The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has explained why the fight against the Boko Haram terrorist groups has lasted for 16 years. The group began sophisticated attacks, initially against soft targets, but progressed in 2011 to include suicide bombings of police buildings and the United Nations office in Abuja. The … Read more
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has lamented that the fight against Boko Haram is a very difficult operation. He stated that that it is impossible for the terrorists to have survived for 16 years without adequate funding from certain individuals. Musa lamented that the Nigerian Army is up against people who have … Read more
Notorious bandit leader Dogo Gide has reportedly killed 20 Boko Haram fighters from the Sadiku faction in a fierce supremacy battle in the North-West. Gide, who also seized a cache of weapons during the clash, made his victory claim in a video that has since circulated online. The video shows Gide addressing his rivals and … Read more
A yet-to-be-determined number of individuals, including a mother and her child, have lost their lives following a vehicle’s collision with an improvised explosive device (IED) reportedly planted by the Islamic State-affiliated faction of Boko Haram, known as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Henzodaily learnt that numerous others suffered varying degrees of injuries, while … Read more
The Federal Government has successfully prosecuted and convicted over 100 individuals for financing terrorism in the last two years, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu revealed on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Financing of Terrorism, and Proliferation (AML/CFT/CPF) Summit in Abuja, Tinubu, represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation … Read more
Details about the Department of State Services (DSS) operations that led to the arrest of 10 suspected Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) members in Ilesa, Osun State, have emerged. The raid occurred at an old bungalow near St. Mary Catholic Church in the Ifofin and Ogbon Idio areas of Ilesa-East Local Government Area, … Read more
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for a united front against activities of criminal elements in the country. Henzodaily reported that Boko Haram terrorist group on Sunday attacked the agricultural community of Kayakura village, located within the Doron Baga ward, resulting in numerous deaths and many missing. According to Amnesty … Read more
The Southern Borno Senatorial District continues to reel from a series of Boko Haram attacks, with the latest assault reported in Yimirmugza village in Chibok. Henzodaily reports that this follows earlier attacks in Damboa and other communities in the region, which have left dozens dead and properties destroyed. The terrorists targeted Bamzir, Njilang, and Shikarkir … Read more
Uncertainty looms as an unspecified number of Nigerian military personnel and civilians remain missing following a deadly ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Baga, a community at the fringes of Lake Chad. Military sources disclosed that the ambush occurred during a mission to recover the bodies of 40 residents killed in an earlier Boko Haram … Read more
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly killed no fewer than 40 farmers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. This is just as The governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, while condemning the attack which was allegedly hatched on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, also disclosed that the whereabouts of many who escaped the … Read more