Tag Archives: ISWAP

The Principal Medical Director of Gubio General Hospital, Borno State, Dr. Geidam Bulama, who was abducted March 2022 by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), has been released.   Bulama was abducted last year, when ISWAP attacked Gubio Local Government Area which is about 70kms from Maiduguri.  …

13 suspected logistics suppliers of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been arrested by troops of 29 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai.    Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the suspects were arrested during a raid by the troops and …

Boko Haram fighters have reportedly killed 35 members of the Islamic State of West African Province following a fierce fight that ensued between them at the Lake Chad region.   A source told Punch that the clash followed a series of intensive attacks by Boko Haram combatants led by five of the group’s commanders, …

Soldiers and civilians have reportedly been killed by ISWAP terrorists who attacked an army base and a town in Borno.    Eyewitnesses told AFP that the terrorists who drove trucks fitted with machine guns, stormed Malam Fatori town, in Abadam district, late Friday and early Saturday November 19.   A military officer said; …

Following the planned redesign of the Naira, the Shura Council of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has banned Naira as a means of transaction for the illegal tax it collects from peasant farmers and fishermen.   Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the …

Members of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group have dumped the use of naira for the collection of ransom and dues, fresh reports indicate. It is understood that the terrorists have now adopted the use of the West African CFA Francs so as to bypass …

Troops have arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Kaduna state.    Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region said the suspect who was identified as Nasiru Mohammed,  allegedly provides secret shelter for the terrorists escaping from the north-east.   The shelter helps …

Scores of terrorists suspected to be Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) fighters have been neutralized by the Nigerian troops after a failed attempt to free their leaders in a concentration camp located in New Bussa, Niger State. According to PRNigeria, a defence intelligence source revealed that the military …

The Zamfara State Government has said that members of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) have been setting up camps around Mutu village in Mada District, Gusau Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman Committee on Prosecution of Banditry-Related Offences, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, made the disclosure during …

At least two worshippers were shot dead while three others were injured… The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a franchise of the Islamic State (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for an attack on a church in Kogi State.