By Fredrick Nwabufo “THE PRECISION strikes, coupled with enhanced battlefield awareness provided by the theatre’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets, gave troops additional leverage and impetus to respond with overwhelming and lethal force,” — Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Spokesperson of the Joint Tas...
By Olukorede Yishau  TERRORISM IN Nigeria did not begin yesterday or even the day before. Its roots run deeper, dating back to the early 2000s when Boko Haram emerged in the country’s Northeast. What began as a small, fringe sect railing against Western education and government institutions soon mutated into a hydra-headed monster that has [&...
By Olufemi Soneye When a Canadian federal court recently declared Nigeria’s two largest political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organizations under Canadian law, it wasn’t just an immigration decision. It was a political earthquake with consequences that could...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter SMOKE AND screams filled the air as a powerful bomb exploded inside a church in central Damascus, leaving at least 20 people dead and 52 wounded in Syria’s first major suicide attack since the fall of the Assad regime. The attack targeted the Saint Elias church in the Dwelaa district […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLAIMS BY Niger Republic’s military leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, suggesting a conspiracy between Nigeria and France to destabilise his country, have been categorically denied by the Federal Government of Nigeria. These allegations, made in a viral video, have been dismissed as baseless and...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNM Reporter A NEW National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, whose office is under the National Security Adviser, was appointed on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu. The presidential spokeswoman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced that Mr. Adamu Laka, as the new appointee, was charged with “effectively remo...
