Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), North East Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 74 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from a possible abduction by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Borno State. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the corps members’ vehicles broke down near a notorious kidnapping…
The ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise has turned into an unfortunate encounter as over 40 people heading home in a bus after their registration exercise were abducted at gunpoint. The incident happened along the Dekina-Ajiyolo-Anyigba road at about 6 pm on Friday, the 7th of November 2025. The victims were mostly residents of Abocho…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation MESA, under the Nigerian Army’s 3 Brigade, have stopped an attack on some villages in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, killing 19 armed bandits in the process. According to the Army, the operation happened on Saturday evening, November 1, after soldiers received intelligence that gunmen were…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 10 ISWAP terrorists and recovered a cache of weapons and equipment in a successful night ambush along the Gamboru–Dikwa–Marte axis of Borno State. The operation, according to the military, followed the neutralisation of over 50 insurgents in a previous encounter around the Katarko axis. Lt.-Col. Sani Uba, Media…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have killed more than 50 terrorists and repelled multiple coordinated attacks on military locations across Borno and Yobe States, in what has been described as the biggest blow against insurgents in 2025. The Nigerian military said the simultaneous attacks occurred between midnight and 0400 hours on Thursday when terrorists…
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have, in the last 24 hours, rescued no fewer than 23 kidnap victims, apprehended key terror collaborators and destroyed illegal oil refineries in different parts of the country. A credible source at Army Headquarters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that troops had sustained momentum in ongoing…
In yet another demonstration of tactical superiority and resilience, troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled a coordinated attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Ngamdu in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing 15 insurgents and uncovering their mass grave. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the attack…
A soldier and a police officer have been arrested in Borno State over alleged involvement in smuggling arms and logistics to Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East. The suspects were apprehended between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28 in intelligence led operations, a credible source at Army Headquarters revealed The source said the police officer…
Troops of the Nigerian Army intercepted a large cache of logistics supplies concealed in a trailer in Yobe State on Tuesday. In a statement shared by the Nigerian Army on Saturday, its Media Information Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, revealed that the consignment was reportedly billed for the Niger Republic, a move suggesting cross-border terrorist…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (north-east), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have reportedly killed eight Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno state. NAN quoted a military source as saying the encounter occurred early Monday near Garin Giwa along the Baga–Cross Kauwa Main Supply Route (MSR) as the insurgents attempted to disrupt military…
