boko haram

The Digest: The Nigerian military has confirmed an attack on a military base in Goniri, Yobe State, by ISWAP terrorists, stating troops successfully repelled the assault. Army spokesperson Sani Uba said troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI, contained coordinated attacks...

The Digest: Nigerian troops have reportedly recaptured a military formation in Ngoshe, Borno village seized by terrorists who killed many residents and abducted dozens, including women and children. The operation, carried out in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and...

The Digest: Boko Haram terrorists have overrun another military base in Borno State, killing the commanding officer and other officers in an attack on Kukawa Local Government Area in the early hours of Monday. Sources revealed insurgents stormed the town from multiple directions around 12:30...

The Digest: The Nigerian Army has dismissed as "exaggerated and misleading" media reports that 40 soldiers died in recent Boko Haram attacks on Borno communities. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, media information officer for Operation HADIN KAI, confirmed that troops successfully...

The Digest: Boko Haram terrorists have claimed responsibility for Wednesday's deadly attack on a military base in Ngoshe, Gwoza LGA of Borno State, vowing to hold Eid-el-fitr prayers at the town's central mosque which they have taken over. In a video reviewed by Daily Trust, five young men...

The Digest: Boko Haram insurgents have killed Forward Operations Base commander Major IU Mairiga, three soldiers, and a hunter during a night attack on Mayanti in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources revealed that Major Mairiga fought bravely, neutralizing several...

The Digest: The government of President Bola Tinubu allegedly paid a ransom of approximately N10 billion and released two top Boko Haram commanders to secure the release of over 230 pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary's Catholic School in Niger State last November, according to an AFP...

The Digest: Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume has asserted that many terrorists responsible for killing Nigerians are foreign nationals who infiltrated through the country's porous borders. Speaking at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) plenary in...

The Digest: Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have intercepted and set ablaze three trucks loaded with fish at Mile-forty area of Magumeri Local Government Area in Borno State. The attack occurred around 1:00 p.m. on Thursday as drivers transported fish to Maiduguri. A security source confirmed all...

The Digest: Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, in coordination with local vigilantes and hunters, have neutralised a former hybrid Boko Haram commander, Abdullahi Mafa, in the Madagali area of Zamfara State. In a separate operation, troops arrested a suspected drone and logistics supplier for the...

The Digest: The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of ties to Boko Haram, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and cybercrime. The action, contained in a 3,000-page document dated February 10 from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 21 people in fresh attacks on villages in Borgu and Agwara local government areas of Niger State, according to security sources. Security reporter Comrade Zakari Y. Adamu Kontogora reported on Facebook that the attackers moved from...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have released a disturbing video parading 176 abducted victims, including women, children, and a nursing mother, allegedly seized from Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara State. In the footage obtained by Sahara Reporters, a...

The Digest: The United Nations has listed Nigeria among countries with the highest cases of child recruitment by armed groups, ahead of the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers on February 12. UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, told UN...

The Digest: Pope Leo XIV has expressed sorrow over deadly attacks in Nigeria's Kwara State that killed more than 160 people. Assailants linked to a Boko Haram faction struck Woro and Nuku villages for over ten hours on February 3-4 with little security resistance. Eyewitnesses reported that a...

The Digest: The village head of Woro in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Salihu Umar, has revealed that Boko Haram terrorists sent a letter to the community three weeks before Tuesday’s deadly attack. Umar stated that he forwarded the letter to the Kaiama Emirate and the State...

The Digest: The Nigerian military has announced a breakthrough with the elimination of Abu Khalid, a high-ranking commander identified as the second-in-command of Boko Haram terrorists in the Sambisa Forest. According to military sources, Khalid was a key figure in the group's command...

The Digest: Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a 65-year-old woman, Hauwa Abulazeez, for allegedly supplying drugs to Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria's North-East. She was apprehended in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on January 23, 2026, following credible...

The Digest: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into a military convoy in the Timbuktu Triangle area of Borno State on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, killing five soldiers and wounding an unspecified number of troops. According to Daily Trust, the attack occurred as troops...

The Digest: The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has significantly expanded its drone capability and is preparing coordinated aerial attacks on military positions in Yobe and Borno. Key Points : ISWAP has acquired about 35 new drones transported via the Lake Chad corridor. The...