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
VIDEO: Gunshots heard as motorcyclists, NURTW members clash in Lagos
5 month agoGunshots heard as Hausa, Yoruba youth clash in Lagos
ISIS killed 31 soldiers in northeast Nigeria: military sources
5 month ago@obretix: Geolocation of ISWAP in Geidam
5 month agoNigeria: ISIS releases 12 photos of attack on army and police in Dikwa Borno barracks burnt out, 2 BTR troop carriers destroyed, Panhard, 105mm OTO Melara cannon
Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State have excreted a total of 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation
5 month agoWhile Tuesday's attack in Damasak was still ongoing, ISWAP also attacked Gajiram. NA said that attack was repelled and at night ISWAP released its statement, saying several soldiers were killed and wounded (so likely confirming what NA had said)
5 month agoAs for Tuesday's attack on Damasak, ISWAP says 8 aid workers were killed and 1 was captured. Several vehicles and buildings belonging to NGOs (and 1 Nigerian govt building) were burned.
5 month agoIn Mandaragirau (Biu LGA, a communication tower owned by a South African company was blown up. ISWAP also published photos of the tower
5 month agoLocals are fleeing Damasak, expect a large wave of IDPs and refugees
7 ISWAP fighters were killed on the road from Ngowum to Mafa (east of Maiduguri) on Sunday
5 month agoAnother attack was claimed on the road from Gajiganna to Gajiram. ISWAP said it took place on Friday but didn't have the exact number of killed and wounded
Gunmen have killed 10 soldiers and an officer in the central Nigerian state of Benue
Nigeria's army announces the killing of 11 soldiers by armed men in the central region
Again, Gunmen Attack Imo @PoliceNG Station, Kidnap Cop , gathered from an indigene of Mbieri that the fleeing gunmen struck around 1am and immediately released the suspects in custody in the police facility
Although Garin Wanzam is just a couple of kilometers north of N'Gagam, it's hard to say if this attack was also perpetrated by ISWAP, cause it's also close to Toumour, attacked by JAS in December.
5 month agoNigeria: ISIS militants attacked army personnel east of Diffa in N'Gagam, soldiers were reportedly killed, 6 SUVs and weapons captured. In addition, a patrol allegedly detonated on 1 IED, killing 6 other soldiers & destroying 1 armored personnel carrier
No fewer than 2,000 inmates escaped on Monday morning in Owerri, the Imo State capital when suspected hoodlums attacked the Correctional Facility near the State Government House
5 month agoWhatever precisely transpired the aircraft certainly came down over an area controlled by JAS or one that they could operate in. Note here the number (475) repeated in English by the JAS fighter, and in Pic3 the Alpha Jet in happier times
