Tag: ISWAP

Maiduguri Estate Attack: Zulum asks military to wake up as he visits scene

Aminu Imam

…To set up C’ttee on damages Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has visited the 1,000 units housing estate in Maiduguri, which was hit yesterday morning by a rocket launcher believed to have been fired by Boko Haram/ISWAP terror groups. He also said he was setting up what he called ‘a small committee’ to assess damages inflicted and advise the government on measures to avert future occurrence on the scene and other parts of the city. Zulum, who had been praising the military in the last one year, expressed his unhappiness…

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ISWAP abducts Borno government officials

Aminu Imam

No fewer than five officials of the Borno State government supervising have been abducted by Islamic State in West Africa Province, (ISWAP). The victims, who were supervising the construction of Chibok-Damboa road, were said to be forcefully taken away on Wednesday. The incident reportedly occurred near Wovi, a remote village located in Chibok local government area of the State. According to a source, one of the abducted staff, a driver, escaped unhurt. A top State official confirmed the incident to newsmen, said, “Yes, it is so sad and we are…

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National security: ISWAP fighters regrouping in Lake Chad axis – Ndume raises alarm

Aminu Imam

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has raised the alarm that terrorists loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), are regrouping in the Lake Chad Basin axis. Ndume, who represents Borno-South in the 9th Senate, raised the alarm in an interview with newsmen yesterday while reacting to the attacks on Askira, in Borno State by ISWAP fighters on Saturday. Recall that a Brigadier-General, along with some soldiers and many terrorists were killed during a confrontation with Nigerian troops, who battled to avert an attack by…

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4 ISWAP Terrotists killed in attempt to attack Zulum’s town

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By: Adamu Aliyu Ngulde, Maiduguri. Troops of the Nigeria military on Tuesday took out four out of the numerous ISWAP fighters that attempted attacking a village in Governor Babagana Zulum’s local government area, Mafa. Sources familiar with the incident said the attackers came at about 6:30pm driving in six gun trucks with an obvious mission to sack the community where government of Nigeria and the United Nations systems had built over 1000 units of resettlement homes for persons internally displaced by Boko Haram. Troops of the 195 Battalion Operation Hadin…

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Insecurity; Over 200 ISIS terrorists reportedly arrive in Nigeria – Report

Aminu Imam

Over 200 terrorists operating under the Islamic State of Iraq have already arrived in Nigeria from Libya and Syria, according to reports. They will be providing logistic support to the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists to carry out more attacks. According to a video released by ISIS’s West Africa Province calls for attacks on Jews, Christians and ‘those who desert Islam’. The video also warns Nigerian soldiers, calling on them to cease their actions and join the ranks of ISIS. The 17-minute video includes documentation of attacks carried…

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Insurgency: 76 farmers held hostage by ISWAP fighters in Borno

Aminu Imam

The Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), held 76 farmers for two days in the north-eastern State of Borno, near the border of Cameroon for two days before releasing them, according to militia sources on Tuesday. The ISWAP fighters kidnapped the farmers from a displaced people’s camp in Ngala last Friday, while they were burning thick vegetation to make a clearing for their harvest, the sources said. The men, women and children were taken to a camp in the nearby town of Chikongudo under ISWAP control where they were kept…

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Just In: Army confirms ISWAP leader Al-Barnawi dead

Aminu Imam

The leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), jihadist group, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, is dead, Nigeria’s top military commander said on Thursday, according to the AFP. ISWAP has not given any confirmation of al-Barnawi’s death and Nigeria’s army has claimed before to have killed jihadist commanders only for them to reappear. “I can authoritatively confirm to you that al-Barnawi is dead. As simple as that. He is dead and remains dead,” Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor told reporters. He did not give details on how or…

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Sokoto: Troops kill scores of terrorists attacking  military base

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army yesterday said its troops eliminated scores of terrorists that recently attacked the Sokoto military base. In an issued statement yesterday, the Director, Defence Information, said troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base, (FOB), at Burkusuma, in Sabon-Birni local government area of Sokoto State. According to him, the failed attack, which took place at about 5:30 am, in the remote border settlement with…

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“Be vigilant, as ISWAP commences massive recruitment”, Army cautions community

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has raised an alarm over the commencement of massive recruitment by the Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP), a terrorist group. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyeama Nwachukwu, disclosed at the headquarters of the Theatre Command ‘Operation Hadin Kai‘, Maimalari, during a tour in Maiduguri, Borno State, at the weekend. Nwachukwu advised that members of the public should be on the lookout within their immediate environment, adding that it was very important to engage media organisations to block ISWAP’s recruitment. The Army spokesperson also revealed that…

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Again, ISWAP fighters blow up high-tension electric towers in Borno

Aminu Imam

Unconfirmed reports have it that more than four high tension electric power towers have been blown up by the non-State armed group operatives of the Islamic State West Africa Province ( ISWAP) faction, in the vicinity of Auno, along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road, in Borno State. The unconfirmed information indicates that more than 4 high tension towers that supplied electricity from Damaturu to Maiduguri were blown up again by the suspected members of ISWAP fighters on Friday night. The incident was said to have happened in Garin Kuturu Village, about two…

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