A top commander of the Boko Haram terror group and 10 other terrorists were killed during a night raid in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, which has long been plagued by insurgency, the military said in a statement on Sunday. The Boko Haram commander, identified as Abu Khalid, wasContinue Reading
Ghana has received a Nigerian military aircraft and 11 personnel released by the authorities of Burkina Faso, the Ghanaian presidency said in a statement early Saturday. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, special envoy of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama to the Alliance of Sahel States, who received the aircraft and the personnel,Continue Reading
Several top commanders and fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were killed in a series of airstrikes launched by the Nigerian military around the Lake Chad region, the armed forces said on Monday. Ehimen Ejodame, spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, said in a statement that theContinue Reading
