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ISWAP Shows Signs of Fracturing After Al-Minuki Raid

Global UpfrontJul 3, 2026July 3, 20260

Burnt vehicles allegedly belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State. AFP/GETTY IMAGES

DSS Releases, Compensates Man Wrongfully Arrested Over Alleged Links With Boko Haram

Global UpfrontJun 27, 2026June 27, 20260

Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a man wrongfully linked to Boko Haram terrorists.

40 ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram Terrorists Shortlisted For 2026 Nigerian Army Recruitment Undergo Medicals In Borno

Global UpfrontJun 25, 2026June 25, 20260

At least 40 “repentant” Boko Haram insurgents have been shortlisted for the Nigerian Army’s 91st Regular Recruits Intake (RRI 91), multiple security sources familiar with

What Nigeria’s Security Failures Teach Africa

Global UpfrontJun 22, 2026June 22, 20260

By Fatima Mohammed Habib For more than a decade, Nigeria’s security landscape has been defined by shifting forms of violence that rarely disappear; they only

Boko Haram, ISWAP Fight To Control Lake Chad

Global UpfrontJun 19, 2026June 19, 20260

Terrorists on Lake Chad waters

Lake Chad Basin: MNJTF Must Evolve To Contain Terror Threat

Global UpfrontJun 12, 2026June 12, 20260

By ADF Boko Haram fighters killed nearly two dozen Soldiers in early May when they attacked a Chadian military base on an island in Lake

Tinubu Should Resign Immediately

Global UpfrontJun 10, 2026June 10, 20260

By Promise Adiele PhD In the title of this essay, I have dutifully borrowed a leaf from President Bola Tinubu, who, on November 6, 2014,

‘We Are Being Tagged Bandits, Boko Haram,’ Northerners In South-West Cry Out

Global UpfrontJun 8, 2026June 8, 20260

Some northerners residing in South-West states have decried what they describe as increasing harassment, profiling and discrimination amid heightened security concerns in parts of the

Sunday Igboho’s Iru Ekun As Sòbìà, The Guinea Worm

Global UpfrontJun 7, 2026June 7, 20260

By Festus Adedayo, June 7, 2026 Make no mistake about it: Yorubaland is encircled by terrorists. And Nigeria is today as sour as vinegar. The president’s birthplace

Boko Haram Invades Borno Army Base, Kills, Beheads 8 Soldiers In Early Morning Attack

Global UpfrontJun 5, 2026June 5, 20260

Boko Haram terrorists in the early morning of Friday invaded a Nigerian Army base in Mandara-Girau, along the Mandara–Buratai Road in Biu Local Government Area