The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said the fatality figures during the Christmas Eve attack in nearly 30 villages in Plateau State could have been more, but the military kept the killer mercenaries at bay. Edward Buba, Defense Headquarters spokesperson, told the press on Friday that over 100 killer mercenaries overran the communities simultaneously as the military received 36 distress calls from defenceless villagers. He said the distress calls reported a series of coordinated attacks by...

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) jihadists blew up three power transmission towers on Thursday morning, the second explosion in a week. An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, simply identified as Nurudeen was killed in the fatal explosion. Nurudeen reportedly stepped on an explosive at the scene of the vandalised towers. The destroyed electrical transmission towers are along the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, confirmed...