Tag: ISWAP
Boko Haram ‘Directly Targeted’ Aid Facilities In Borno – UN
The United Nations on Tuesday said an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the northeastern Nigerian town of Dikwa in Borno State had “directly targeted” aid facilities. “The attack started last night and, as information is still coming through, I am outraged to hear the premises of several aid agencies and a hospital were reportedly ...Nigerian Army Aviation Unit Critical In The War Against Insurgency – Magashi
The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) says a full-fledged Nigerian Army Aviation is a critical component in the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency campaigns in the country. General Magashi stated this when the Commander US Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend and his team paid a courtesy call on him at the Ministry of ...Nigerian Troops Reclaim Marte, Kill Scores of Terrorists
Barely 24 hours after Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, gave a charge to troops to clear Marte and other strongholds of Boko Haram, Nigerian troops have successfully charged through Marte, killing scores of ISWAP/ Boko Haram Terrorists who laid siege in that area for some days. A Military Officer told PRNigeria that the ...Troops kill two top Boko Haram commanders in Shekau’s camp
Nigerian Army Headquarters says the troops of Operation Tura Takaibango on Tuesday eliminated two most wanted Boko Haram terrorist leaders, Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib in an encounter at Pulka axis of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Yerima said the renewed offensive operations ...No attack where 20 soldiers were killed in N/East Theatre of Operation Lafiya Dole– Army
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports of killing of 20 soldiers by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North-East Theatre of Operation Lafiya Dole. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammad Yerima in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the information was false. Yerima described the report by an online ...Insurgency: DHQs refutes reports terrorists overrun military base in Borno
The Defence Headquarters (DHQs), on Thursday denied media reports that terrorists had overrun a military base in Marte Local Government Area (LGA), in Borno between Jan. 15 and Jan. 16. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations, made the clarification, while giving update on military operations in the last one week, aimed at addressing current ...Kankara abduction: The children are alive and well – Gov. Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has said that no abducted student of the Government Science Secondary School in Ƙanƙara Local Government Area of the state is dead. The governor, who spoke from the Government House in Katsina, gave an update on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, five days after the abduction of ...It’s unfair the N/East has an allocation of 0.35% in the budget despite insurgency problems – N/East Govs
The North East governors have said it is very unfair, embarrassing that the North East has an allocation of 0.35 per cent in the nation’s budget despite the problems of insurgency in the region. Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, stated this on Tuesday on behalf of his colleagues during a visit to Borno State to ...Insurgency: Nigerian Army inducts 8 locally made combat vehicles in Kaduna – Buratai
The Nigerian Army has inducted eight units of locally made combat vehicles Mine–Resistant, Ambush–Protected (MRAP), also called ‘EZUGWU’ into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. The Chief of Army Staff, who made this known at the inauguration of the vehicles in Kaduna, said the equipment has aided military operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the ...Insurgency: Troops eliminate 8 terrorists, rescue woman, children, recover arms
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of “Operation Fire Ball” have eliminated eight terrorists of Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) in recent encounters in the North East. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Tuesday, said that ”Operation Fire Ball” was a subsidiary operation under ...
