The leader of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, has been reportedly killed by the armed group suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). Sources disclosed that hundreds of ISWAP fighters invaded the Sambisa Forest with heavy gun trucks during the week hunting for Shekau. The leader of … Read more
This comes as security forces struggle with the activities of terrorists and bandits who have killed thousands, displaces hundreds of thousands and abducted several people for ransom The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said the Federal Government has the capacity to crush Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the northeast and bandits in … Read more
An undisclosed number of soldiers and a officer have paid the supreme after the marauding Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists launched devastating offensive on a military formation in the Borno state According to HumAngle, The insurgents, who are grounded in attacking military installations, launched the attack in the new Marte town around the … Read more
The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), a factional Boko Haram sect, has appointed Aliyu Chakkar as its new “governor of the Lake Chad”. According to TheCable, Chakkar will be replacing Goni Maina, the former commander who died on December 1 in an air raid jointly carried out by the Nigerian army and the air … Read more
Terrorists have kidnapped two aid workers in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno State as they were returning from a wedding, humanitarian and security sources said Saturday. The two were identified as an employee of UN World Food Programme, who had just attended his wedding, and a colleague from the International Committee of the Red Cross who … Read more
The Nigerian military launched a devastating onslaught on identified hideouts of factional Boko Haram, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists, which resulted in deaths of scores of the insurgents. The hideouts which are in Tundun Wulgo and Tumbun Gini, on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno State, were bombarded by airstrikes. … Read more
Sources say eight others are injured in the attack No fewer that 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush by fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Tuesday. AFP is reporting that the attack took place near the town of Marte in the Lake Chad region. Fighters from ISWAP carrying machine guns … Read more
Insurgents also carted away ammunitions – source Over ten soldiers were killed The war against insurgency loses momentum and thus suffers setback after after troops ran into an ambush by suspected members of the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) who attacked Garin Giwa village in Kukawa local government area of Borno state. Military sources … Read more
Jihadists have killed 14 people on a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad near the border with Nigeria after their town decided to block food supplies to the insurgents, security sources said Thursday, August 27. Fighters from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province landed on the island of Bulgaram aboard speedboats from an enclave on … Read more
The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, has reportedly taken hundreds of hostages in Kukawa, Borno State. According to sources, ISWAP, a breakaway group of Boko Haram, on Tuesday night launched an attack on Kukawa town after arriving in the area in about 22 trucks. Also Read: Insecurity: Be Mindful Of Your Utterances, Military Warn … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the reported secret burial of 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP. A statement he signed Thursday said the Wall Street Journal report on the matter was saddening and that the attempt to hide the true … Read more