Borno state

The operation, carried out by the Air Component of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI, targeted Badu Village, south of Gudumbali in Guzamala Local Government Area, on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

Nigeria’s security forces are confronting renewed attacks by terrorists and armed bandits in parts of the North, with troops recording a major battlefield success against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State while communities in Sokoto State came under attack from armed bandits.

The attack occurred on Thursday as Gubio and members of his entourage were returning to Maiduguri after a thank-you visit to Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area in northern Borno.

Security operatives arrest suspected Boko Haram intelligence operative linked to the recent Cross Kauwa attack and multiple kidnappings in Monguno, Borno State. Suspect allegedly confesses to working for a notorious Boko Haram commander, collecting levies and identifying residents...

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI arrested a 32-year-old Sudanese national suspected of being a foreign terrorist fighter and collaborator during an intelligence-driven counter-terrorism operation in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Soldiers also apprehended a 36-year-old woman...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Borno State was the destination, but it was also the question. For three days, inside a room filled with district heads, local chiefs, government stakeholders, human-rights defenders and community representatives from Borno and Adamawa States,...

July 10 (THEWILL) — Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intercepted a Chadian woman allegedly transporting illicit drugs, alcohol, and other prohibited substances to terrorists operating in the Lake Chad Islands, dealing what the military described as another significant...

July 2 (THEWILL) — Two soldiers and a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed in action after troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, repelled a coordinated night attack by suspected...

June 29 (THEWILL) — A soldier and a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed while troops of Operation HADIN KAI rescued 10 National Examinations Council (NECO) candidates and teachers abducted during Monday's attack by suspected...

June 29 (THEWILL) — Relief came to families in Lassa community, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, on Monday after security operatives rescued seven students who were abducted by suspected terrorists during an attack on Lassa Day Secondary...