TROOPS of the Nigerian military have killed over 70 suspected terrorists in counterinsurgency operations in the North-East region. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists about the operations of the military in the last two weeks. He said more than 140 terrorists were also arrested during the period, with several weapons including Improvised Explosive Devices recovered. According to the defence spokesman, over 500 members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to the military. “Troops equally neutralized 40 terrorists, and arrested 25 terrorists as well as…
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AS Journalists in Gombe State join their counterparts the world over to commemorate the world Press Freedom Day, today 3rd May, 2023, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has again charged the media practitioners to continue to uphold the ethics of their profession by promoting the ideals of democracy, justice, accountability, peace and unity. In a goodwill message, Governor Inuwa paid tribute to media practitioners in the state for their commitment in enlightening and sensitizing the citizenry on government policies and programmes as well as updating the general public on developments around the world through their reportage and editorial contents. While making…
THE Commandant of Zamfara State Anti-Thuggery Agency, Bello Bakyasuwa has escaped gunmen attack on his way to Kaduna from Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. In a statement signed and issued to newsmen on Tuesday, Bakyasuwa said he was attacked by the heavily armed men along Kaduna-Zaria Road on Thursday evening. Bakyasuwa, a retired soldier said, ”I narrowly escaped death, last Four days on my way to Kaduna along Funtua-Zaria. “I am currently on hospital bed, my life is in danger, I am facing incessant attacks by suspected sponsored gunmen.” Bakyasuwa stressed that when he left Gusau to Kaduna in his…
TROOPS of 114 Task Force Battalion, Bita in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state have rescued yet another abducted Chibok schoolgirl. Twenty-six years old Hauwa Maltha, serial number 2 in the abducted Chibok schoolgirls list since 14th April 2014, was rescued on April 21, 2023, along with her three-year-old baby by the troops during operations at Lagara. She is from the Kibaku tribe in Jila in Chibok LGA of Borno State. This is even as troops of Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, have arrested 19 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several weapons from their hideouts in the…
BANDITS have killed at least 40 villagers in Kebbi and Zamfara states during a dawn attack on Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that six mobile policemen were among the 36 victims killed at Dan Umaru in Zuru area of Kebbi State. Residents said the funeral of 27 people had taken place while several others sustained various degrees of injuries. Dozens have also been kidnapped and hundreds of cattle rustled during the attack on neighboring villages. In Zamfara State, three people were killed in Shinkafi village. The police authorities in the states had yet to make any official statement on the matter…
GUNMEN suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed one soldier and abducted one other, leaving behind a motorcycle the two soldiers used to convey themselves to Idadu Army camp, along Ibbabu-Idadu in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A military source, who pleaded for anonymity, told this newspaper that the deceased soldier was in mufti when his attackers ambushed him and kidnapped his colleague. According to the source, bandits always terrorise farmers, market men and women on market day at Ibbabu-Idadu, robbing them and in some cases the raping the women. Our correspondent also learnt that the late army…
NO fewer than 74 abducted persons from Wanzamai Village in Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State who were abducted by armed bandits have regained their freedom. A resident of the troubled village told News Point Nigeria that the bandits released the captives, killing two and keeping several others in captivity. The victims were reportedly brought to the village in vehicles, and were taken to a private hospital for medical treatment as many of them could not walk properly after their ordeal with the kidnappers. It was gathered that they were released after the payment of N6 million ransom…
CONTROVERSY continues to trail the Taraba State chapter of the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a new set of leadership has emerged. This comes after the recent expulsion of the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State David Sabo Kente and suspension of southern Taraba senator-elect David Jimkuta for alleged anti-party activities. The factional leadership has however set aside the sanctions meted out to the party members, asking security operatives to arrest the state party chairman Ibrahim Elsudi for impersonation. Meanwhile, the embattled Elsudi said he remains the chairman of the APC in…
TWO suspected notorious terrorists have been neutralized and their two AK 47 Rifles recovered by the Police in Katsina State. News Point Nigeria reports that, nemesis caught up with the suspects when they were on their way to commit their heinous mission of kidnapping a renown businessman in the state, and met their end. The incident occurred on Thursday at about noon after credible intelligence was received by the State Police Command’s Anti Kidnapping Unit (AKU) who had been tracking and intercepting messages by the notorious gang of kidnappers. In the course of scanning the scene after a shoot-out between…
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the chief security detail to Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, over alleged molestation of electoral officials as well as a senior security officer. A mob had broken into Green City Hotel in Yola and dragged some officials from their rooms following the controversial declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani, as governor-elect by the now suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari. A video which went viral on social media show an aged man identified as Professor Zuru, one of…
THE District Head of Kasuwar Daji under Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Sarkin Fada, has been abducted by armed bandits in his residence in the early hours of today, Thursday. The bandits who stormed the Kasuwar Daji community in their large numbers, are said to have moved straight to the village head’s house where they abducted him to an unknown destination. Residents said the bandits fired several gunshots in order to frighten those within the village who wanted to rescue their chief. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, CSP Mohammed Shehu confirmed the abduction to News Point…
THE Islamic State of the West African Province has reportedly abducted three humanitarian workers and two security guards of Family Health International in Borno State. The terrorists, in their numbers, stormed the guest house of the NGO “in a silent operation at about 4 a.m on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, and whisked them away to an unknown destination,” Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region reports. The NGO, FHI 360, is a US-based nonprofit human development and non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people The publication added that there was no official…
FIVE Nigerian soldiers died after their vehicle hit a mine suspected to have been planted by Islamic State group-aligned terrorists near the border with Niger, security sources said Wednesday. The unit was on a routine patrol in Laayi village near the northeastern town of Damasak on Monday when they drove over a mine, two militia leaders told AFP. The soldiers set off an improvised explosive device suspected to have been planted by the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) group, militia leader Babakura Kolo said. The explosion “killed all five troops on board”, he said. The terrorists had attacked the village…
TROOPS of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have killed no fewer than five armed bandits during separate encounters in Zamfara State. News Point Nigeria exclusively gathered that the troops, while on regular routine patrol at Damri District of Bakura Local Government of Zamfara, had credible intelligence on bandits movement with large numbers of rustled cattle.’ The troops swiftly mobilised to their routes and a heavy gun battle occurred with armed bandits near Galadimai village in the Damri district under the Bakura Local Government Area of the state. After the encounter, three armed bandits were neutralised, while others fled with several gunshot…
TWO more Chibok schoolgirls who had remained in captivity were rescued last Sunday following massive troops operations in some parts of Sambisa forest. A reliable security officer at the 7 Div, Maimalari Cantonment who is not authorized to talk to the press confirmed the development to our Correspondent on Monday evening. This is even as the Nigerian troops of 21 Armored Brigade Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) Bama, have repelled an attack of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on the outskirts of the town in Borno. It was gathered that the terrorists stormed the town from the Sambisa…
APC Expels Governorship Aspirant, Senator-Elect In Taraba THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has expelled a governorship aspirant of the party in the just concluded 2023 general elections David Sabo Kente for alleged anti-party activities. The party has also suspended the Senator-elect for Taraba South District David Jimkuta for anti-party activities during the elections. At a press conference in Jalingo, the state capital, the chairman of the party Elsudi Ibrahim asked that Sabo-Kente stop parading himself as a member of the party and has recommended the Senator-elect to the national executive committee office for expulsion. Elsudi insists he…
TROOPS of Operation Hadarin Daji on Saturday neutralised seven terrorists, apprehended two others and destroyed several of their camps in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Madia Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Danmadami said the troops achieved the feat during an encounter with the bandits at Birnin Tsaba, Tsanu, Lamba, Gabas, Gidan Kaso, and Dumburum Forest in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. He said the troops recovered seven motorcycles, two empty AK 47 magazines and one Baofeng radio. According to him, following the arrest of a…
TWO years after the abduction of dozens of schoolgirls from Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, four of the remaining 11 girls in captivity have regained their freedom. News Point Nigeria reports that the four girls, Bilha Musa, Faiza Ahmed, Rahma Abdullahi and Hafsa Murtala were released by notorious bandit leader, Dogo Gide on Friday evening. “It took six days of negations in the forest before four of the girls were released to us,” Salim Kaoje told this newspaper on Saturday morning. “We have seven more still in captivity and two of the parents are still in the…
THE House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in Taraba State, Isma’ila Maihanchi, is dead. Maihanchi died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness at the age of 37. He won the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A source in the family told News Point Nigeria his remains would be laid to rest according to Islamic rites later in the day.
THE immediate past Governor of the Adamawa State, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has congratulated the Governor of the state, Rt Hon Umaru Fintiri on his re-election by the people of Adamawa to serve for another term in the just concluded elections. Bindow in a congratulatory message, issued and signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Bindow Support Group (BSG), Nuruddeen Kama, Wednesday, also praised the resilience and calmness of the people of the state. The former governor praised the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for preserving democracy in the state and the country at large. The former Governor also…