ISWAP

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.

Abdussamad Ohida, also known as Anwar, was killed alongside other ISWAP members during an intelligence-led operation by troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, at a forest hideout in Owo at the weekend.

Midnight assault collapses as Operation HADIN KAI troops unleash overwhelming firepower, forcing ISWAP fighters into a chaotic retreat after suffering heavy battlefield casualties. Military recovers weapons, ammunition, and communication gadgets, while surveillance footage captures retreating terrorists evacuating their...

Operation HADIN KAI records a major counter-insurgency breakthrough as a senior ISWAP finance operative responsible for managing the terrorist group's funding and logistics voluntarily surrenders to troops following sustained military offensives in the North-East. Fresh wave of defections...

June 26 (THEWILL) — Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have dismantled a roadblock mounted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, rescuing 53 civilians and...

June 11, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army has announced that two high-ranking commanders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), including a suspected Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) specialist, voluntarily surrendered to troops of Operation HADIN KAI...

May 24 (THEWILL) — Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have rescued 92 abducted civilians and neutralised a planned improvised explosive device (IED) ambush allegedly staged by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province...

May 18, (THEWILL) — The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), in collaboration with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has intensified coordinated military operations against Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East, recording the elimination of more than 20 ISIS/ISWAP fighters during...

May 17, (THEWILL) — The needless controversy trailing the reported elimination of Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki—also known as Abu-Mainok or Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, described as a senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has once again exposed the gulf...

May 12, (THEWILL) —The United States has raised fresh concerns over the growing activities of extremist groups across Africa, warning that Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) remain major drivers of the expansion of the...