Troops of the Nigerian Army under the Joint Task Force in the North West, Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) has rescued 35 kidnapped victims in Katsina state.
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The deadly clashes between Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist groups are not abating any time soon as both sides are devising means of undoing each other.
The Nigerian Air force’s component of the Operation Whirl Punch, has eliminated 30 terrorists in an air strike along the Kuriiga-Kampanin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.
A clash between soldiers and gunmen in two villages of Mangu local government area of Plateau state, on Saturday morning, has reportedly left many killed.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, and allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance, as non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the Northern parts of Nigeria.
Thirty persons reportedly died from gunmen attacks in the early hours of Wednesday, in Kwahaslalek village of Mangu local government area of Plateau state.
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has deployed 54 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to police commands and zones nationwide.
Persistent crisis in Mangu local government has forced the Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to declare a 24-hour curfew in the area with immediate effect.
The kidnappers of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family, one of who was killed in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have regained their freedom on Saturday night.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three kidnappers, and 13 other suspects in Bwari Area Council of the Territory.