The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola said the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) are responsible for the attack on St Francis Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. Aregbesola disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided …
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Supremacy: Boko Haram Executes 10 ISWAP Commanders, Vows To ‘Eliminate All ISWAP’
At least 10 terrorists of the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP), including top Commanders, were executed by its affiliates, Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad faction of Boko Haram in the North East of Lake Chad, a counter-insurgency expert who closely follows Boko Haram activities in the North East, …
Read More »ISWAP Ambushed Military Convoy In Borno, Killed 19 Troops
Islamic State-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy, killing 15 soldiers and four militia fighters in the northeastern state of Borno, security sources said Saturday. The convoy came under heavy attack from Islamic State West Africa Province fighters near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday, the sources said. The …
Read More »10 Nigerian troops killed, 12 missing, others injured in fresh Boko Haram Ambush
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram fighters in restive northeast Nigeria, military sources said Thursday. Another 12 soldiers were missing after a column of troops on patrol was ambushed by the jihadists on Wednesday in Damboa district …
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