Tag Archives: Troops

A “repentant Boko Haram fighter”, Ba’ana Bdiya has been arrested over a bomb attack that led to the deaths of some soldiers.   Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the suspect also known as ‘Manci’ was arrested by troops of Operation Hadin Kai for …

Over 60 terrorists suspected to be members of Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), have met their waterloo after attempting to infiltrate the army base serving as collation center for last weekend’s governorship and State Assembly elections in Borno state.    Vanguard reported that the terrorists invaded Mafa town hours …

In Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pledges continued US troop presence in fight against ISIL. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced trip to Iraq, during which he said the United States is committed to keeping its military presence in the country and continuing the fight …

The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Punch have arrested one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022 terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train.    The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, …

A combined team of troops of the Nigerian Army and Navy have neutralized seven bandits during clearance operations in the Kasso general area of Chikun LGA, Kaduna State.     The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made this known in a statement on Friday, …

Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed enormous resources to holding Bakhmut, a coal-mining town that has acquired emblematic importance to both sides. Russian troops have been launching probing attacks on a wide front in Donetsk, half of …

  Troops of One Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army have dislodged bandits and rescued 30 kidnapped victims in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.      The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Musa Yahaya, in a statement said the troops engaged the bandits who were …

  Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, have killed dozens of terrorists and captured more than 40 in recent operations in the Lake Chad Basin.   The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, February 1, in …

Russian forces are ratcheting up pressure on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, pouring in waves of fighters to break Ukraine’s resistance and targeting supply lines in a bloody campaign aimed at securing Moscow’s first significant battlefield victory in months. Eleven months after Moscow launched its invasion, Bakhmut and the …

CNN  —  The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French troops from the country, according to the government press agency Agence d’Information du Burkina (AIB). France has exactly one month to remove its troops from Burkina Faso, according to the terms of the 2018 agreement, AIB …