Tag: ISWAP Fighters
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ISWAP attacks Chibok, three persons feared killed
A traditional ruler’s son and two internally displaced persons hosted in Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State have been killed during an invasion of the village by fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP, on Friday. Locals who fled the village gave the name of the traditional ruler’s…
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ISWAP fighters attack military base in Borno, engage soldiers in gun duel
Suspects fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Saturday, November 13, 2021, attacked a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. According to Daily Trust, some civilians had sighted the fighters in a long convoy of gun trucks along Ngude axis towards Askira this morning before they attacked…
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Boko Haram leader, Shekau blows self up as ISWAP fighters capture Sambisa forest — Report
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has died, intelligence sources have indicated. TNG, however, has not independently verified his death. Nevertheless, according to the sources, the incident occurred on yesterday evening following alleged invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest area by a column of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters. ISWAP,…