No fewer than 27 persons have been murdered after a joint Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists attack in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the early hours of Wednesday. According to Vanguard, the terrorists overran the Shuwari Sholi community, killing residents and burning structures in an attack that lasted several hours. Among the…
Idris, Minister of Information The federal government on Monday dismissed claims that it paid as much as a N2 billion ransom to secure the release of students of St. Mary’s School, Papiri, Niger State, describing the allegation as false and baseless. In a statement issued in Abuja by the Minister of Information and National Orientation,…
Soldiers have foiled a deadly ambush by suspected Lakurawa terrorist group members on Major-General Bemgha Koughna, General Officer Commanding 8 Division and Commander, Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Kebbi. The attack occurred near Mayama Hill as the GOC’s convoy was en route to visit frontline troops deployed in the state….
The Nigerian Army in a statement on Monday confirmed that the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division and Commander Sector 2 of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Major General Bemgha Koughna, survived an ambush by suspected Lakurawa terrorists near Mayama Hill in Kebbi State. In the statement, the army said the attack…
Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Shaibu Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has clarified the reason behind the presence of United States military personnel in parts of the country. He said the U.S. forces were invited to support Nigeria with training and modern military technology. According to him, the cooperation is focused…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the Kwara State Commissioner of Police over an alleged imminent terrorists attack on Gbabe community in the Baruten Local Government Area of the state by suspected Mamuda terrorists. The warning was contained in a letter dated February 5, 2026, with reference number S.122/1/1897, signed by J.S. Adams…
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said the deadly attack on Woro and neighbouring communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State was carried out by terrorists angered by the villagers’ refusal to submit to ideological indoctrination. The military described the incident as a cowardly terrorist attack that resulted in the loss of innocent lives….
The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), has clarified the circumstances surrounding the absence of physical remains after the recent United States military intervention in Sokoto State. According to the minister, the sophisticated nature of the ordnance deployed during the operation explains why no bodies were recovered from the targeted sites. Speaking during a…
Many terrorists were killed, while their hideouts and vehicles were destroyed during United States airstrikes carried out in Sokoto State on December 25, footage sighted by Sunday PUNCH has revealed. The footage of the operation, which is yet to be declassified by the military but was sighted by our correspondent on Saturday, showed three separate…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to track down and apprehend the perpetrators of the Kasuwan Daji attack in Niger State, ensuring they are swiftly brought to justice. He…
