Terrorists in the north will come under more strikes following Thursday night’s collaborative operation by Nigeria and the United States on their locations in Sokoto State. Officials of both countries confirmed yesterday that the strikes are ongoing. A security source in Nigeria described the Thursday strikes as a test run. The New York Times quoted a US military official as saying that about a....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

Senator representing Sokoto south senatorial district, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged community leaders and residents to resist misinformation capable of fuelling tension following reports of a counterterrorism airstrike involving cooperation between Nigeria and the United States. In a statement issued on Friday, the former governor of Sokoto state said he had taken note of the reports and was engaging relevant security authorities to obtain full details surrounding the....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

The Federal Government has confirmed that precision airstrikes carried out against foreign Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist elements in Sokoto State were approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Friday night, disclosed that the operation was conducted in close coordination with the Government of the United States of America and successfully targeted two major ISIS enclaves located within the Bauni forest axis of....TAP TO CONTINUE READING