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Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Shawulu Danmamman, described the recent dynamite explosion in Sabon Pegi community, Mashegu Local Government Area, as unfortunate. The explosion occurred due to the indiscriminate storage of dynamite in residential areas, which the community Read More …
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one suspect and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in connection with a suspected terrorist plot to attack the state. The mastermind of the plot, however, fled to neighboring Cameroon. Commissioner of Police Read More …
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack attributed to jihadist militants in the northeast, military sources confirmed on Sunday. The attack occurred during a ground offensive launched on Friday by troops targeting a stronghold of Islamic Read More …
Vernon Coaker, the United Kingdom’s minister of state for defence, visited the headquarters of the joint Task force north-east, operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, on Wednesday. During the visit, Coaker reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to supporting Read More …
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 …
Gunmen from Nigeria have killed at least five Cameroonian soldiers and wounded several others in the village of Bakinjaw on Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, a member of parliament for the district and a traditional leader said on Saturday. It is 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 …
Joint security forces, led by the police, have invaded and destroyed a camp set up by criminals known as unknown gunmen in Nimo community, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, recovered 19 unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and Read More …
A disturbing development that challenges Nigerian military claims of having the upper hand against terrorists has surfaced. Fulani terrorists in Zamfara State now deploy Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), marking a dangerous shift in their tactical operations against terrorism. Two suspected Read More …
In order to conceal their operations, indications have emerged that some terrorists may have resorted to the use of wall clocks as timers to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), at critical infrastructure in the country, Sunday Telegraph investigation has shown. 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 …
Another Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has exploded with a truck carrying grains and some persons in Zamfara by a new terrorists group, Lakurawa. The incident occurred Friday evening along Malele village to Dansadau area in Maru local government of Zamfara Read More …
The Zamfara State Police Command has identified members of the Lakurawa terrorist group as responsible for the deadly explosion that occurred on the Gusau-Dansadau road in Maru Local Government Area. The incident occurred under a bridge along the Gusau-Dansadau road, 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 …
A group which tagged itself the Niger Delta Liberation Movement otherwise known as Movement, has claimed responsibility for bursting several pipelines along the Olero-Dibi-Abiteye Fields/Flow stations at about 2am on Friday. The group described the damage as “the launch of Read More …
The national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka said the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists poses a significant challenge to national security, security 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 …
Imo Police Command has alleged that two young men, suspected to be members of the proscribed freedom fighting members of Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, has been killed in Orlu while carrying an improvised explosive device Read More …