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Suspected Islamist militants killed 40 farmers in an attack on the Dumba community in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State on Sunday, a senior state official said on Monday. The militants were believed to belong to the armed group Boko Haram and Read More …
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector 3 in Mongunu, alongside the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have intercepted a suspected terrorist courier transporting Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making materials at the entrance to Gubio Local Read More …
At least six soldiers have been confirmed injured after a drone strike by suspected terrorists on a military base in Borno State. SaharaReporters gathered that the terrorists attacked the Forward Operating Base in Wajiroko in the Damboa Local Government Area Read More …
Two persons have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in a two-hundred housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Available information indicated that the explosion happened around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno State Read More …
The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, has claimed responsibility for the recent attack on Garin Kukawa in Borno State. In a video claiming responsibility for the attack, ISWAP showcased mobilization and attack scenes, including hundreds of motorbikes and a Read More …
Troops of Sector 3 under the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have successfully executed a decisive operation against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Kukawa and Monguno local government areas of Borno State. “The ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists, who launched an Read More …
The Borno State police command on Tuesday inaugurated an Explosive Ordnance Disposal training school in Borno State. Speaking during the ceremony in Maiduguri, the Commissioner of Police, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Bello, said the Read More …
At least seven loggers were reportedly killed and several others injured after their vehicle hit landmines in Konduga Local Government Area, Borno State, on Saturday. The incident took place around 11 a.m. between Masunfanari and Dogo Wire village along the Read More …
The authority of the Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, said the air component of Operation Hadin Kai, discovered and dismantled terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory and storage facility, concealed in Grazah, a location deep in the Mandara Hills, in Borno Read More …
The Borno Police Command says it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross Area in Maiduguri, the state capital. Police Explosive Ordnance Department (EOD), Base 13, deployed to the scene to assess the grenades, discovered Read More …
The Borno Police Command said an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), explosion resulted in the death of one male victim, while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Read More …
At least 17 people have been killed and over 20 injured after a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber targeted a market in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Kawuri community, located approximately 50 Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists has killed Shettima Mustapha, a senior accounting officer in the Education Department of Damboa local government area of Borno State. The IED also injured others when the vehicle they Read More …
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram militant insurgency, two vigilante officers said on Friday. A local vigilante officer helping to combat the insurgents, Read More …
The IED was discovered by residents around Mala Kachalla General Hospital at the federal low-cost along Baga Road around midnight. According to an eyewitness, the IED did not explode as it was discovered on time. The police anti-bomb squad was Read More …
At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities said. In one of three blasts on Saturday in the town of Gwoza, Read More …
The troops of Operation Desert Sanity III and Operation Hadin Kai have successfully eliminated the Islamic State West African Province, ISWAP, top Commander in charge of Vehicle Bomb Improvised Explosive Device, VBEID, Mallam Muhammadu. This followed the continuation of the Read More …
Another Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road has killed seven people, including a telecommunication experts, Mallam Abbashuwa Bulamarwa. The incident took place, weekend, when their vehicles drove on the planted IED in-between Dikwa and Logomani village, about Read More …
No fewer than eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Gamborun local Government Area of Borno State. Read More …
Two Boko Haram improvised explosive device ‘experts’, Abubakar Mohammed and Bana Modu, have surrendered to troops, says the Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) in Borno. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the military spokesman, said this in a statement in Maiduguri Read More …