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“Our people are scampering for safety, even as two schools (primary and day secondary school) are on fire”
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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have secured the surrender of two suspected senior members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), including a bomb-making specialist believed to possess critical knowledge of the group’s operational structure, explosives network and logistics chain.
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The report stated that the two terrorists, identified as Ismail Mohammed and Abu Umar, surrendered to troops of the 159 Battalion in Geidam on June 8.
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The global war against terrorism is entering a new phase, and Africa has become its central battlefield following recent happenings
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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have recorded fresh successes in ongoing counter-terrorism operations across Nigeria’s North-East, arresting suspected terrorist collaborators, disrupting logistics supply networks, recovering weapons and ammunition, and sustaining pressure on insurgent groups operating in the region. The
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The growing security partnership between Nigeria and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has recorded another major success following the elimination of 21 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a precision strike carried out in Arege, Borno State.
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“That was a case of mistaken identity arising from fog-of-war conditions. Birnin Gwari was never his area of operations”
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This is coming barely a few hours after joint US forces and the Nigerian Army executed one of the top ISWAP commanders operating in the Lake Chad region.
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Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) have killed at least 20 members of Boko Haram/ISWAP, including a senior commander identified as Abu Yusu, the Munzir of Dursula, during a series of coordinated attacks on Goniri community in Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State.
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