Nigerian Troops At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria late Sunday, two military sources told AFP. Additionally, an air force spokesman said a helicopter rescuing the wounded crashed on Monday morning in the area, where the army is fighting criminal groups, without specifying whether the crew and passengers had survived. The two military officers asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak on the incident while military authorities were not available for comment. “We lost 23 soldiers, including three officers, and three Civilians JTF (vigilantes) in the encounter while eight soldiers were injured,” said the first source, following “a serious fight” along the Zungeru-Tegina highway. A second officer gave the same toll and said the bandits also suffered “heavy casualties”. He also said that communication had been lost with an air force helicopter dispatched to evacuate the casual...

ALieutenant Colonel of the Nigerian Army, N.B. Ahmed has been abducted following an ambush on a military convoy by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. WEXERES NEWS gathered that the senior military officer was abducted along Tsafe (Zamfara)/Funtua (Katsina) road on Friday, January 6. The abducted officer is the new commanding officer of the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto. “Our new boss who resumed on Friday was attacked while being escorted to Kano. He was taken away by the gunmen,” a military source told SaharaReporters. A military signal exclusively obtained by WEXERES NEWS also confirmed the incident. The signal was however silent on others travelling with Ahmed. It read, “TEXT: SP SITREP ON KIDNAPPED OF SNR OFFR. LT COL NB AHMED (N/12022). A/N SNR OFFR WAS KIDNAPED ALONG TSAFE/FUNTUA RD ON 06 JAN 23 AT ABOUT 2000HRS WHILE TRAVELING TO KANO FOR WEEKEND. THE SNR OFFR JUST TAKES OVER COMD OF 8 BOD AS A CO ON THE SAME DATE. THIS IS FOR YOUR INFO AND NEC ACTION. PSE ACCEPT FOR A...

Police personnel along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway helped Nigerian man with flat tyre despite the heavy rainfall.

  President Muhammadu Buhari Suspected terrorists laid ambush on the personnel of the Elite Guards Brigade at the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The troops were said to have been ambushed during a patrol in the area. Three of the personnel were said to have been injured during the attack and are currently receiving medical attention. A military source told our correspondent that the attack happened while the troops were on patrol. The source added that the troops engaged them and successfully repelled the attack. The source said, “The troops of the elite Guards Brigade were ambushed along Bwari-Kubwa road. But the ambush was forcefully repelled by the Brigade of Guards troops. “The troops were on routine patrol of the area when they were attacked. However, three soldiers were wounded in the attack and they are already being treated at a military hospital in Abuja. The attack happening within the area of Bwari showed that the terrorists are actually within the ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday released the names and images of inmates with cases of terrorism who escaped from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in Abuja. WEXERES reports that the inmates escaped the correctional centre on Tuesday night after members of the Islamic for West Africa Province attacked the facility. “If you see any of these people, or have useful information which may lead to their recapture, please call 07000099999, 09060004598 or 08075050006 or Any Law Enforcement Agency nearest to you. We guarantee to keep your information anonymous,” the NCoS said in a release on Friday. See the names below: 1. ABDULKAREEM MUSA 2. ABDUSALAMI ADAMU 3. ABUBAKAR ABDULRAHMAN HABIBU 4. ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SADIQ 5. ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED 6. ABUBAKAR YUSUF 7. ADAM LAWAL MUHAMMAD 8. AKIBU MUSA DANJUMA 9. AMODU OMALE SALIHU 10. BELLO HARUNA 11. BILYAMINU USMAN 12. BUKAR ALI 13. IBRAHIM MOHAMMED 14. IKYA ABUR 15. ISMAIL IDRIS ABDULLAHI 16. MODU AJI 17. MOHAMMED SANI 18. MUSA ABUBAKAR 19. ...

 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said his government would do everything possible to ensure the return of those abducted in an attack on a mining site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. This was as he described the attack as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not be allowed to go unpunished. In a statement signed on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President also paid tributes to the military personnel who lost their lives repelling the attack saying their effort will not be in vain. The statement is titled ‘President Buhari: Attack on Shiroro is an attack on Nigeria herself. it will not go unpunished.’ WEXERES reports that gunmen believed to be terrorists killed over 43 persons including 30 soldiers and seven mobile police personnel in the attack on Wednesday. According to residents, several Chinese and Nigerian nationals were also abducted. Reacting to the incident, Buhari said, “We...