The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has defended the Nigerian military following the controversial airstrike on Jilli village market near the Borno–Yobe border, stating that anyone doing business with terrorists constitutes a legitimate military target. The broadcaster had written, “For once, look at this image again. Does this look like…
Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists have reportedly killed Brig.-Gen. O. O. Braimah, a Brigade Commander of the Joint Task Force in Benesheikh, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, during a midnight attack on the town. A security expert, Brant Philip confirmed this in a post on Thursday. The post read: “ISWAP…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has sacked all commissioners and dissolved the State Executive Council immediately. Newsmen reports that the move is intended to allow Commissioners who wish to run for elective offices in the 2027 general elections to step down from executive roles without conflict. Governor Zulum has instructed all former Commissioners to transfer…
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the current administration under President Bola Tinubu is killing Nigerians. This is as he alleged that the president has failed to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. Amaechi said this in a statement on Tuesday through his media office, condemning the Monday night bombing in…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), said it had swiftly repelled an ISWAP attack, and launched a devastating follow-on counter-offensive on ISWAP in Borno State. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI in a statement, said it has also degraded…
Nigerian troops under Operation Hadin Kai have uncovered an underground Boko Haram logistics base containing fuel, medical items and other supplies in Borno State. The discovery was made after soldiers carried out intelligence-led attacks on terrorist hideouts in the Timbuktu Triangle area, covering Chilaria, Garin Faruk and Abirma communities. The Media Information Officer of the…
Several fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, have been killed and an ammunition dump destroyed in a series of airstrikes conducted by the Nigerian Air Force in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. The precision strikes, carried out by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai on Sunday, targeted terrorist…
The Nigerian Air Force has carried out successful air interdiction operations against terrorist enclaves in Talala and Ajigin, located in the Timbuktu Triangle of Borno State, neutralising scores of fighters and destroying key logistics infrastructure. This was contained in a post by a counter-insurgency and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, on social media. According to the…
A major fire outbreak razed the Borno State Mechanical Workshop, operated by the Borno Express Transport Corporation, destroying more than ten 18-seater buses worth millions of naira. Eyewitnesses said the blaze, which erupted around noon, was triggered by a loud explosion believed to be caused by a gas leak within the premises. “It was a…
The Borno State Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak in the state. The commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof Baba Gana while declaring the outbreak at the eye center in Maiduguri, said out of the two hundred samples sent for testing, seventeen returned positive. According to him, the outbreak is a result…