A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday.The invasion of the bandits in the community also led to the abduction of a medical doctor and 16 others.A source told the Naijacrawl that the bandits came to the community around 10pm on motorcycles, shooting sporadically to scare the residents before abducting t...

The top commander of the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) has surrendered to the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) following sustained joint operations on the fringes of Lake Chad.On Saturday, Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad, disclosed this on his Twitter handle.Makama gathered that Mani, who was from Diffa in the Niger Republic, surrendered to troops of the task force in Damasak and...

The former Battalion Commanding Officer who led the fight against Boko Haram in Northeastern Nigeria, Major U.J. Undianyede, is said to have committed suicide.According to the Daily Trust, the senior military officer killed himself less than 72 hours before the verdict of a court-martial trying him for alleged military infractions during the war against the terrorists.He was said to have killed himself on Monday, on the premises of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA)...