Terrorists

February 16, (THEWILL) - The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says it has recorded major successes in the fight against terrorism as Operation Nashrul Salam triggers more surrenders. The Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sallau Ali, disclosed this during a...

January 05, (THEWILL) - Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have neutralised 43 terrorists and arrested 115 others. Director Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major-General Edward Buba, disclosed this in a press issued on Friday Baba said during the ambushes, raids, fighting...

December 25, (THEWILL) - The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Bala Abubakar, has said that the fight against insurgents in the last six months has witnessed laudable progress, saying the troops must fight to finish the...

November 09, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian military troops have neutralised 113 terrorists and arrested 300 other criminal elements in the last two weeks. The troops also arrested 25 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 91 kidnapped hostages while denying oil...

November 03, (THEWILL) – SA Joint security operation by troops of the Nigerian Army and officers of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, foiled a planned attack by insurgents on Kano State. In a statement on Friday, Brigadier...

June 23, (THEWILL) - Air Vice Marshal, Hassan Abubakar, has assumed command as the 22nd Chief of Air Staff in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the appointment of AVM Abubakar as acting Chief of Air Staff after...

May 16, (THEWILL) - The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said the defeat of insurgency, banditry and other acts of criminality, remained his top priority. Yahaya, who was represented by the Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj....

For an appreciable period during the currency swap from February to April, there was a drastic reduction in crime across the country. Pickpockets went on recess. Burglars didn’t dare break into houses because there was nothing to steal. Bandits...

May 04, (THEWILL) - The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops operating in the North-East and North-West have neutralised 65 terrorists and arrested 63 logistics suppliers and informants, while 135 civilians were rescued from terrorists’ den in two weeks. Director,...

April 30, (THEWILL) - Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Sunday, neutralised three bandits in an ambush at Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in...