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The ancient city of Daura in Katsina state, witnessed tight security on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, weds. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the residence of the president on Mai’adua road in

The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisation of Nigeria for Peace has called on Christian and Muslim faithful in the country to use  this Sunday  and  Friday  and offer thanksgiving for the release of the 21 Chibok girls.

Luck ran out of a strapped with Improvised Explosive Device (IED)  on Saturday  morning as troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE intercepted and neutralized him while on a dastardly mission at Madagali, Adamawa State.

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE with assistance of Civilian JTF have arrested quite a number of infiltrating Boko Haram terrorists in Maiduguri and Mafa, north-east Nigeria. Confirming the report  on Friday , Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said a presumed kingpin of the group, Abur Modu Magaji, was apprehended by Civilian JTF  on Thursday  afternoon, at Kasuwar Shanu (Cattle Market) and handed over to troops.   “Preliminary investigation shows that he admitted to rustling 45 cows from Saleh Mohamed with 20 other Boko Haram terrorists at gun point. He however cooperated and assisted in pointing out 7 other suspected terrorists at Mafa road checkpoint” Usman said.  

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), during a night operation conducted  Tuesday , successfully destroyed a new Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) Camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in Northern Borno. Director of Public Relations & Information, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the new camp is about 4-6km away from the BHT location attacked earlier on 20 August 2016 by NAF Mi-17 helicopter within the same vicinity in a similar night operation that led to the death of about 300 insurgents. He said the post-strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) mission had revealed that surviving BHTs converged at the new location. “The information was later confirmed to be true by series of follow-up Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that led to the latest strike. Recall that the general area around Malam Fatori and Kangarwa is infested with BHTs hence the need to clear the remnants of BHT in the area. “The air assault is therefore expected to further degrad...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the revised National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) urging Nigerians to team up to win the psychological battle against terrorism. Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the president observed that the war against terror was unconventional as the enemy was a danger to the society. “There must be an understanding that the war against terrorism is a most unconventional one. The enemy is essentially an insane nuisance because he revels in cowardly attacks. “He does not obey the rules of warfare, kills the defenseless including prisoners, he uses children as human gums and considers the killing of anyone at all as a victory. “Therefore as we think through our strategy we must remember that to permanently win the physical battle we must win the battle of the minds of even the most impressionable young men who sign up to join Boko Haram and other violent extremist groups.’’ According to the President Nigerians must un...

* Army loses 6 operational vehicles, says spokesperson The Nigerian Army said on Friday that three soldiers and seven civilians died in a clash between soldiers and some residents of Kpaidna community in Niger State. Major Njideka Agwu, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 31 Artillery Brigade, Minna, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. Agwu said that the incident occurred at 2.00 a.m. on Friday in the community located in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. “The 31 Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Minna, was on a joint operation with the Nigeria Air Force Quick Response Group in the area when we were attacked by the villagers. “We were on a cordon and search operation in the village because we got intelligence report that there were caches of arms and ammunitions in the area. “During the operation, three soldiers and seven civilians lost their lives, while 57 villagers were arrested by the joint operat...

In Coordinated Manhunt, DSS Arrests another Boko Haram Co-founder, Al-Barnawi,  in Lokoja   Augustine   Osayande • Discovers graves of 5 Hausa-Fulani residents in Abia abducted by suspected IPOB members, 50 other graves After four years of coordinated manhunt, mastermind of most of the gruesome attacks on facilities in Nigeria, Khalid Al-Barnawi‎, has finally been arrested by operatives of Department of State Services (DSS). Al-Barnawi, who is the co-founder of Boko Haram, was arrested in Lokoja, Kogi State on April 1. Breaking the news of the arrest in a statement by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS said the feat is a major breakthrough in its efforts to stem the tide of terrorism in Nigeria. This is on the heels of another revelation by the  DSS that it had discovered the graves of five Hausa/Fulani ‎residents in Abia State abducted by suspected members of  Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB)‎. The Full Text of the Statement…  ...