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Boko Haram militants have killed 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post in the Lake Chad region, Chad’s armed forces said Tuesday. The region has long been threatened by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militant group, which is known Read More …
Operatives of the Borno state police command on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device concealed in a backpack at Layin Logo, Moduganari area of Maiduguri, Borno state The Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Nahim Daso, who disclosed this Read More …
Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted 11 suspected criminal elements conveying materials believed to be for the production of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. Security sources said the suspects, comprising 10 Read More …
Nigeria and Türkiye have reached an agreement to establish a major military training facility in Nigeria as part of a broader defence partnership aimed at strengthening the country’s security architecture and enhancing military capacity. Under the arrangement, Nigerian military personnel Read More …
Nigerian security forces have recorded significant gains in ongoing counter-threat operations, intercepting a cache of ammunition and explosive materials in Kaduna State while also discovering and neutralising improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Imo State. In Kaduna, troops deployed along the Read More …
Six suspects have been arrested by police detectives in Ondo State over a failed bomb attack in Akure, the state capital. Addressing newsmen in Akure, the state police commissioner, Adebowale Lawal, said the operation led to the arrest of six suspects Read More …
Members of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guards have arrested a commercial driver conveying 98 explosive devices, N13 million and three motorcycles en route to a bandits’ camp in Bindin village, Maru local government area of the state. The suspect Read More …
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Eastern Sanity have conducted a raid across the South-East, overrunning IPOB/ESN strongholds. According to the Army, “On 14 April 2026, joint troops of Sector 1, supported by the Air Component of Operation Udoka, Read More …
Troops of Sector 3 under the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have repelled an attempted infiltration by insurgents at a military position in Monguno, but suffered fatal losses from an Improvised Explosive Device shortly after the engagement. Read More …
Jihadists killed an army general and several troops in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, local government and intelligence sources told AFP Thursday. Brigadier General Oseni Omoh Braimah was the second top officer to be killed in Read More …
Nearly 2,000 times in seven years, a bomb went off somewhere in Nigeria’s North-East. A new report puts a hard number on what security forces and civilians there have been living through. A 2025 Nigeria Mine Action review documents 1,934 Read More …
The Nigerian Army said it had foiled a suspected deadly bomb attack after uncovering and neutralising multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Umuchima Forest, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. The operation, carried out in the early Read More …
A yet-to-be-identified driver was killed on Sunday when his yam-laden vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Lumma-Babanna road in Borgu Local Government Area. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on an alternative route that drivers have used Read More …
Troops Repel IPOB/ESN Ambush, Neutralise IED Components in Enugu, Anambra Troops under Operation UDO KA have recorded separate operational engagements with suspected armed groups during coordinated fighting patrols in Enugu and Anambra States, in ongoing efforts to deny criminal elements Read More …
Christopher Musa, minister of defence, says the federal government will establish civilian de-mining teams comprising retired military personnel, other security veterans, and civilians, including youths and medical professionals, to tackle threats of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Speaking in Abuja on Read More …
Eight persons have been confirmed dead after terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device, IED, along Luma Road in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the explosive struck a moving vehicle on Monday. The terrorists also reportedly Read More …
At least eight suspected bandits have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) believed to have been planted for security forces along Lukope Road in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to a report, the incident occurred Read More …
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have confirmed the killing of 80 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters during a failed coordinated assault on Mallam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area, Borno State. Abadam, located along Read More …
A senior police officer, CSP Gerald Udechukwu, has cautioned that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are increasingly being designed to look like ordinary objects, urging heightened public vigilance as the most effective defence against attacks on worship centres and public spaces. Read More …
Three suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks targeting the city of Maiduguri in recent history. Residents and emergency services earlier Read More …