A 15-year-old suspected Boko Haram member arrested by troops at Ngamdu in Borno State has confessed that they planned their attacks from Jilli Market, a notorious terrorists’ hub located in the Borno-Yobe boundary area. The suspect who gave his name as Tujjani, was arrested by troops on clearance operation yesterday morning after he and his…
Late Commanding Officer, Colonel Mohammed Another Nigerian war commander and several of his troops have paid the supreme price in the lingering war against insurgency. The Nigerian Army confirmed the latest casualties in a statement issued hours ago entitled “OPERATION HADIN KAI – ISOLATED INFILTRATION ATTACK ON CHARLIE 13 LOCATION, MONGUNO”. The statement signed by…
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded a major break through in tracking suppliers of skunk cannabis in the Edo North of the state. The command said yesterday that in a intelligence led operation, its operatives intercepted two trucks laden with 7,245 kilogrammes of skunk cannabis and the…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested six serving policemen officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and two Inspectors over alleged harassment, abduction, and extortion. Also arrested are a dismissed police corporal, two commercial bus drivers and a POS operator. The arrested personnel were said to have formed a well-organised criminal…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have arrested a 15-year-old suspect allegedly involved in the deadly attack that killed Brigadier General Oseni Omoh Braimah, another officer, and two soldiers in Borno State. The suspect, identified simply as Tijjani, was apprehended on Sunday in Ngamdu while reportedly on an errand…
Men in uniform have reportedly stormed an Assemblies of God Church in Ughelli, Delta State, during service in Sunday, assaulted the pastor, his wife, members and allegedly sprayed tear gas on them. Eyewitness accounts said the incident occurred while activities were ongoing in the church, throwing worshippers into panic as ,the armed operatives disrupted proceedings….
Security experts have urged the federal government to go beyond merely naming alleged terrorism financiers and ensure their swift investigation and prosecution to strengthen the fight against insecurity. The call followed the government’s release of a list of 48 individuals and 12 corporate entities linked to terrorism financing, a move the security experts stressed must…
A repentant member of Boko Haram has confessed to killing more than 100 people during his time with the insurgent group. This revelation was contained in a video shared on X, where the former fighter spoke during an interaction with a foreign vlogger at a rehabilitation camp with other Boko Haram repentants. In the footage,…
Late Jude Osondu Ude Nigerian human rights lawyer, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on the Honourable Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd.), to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stabbing and subsequent death of the late Jude Osondu Ude at the 17 Brigade, Katsina. He also urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi…
By Erasmus Ikhide Nigeria is no longer a country at war with terror; it is a country where the state has effectively signed a deed of surrender through negligence, luxury, and physical absence. As the embers glow in Pulka and the military mourns the brutal loss of yet another high-ranking commander, the chilling reality has…
