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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralised four senior leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State on 31 October 2026. Acting Media Information Officer Captain Mohammed Goni confirmed that joint ground forces and air support repelled a heavy night assault against military positions. The dead insurgents…
Nigerian military jets bombed an Islamic State West Africa Province enclave at Badu village south of Gudumbali in Borno State over the weekend, killing more than forty fighters alongside a senior field commander. Defence headquarters confirmed on Monday, 12 October, that the air component of Operation Hadin Kai launched the strike after surveillance spotted armed…
Nigerian military aircraft killed more than eighteen insurgents and smashed key supply depots during dawn raids across northern Borno on Friday, 11 September. The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai directed precision munitions against fortified camps at Tumbunma Baba within the marshy Lake Chad islands. Field reports confirmed that the raids destroyed several permanent structures,…
More than 150 insurgents, commanders, and auxiliary fighters surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State over the past seven days. The Joint Task Force North East confirmed the mass capitulation on Monday, 25 August 2026, through its acting military information officer, Captain Mohammed Goni. This tally marks a threefold jump from the…
Nigerian troops have repelled a brazen assault by Islamic State West Africa Province fighters on a military base in Borno State. Soldiers attached to Operation Hadin Kai held their ground during the firefight, killing several insurgents and seizing heavy weaponry. The failed attack in the Lake Chad basin reveals persistent militant ambitions to breach fortified…
Defence correspondents flown into Maiduguri this week to sit inside cockpits, night patrols and operations rooms of the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have become the first practical test of a Federal Government pledge made barely five weeks ago, when the Ministry of Defence told the Nigeria Union of Journalists that reporters would…
The killing of a retired general in captivity has pushed the Senate to draw a firm line against one of Nigeria’s longest-running counter-insurgency tools, with lawmakers demanding that captured terrorists be prosecuted rather than resettled, even as the Army announced the surrender of two senior Boko Haram commanders barely a day before the resolution….
Soldiers of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued 10 of the 11 National Examinations Council candidates and teachers abducted by suspected ISWAP fighters who stormed a school in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, while pupils sat for their examinations. The Acting Military Information Officer, Captain Mohammed Goni, said in a statement on…
A fresh group of top Islamic State West Africa Province commanders has surrendered to troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, in the latest sign that sustained military pressure is fracturing the insurgent group’s leadership across Borno State and the wider Lake Chad Basin. The Acting Media Information Officer of the…
Military forces have killed sixty Islamist fighters during an aggressive assault to rescue 360 abducted women and children in Borno State. Troops from Operation Hadin Kai executed a complex, multi-day clearing operation in the dense Mandara mountain range of the Gwoza Local Government Area. The army high command confirmed the decisive tactical breakthrough on Saturday…