Tag: ISWAP
Naira bonanza as terrorists give out old notes
Terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old naira notes to scores...
Army, NITDA collaborate on modern technology for national security
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- The Nigerian Army has collaborated with the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on utilisation of modern technology to tackle...
ISWAP Claims Responsibility For Killing Of Two Igbo Traders In Kano
By JOURNALIST101
KANO- The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād...
Edo Govt says Police checkpoint attack carried out by bandits, not...
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Edo State Government has debunked the rumour that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out an attack in...
Military eliminates 57 terrorists, top commanders in 2 weeks
By SUMAILA OGBAJE
ABUJA- Troops Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated more than 57 terrorists in different operations conducted from Aug. 11 to 25 in...
NAF eliminates terrorists leader, Shanono in Kaduna
By YAHAYA ISAH
ABUJA- The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has eliminated a terrorists leader, Alhaji Shanono, and 17 of his foot soldiers in Kaduna State.The Director,...
Those behind Owo attack have been captured – Defence Chief
By SUMAILA OGBAJE
ABUJA- The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the masterminds of the June 5 massacre in Owo, Ondo State...
ISWAP, Boko Haram plot massive attacks on Lagos, Kaduna, others
....Katsina communities invaded, troops patrol Abuja as police allay fearsAbuja (Sundiata Post) - There were strong indications on Tuesday that two terrorist groups,...
Nigeria not a war zone – FG
By ROTIMI IJIKANMI
LAGOS- The Federal Government says in spite of Nigeria’s security challenges, the country is not a war zone and is safe for investment.The...
Kuje jailbreak: Abba Kyari, others seek another bail
By TAIYE AGBAJE
ABUJA- Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him bail following the attack on...
Insecurity: Gradually coming home? By Kazeem Akintunde
Two major security breaches occurred in Nigeria last week. The first was the daredevil attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja while the...
Harvest of terror at the centre of power, By Dakuku Peterside
That terrorists and bandits are getting bolder, more daring, and more sophisticated is not debatable. After a period of relative peace, the nation, has...
Go after Kuje Prison attackers, Tinubu urges FG
By EMMANUEL MOGBEDE
ABUJA- Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate, has called on relevant authorities to go after Tuesday’s attackers of...
ISWAP claims responsibility for Kuje prison attack, release video of its...
ABUJA - The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Terrorists had broken into...
Buhari mourns victims of Borno, Katsina killings
By ISMAILA CHAFE
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is in mourning over the senseless killings in Borno and Katsina states in the last 48...
Insecurity: Group hails Buhari’s acknowledgement of military successes
By SUMAILA OGBAJE
Abuja- The Unity Advocacy Group has lauded the acknowledgement of the successes recorded by the Military in the ongoing fight against insecurity...
MNJTF eliminates 22 ISWAP terrorists, recovered arms in Lake Chad
By HAMZA SULEIMAN
Maiduguri- The Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed about 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province...
Boko Haram ambushes, burns ISWAP fighters alive
Boko Haram fighters have ambushed and killed scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists in a renewed 'war of supremacy' between...
ISWAP Allegedly Overrun Military Base In Borno
A military base located at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno State was overrun by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), on Sunday...
Unpacking the changing faces of terror in Nigeria, By Osmund Agbo...
“The northwest’s problem is not ungoverned spaces as wonks like to say, but spaces governed by criminal sovereigns.” - James Barnett
Bandits, Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah...