Tag: North-East

Nigerian, US forces kill over 20 ISWAP fighters in N’East air operation

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Nigerian, US forces kill ISWAP

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that Nigerian troops, working alongside the United States Africa Command, killed more than 20 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a coordinated air operation in the North-East region. According to the military, the operation was carried out around Metele after intelligence reports revealed the movement and gathering of suspected terrorists in the area. Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Sama’ila Uba, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday, said the air strikes targeted ISIS/ISWAP fighters observed regrouping before the attack was…

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Rising Attacks: Defence Minister orders S’Chiefs to rejig operations in N’East, N’West

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Defence Minister orders S'Chiefs

Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), yesterday summoned Nigeria’s Service Chiefs to an emergency security meeting in Abuja and directed them to immediately review and strengthen military operations in the North-East and North-West following recent attacks on military formations. The high-level meeting, held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, brought together top military leadership including the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, Chief of Air Staff, Air-Marshal Sunday Aneke, and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Idi Abass. Representatives…

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“US – FG should extend military airstrikes to North-East” – Ndume

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Ndume on military airstrikes

Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has appealed to the Federal Government to extend its joint military operations with the United States against terrorists’ hideouts in the country to the North-East region. He made the appeal yesterday in a statement in which he commended Friday’s military attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells in the Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State. Recall that the United States President, Donald Trump, recently announced that the US military launched airstrikes on terrorist targets in Northwest Nigeria. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs…

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Over 200 terrorists killed, as Boko Haram, ISWAP clash

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N'East under seige

…As NAF launches nationwide airstrikes on insurgents A major escalation in Nigeria’s counter-terrorism front has seen the deaths of over 200 militants following violent clashes between rival jihadist groups in the North-East, even as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) intensified precision airstrikes against insurgents and bandits across several northern states. Security and intelligence sources confirmed on Monday that the fierce battle between Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters erupted in Dogon-Chiku, along the shores of Lake Chad, on Sunday. The confrontation, driven by long-standing ideological and…

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Ndume urges Tinubu to launch special projects for North-East

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Ndume urges Tinubu

Former Senate Leader and representative of Borno-South, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to initiate Special Presidential Priority Projects for the North-East, aimed at addressing decades of infrastructural neglect and social challenges in the region. Ndume made the call in a statement personally signed  on Thursday in Abuja, following the visit of the six North-East governors to the Presidential Villa, where they presented a list of abandoned projects requiring urgent federal intervention. Special Presidential Priority Projects are high-impact national infrastructure schemes requiring special funding and focus…

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“Taraba ‘Green House’ will stop hunger in Nigeria” – Gov. Zulum

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Gov. Zulum

Governor Babagana Zulum, of Borno State, has applauded the Taraba State Green House, popularly known as Cucumber Farm, expressing optimism that it would protect food security and settle the hunger crisis in the North-East and Nigeria at large. While commissioning the project during the summit of the North East Governors, the forum expressed worries about the shortage of food next year. A statement by Emmanuel Bello, the Special Adviser, Media and Digital Communications, to Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, described the commissioning as something revolutionary that happened in Jalingo”.…

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North-East: Soldiers fighting terrorists decry inadequate food provisions

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North East soldiers decry

Despite increased budgetary allocations, the soldiers claim they are still being served sub-par meals unfit for consumption, even by dogs. Recall that recently, their monthly food allowance was raised from N30,000 to N36,000 per person due to rising food prices, but the quality of food remains a concern. They also asked the authorities to review their monthly allowances. One of the soldiers said, Furthermore, this monthly allowance called sky skill need to be reviewed due to the irregularities. It goes as follows, Pte soldier to Corporal is collecting N20,000, Sergeant…

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#EndSARS: Destruction in Lagos is mind-boggling, says Zulum

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Political leaders from the North-East led by Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum yesterday paid a solidarity visit to Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to commiserate with him and Lagosians over the massive destruction in the state by hoodlums during the #EndSARS protest. The team, which also included Zulums predecessor in office and currently Senator representing Borno-Central, Senator Kashim Shettima, were received by Sanwo-Olu at the State House in Marina. Zulum described the attack as mind-boggling, noting that the violence was deliberately contrived to hurt Lagosians and said the proportion…

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