The Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive airstrikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest area of Zamfara State. According to the statement released on Thursday 17th September 2020, by Major General John Enenche who is the Coordinator Defence Media…
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, has lauded the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant – General Tukur Yusuf Buratai for his relentless efforts to defeat terrorism as well as other forms of criminality bedevilling the nation. The Nigerian Army in a statement released on Thursday 3rd September 2020, said the…
The Nigerian Military under Operation Sahel Sanity, have scored yet another point against bandits in the Northern part of Nigeria, as they continue the quest towards riding the North-West zone of banditry and other criminalities. The Military in a statement released on Monday 31st August 2020, by Brigadier General Benard…
The Nigerian Military, has scored yet another point against armed bandits in the North, as the Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE neutralized several armed bandits at their camp in the Kuduru Forest area of Kaduna State. The Nigerian Military in a statement released on Saturday 15th August 2020, by…
The Presidency has blamed the worsening security problems in Southern Kaduna on revenge killings, saying that the insecurity challenges in this area of Kaduna state, is more complicated than many people are willing to admit. The Presidency, in a statement released on Tuesday 21st July 2020, by Malam Garba Shehu,…
The Nigerian military has yet again, recorded another victory against the dreaded Boko Haram group, as troops of the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole in a massive airstrike, destroyed terrorists’ camp in Borno and neutralising scores in the process. According to the statement released on Thursday 16th July…
The Nigerian military in continuation of the operational mandate to stamp banditry and untoward activities out of North-West zone of the country, troops of Operation Sahel Sanity on 14 July 2020, neutralised 6 armed bandits. This was made known in a statement released on Wednesday 15th July 2020, by the…
The Nigerian troops under Operation WHIRL STROKE have neutralised notorious armed bandits in a village called Arufu in Taraba State. The killing of the notorious armed bandits comes, following the continuation of aggressive clearance operation by troops who have continued to record significant successes against criminal elements. According to the…
The Nigerian troops of Operation Thunder Strike, a subsidiary of operation Accord, has rescued three persons who were reported to have been kidnapped by bandits in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, . According to the report by the military, the successful operation was a sequel to credible intelligence on the…
The Nigerian troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, who are operating under Operation ACCORD and deployed at Gbise in Katsina-Ala LGA in Benue State and Sector 4 in Taraba State, conducted a joint commando raid operation in the early hours of 29 June 2020 at Rafin Kada in Wukari LGA and…
As part of efforts on the fight against banditry and ensure lasting peace and security in Katsina State and the North West, the Emir of Daura applauds the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen TY Buratai who was at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Daura in Katsina State on…
Troops of Operation THUNDER STRIKE under the auspices of the ongoing Operation ACCORD have foiled an attempted kidnap of passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway by armed bandits. The attempt to kidnap passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway happened on Thursday, according to the statement released on Friday 26th June 2020, by…
The Nigerian Airforce, following the recent massive deployment of air assets and ground support equipment to reinforce internal security operations against armed bandits, cattle rustlers, kidnappers and other criminal elements in the North West and North Central parts of the country, is set to build an apron, hangar and aircraft…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has met with the country’s Service Chiefs and Heads of Security and Intelligence Agencies to deliberate on the current security situation in some parts of the country. According to the statement released by the Defence Headquarters’ Coordinator of Defence Media Operations…
The Nigerian Military Air Task Force is clearly not slowing down in their continued bombardment on targets/locations harbouring Boko Haram terrorists and other bandits element in the North East and other parts of the country, as they recorded yet another victory against the group. The Nigerian Military according to the…
Kaduna State Government, reacting to the renewed killings in some part of the State over farmland, has announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Local Government Areas that recorded violent conflicts. The 24-hour curfew which the government says takes an immediate effect, was imposed on Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon…
The Nigerian Army has released a statement saying that its troops will track down and neutralise Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, and Bandits over the recent attacks in Borno, Sokoto, and Katsina and other States in Nigeria. The statement to track down these suspected terrorists and Bandits in these states mentioned above,…
Armed bandits have raided five villages in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State killing at least 40 people. The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah confirmed the attacks in the five villages, where he confirmed that 20 died in one of the villages, while…
The camps of bandits have been destroyed at Kwayanbana Forest in Zamfara state. The operations at Kwayanbana Forest in Zamfara state, was confirmed in a statement released by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche on Tuesday in Abuja. He noted that intelligence report shows that the caves in…
A few days after assuring Nigerians of the commitment of his administration to more decisive anti-insurgency operations targeted at bandits in some states in the North, and restore a sense of lasting peace, President Muhammad Buhari on Monday 8th June 2020, received the Cheif of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur…