Umar Zakari News Today

Members of the National Assembly on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, are experiencing a tsunami at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal.

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says a total of 1,755 Boko Haram terrorists and their families surrendered to Nigerian troops at different locations in the North-East region of the country between July 28 and August 11, 2022. Among the number, it said 280 of them were male adults, 523 were female adults while 952 were their children.

Nigerian Military’s operation, code-named Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), has arrested some suspects for armed banditry and kidnapping in Kaduna, Plateau and Nasarawa states.  Bernard Onyeuko, Director of Defence Media Operations disclosed this in a statement on Friday.  He said the suspects were arrested in different local government areas within the three states. 

Troops of Operations Whirl Stroke and Safe Haven have captured seven terrorists and bandits and also rescued two kidnapped victims in different operations

Nigerian military says its troops arrest 7 terrorists, kidnappers in operations conducted recently across Plateau, Kaduna and Nasarawa States.

The DHQ says troops of operation Whirl Stroke have arrested several gunmen and recovered weapons in Nasarawa, Plateau and Kaduna states.