, both related to the incidents from Monday: 1. Attack on NA base in Ngwom - several killed and wounded, weapons seized. 2. Double IED attack on the Marte-Dikwa road - several killed and wounded, an armored vehicle destroyed
Apparently as of yesterday, over 50 Nigerian soldiers were still unaccounted for after the attack in Bulabulin
4 month agoBandits Storm Mosque In Katsina, Abduct 40 Worshippers. Katsina, despite being the home state of President @MBuhari, has witnessed sporadic attacks by bandits and kidnappers that have claimed the lives of many
"Up to 150,000 civilians have fled Geidam town, Yobe State, after multiple attacks occurred since 23 April 2021, targeting communities and forcing almost the entire population of the town to seek safety
4 month agoFollowing the attack in Mainok on 26 April, 692 people were displaced towards Jakana and Benisheik
4 month agoFollowing the attack in Dikwa on 18 April, 1,499 people were displaced from the area towards Jere and M.M.C LGAs
4 month agoNigeria: ISWAP released a new photoset after taking control of the town called Geidam in Yobe. Militants appear to be armed with standard AKM(S)/T56 rifles as usual. Also a PK(M) pattern GPMG —could be a Bulgarian Arsenal MG— and technicals with KPV and W85 HMG can be seen
4 month agoMissing French journalist, OlivierDubois, says he was kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social media Wednesday, the latest foreigner to be taken hostage in the West African country
The same article mentions 5 civilians killed and 7 wounded by an IED near Rann, in a village called Tumshe
According to AFP, after Sunday's attack in Ajiri, suspected ISWAP fighters returned to the town on Monday. 30 people, including 5 soldiers and 15 CJTF fighters, were reportedly killed. Residents fled to nearby Mafa
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a mortar attack targeting a Chadian army post in the town of Litri in the western Lake Chad region, near the border with Nigeria
4 month agoImages: ISIS-affiliated militants overrun Nigerian military forces last Sunday in the town of Mainok in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State
Boko Haram Currently Attacking Another Community In Yobe. Few Days After Geidam, the insurgents invaded the town around 6 pm, shooting sporadically as residents flee for safety
The United States should consider moving its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, from Germany, to better tackle growing armed violence in the region, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday
5 month agoFifteen Nigerian soldiers were also killed by an Allied airstrike following the attack on Mainok camp
Family protests as bank customer slumps, dies in Port Harcourt
5 month agoNigeria: Photo released by ISWA showing two brand new Isotrex Legion MRAP captured from the convoy delivering them to the NA Base at Maidok, which was looted & burned. IS are now using captured MRAPs in attacks, indicating possible substantial capture
