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TWO recent kidnapping incidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and in Ekiti State underline the growing insecurity in South-West Nigeria. At the Ibadan, Oyo State end of the expressway, suspected Fulani bandits attacked travellers on October 27, abducting five persons and killing several others. Two days after, seven bandits struck Irinele-Ekiti, …

General Irabor addressed at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday at a ministerial briefing organized by the presidential communications team. “I can certify to you that Abu Musab is no longer alive. It’s that simple. “He is dead and will remain dead,” the CDS stated. Al-Barnawi was the son …

Top commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has agreed to work together in a jihad following a recent peace pact between the two groups. The negotiation occurred one month after Abubakar Shekau, former Boko Haram blew up himself during a violent confrontation with …

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters …

Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly caused the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, officially known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wa’l- Jihad (JAS) during a fierce battle between the rival groups in their Sambisa Forest hideouts on …

More than a hundred villagers in Marte, Borno state are being held as human shield by suspected members of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP). Military sources told a representative that the insurgents overran communities in the area, and while most of the villagers ran away for safety, …

Four policemen and seven villagers were killed on Tuesday when suspected members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked Bayamari in Yobe state. The insurgents were said to be fleeing from the Sambisa forest following recent onslaughts by the armed forces in the area. Dungus Abdulkarim, police …

The new leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, Lawan Abubakar, otherwise called Ba Lawan, is moving rapidly to consolidate his position, by executing five Shura council members (the supreme leadership council of the terrorist group) including the erstwhile leader of the group Abu Abdullahi Umar Al Barnawi, …