Troops of the Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin KAI (OPHK), in collaboration with the air component have eliminated nine Boko Haram terrorists, including two top commanders in Borno State. A military source familiar with the development disclosed that the feat was recorded in separate operations that foiled terrorists’ attacks on Bita and Wulgo between…
Boko Haram Leader, Ibrahim Bakoura Doro, alias Abu Oumaimah, has denied reports by the Government of Niger Republic that he was killed in recent military operations in the country’s Diffa region. The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) had, on Thursday, announced that Bakoura was eliminated alongside several insurgent commanders during precision airstrikes carried out on Aug….
The Government of Niger Republic says its armed forces have allegedly killed a senior Boko Haram leader, Ibrahim Bakoura, also known as Abu Oumaima, during a military operation in the country’s Diffa region. Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN), disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday, saying the operation was carried out on Aug. 15 through…
Muslim Mohammed Yusuf, the young son of the founder of the most dreaded terrorist group in West Africa has been arrested. Yusuf was said to have been leading a jihadist cell when he was captured alongside four suspected members in Chad. His father Mohammed Yusuf was executed in Maiduguri on July 30, 2009, after he…
A top Boko Haram commander (Amir Fiya), Abu Nasr,, who led an aborted attack in Rann, the headquarters of the KalaKala Balge local government area of Borno state, was among those killed. Investigation and sources have revealed. Recall that troopsof the North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ have successfully repelled an attack carried…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and local hunters, have neutralised 24 Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents in a series of coordinated ambushes and clearance operations conducted across parts of Borno and Adamawa States between July 4 and July 9. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that…
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar has explained why the Nigerian armed forces are finding it difficult to fight and defeat Boko Haram/Islamic States West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists. Abubakar who was speaking with Defence Correspondents said this was because the insurgents are not waging war against the armed forces but against…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have recorded significant successes in recent operations against Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents in Borno State. According to a statement on the Nigerian Army’s X handle, on May 21, 2025, troops intercepted a group of terrorists attempting to loot food supplies…
Troops of the 7 Division/Sector 1 of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed five Boko Haram terrorists during a successful ambush in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The operation, which took place on Thursday morning, was made public by counterinsurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola…
Boko Haram jihadists killed over 17 fishermen and farmers in Malam Karanti village near Baga, Kukawa Local Government, Borno State, ‘for supporting Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP’. The terrorists kidnapped many more, sources say, with the death toll expected to rise. It was just the latest attack on civilians in the region’s long-running insurgency….