Sambisa Forest Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/sambisa-forest/ Reporting Nigeria security Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:44:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://securitydigestng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Security-Digest-Favicon-32x32.png Sambisa Forest Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/sambisa-forest/ 32 32 From Sambisa to Kainji: how Boko Haram- Bandits- JNIM are driving a cross-regional terror alliance in Nigeria https://securitydigestng.com/2025/12/31/from-sambisa-to-kainji-how-boko-haram-bandits-jnim-are-driving-a-cross-regional-terror-alliance-in-nigeria/ https://securitydigestng.com/2025/12/31/from-sambisa-to-kainji-how-boko-haram-bandits-jnim-are-driving-a-cross-regional-terror-alliance-in-nigeria/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:44:42 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=21626 From Sambisa to Kainji: how Boko Haram- Bandits- JNIM are driving a cross-regional terror alliance in Nigeria By: Zagazola Makama Emerging security assessments identifying specific commanders, bomb-makers and facilitators point to a deepening, evidence-based pattern in which Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), organised bandit groups and Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) elements […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2025/12/31/from-sambisa-to-kainji-how-boko-haram-bandits-jnim-are-driving-a-cross-regional-terror-alliance-in-nigeria/feed/ 0 NAF precision strikes neutralise 20 terrorists in Sambisa Forest https://securitydigestng.com/2025/09/16/naf-precision-strikes-neutralise-20-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:14:11 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=21020 NAF precision strikes neutralise 20 terrorists in Sambisa Forest The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has neutralised more than 20 terrorists and destroyed a meeting point in Bula Madibale, Gezuwa general area of Sambisa forest in Bama LGA in Borno State. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the air interdiction was conducted on Sept. 15 […]

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]]> JUST IN: Troops uncover ISWAP underground armory in Sambisa Forest, recover cache of arms, ammunition https://securitydigestng.com/2023/05/14/just-in-troops-uncover-iswap-underground-armory-in-sambisa-forest-recover-cache-of-arms-ammunition/ https://securitydigestng.com/2023/05/14/just-in-troops-uncover-iswap-underground-armory-in-sambisa-forest-recover-cache-of-arms-ammunition/#respond Sun, 14 May 2023 13:46:27 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=19770 Troops uncover ISWAP underground armory in Sambisa Forest, recover cache of arms, ammunition The troops of 21 Armored Brigade Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) insurgents in Sambisa Forest, in Borno State. It was gathered […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2023/05/14/just-in-troops-uncover-iswap-underground-armory-in-sambisa-forest-recover-cache-of-arms-ammunition/feed/ 0 How Gallant Troops Overran Sambisa Forest, Capture Terrorists’ Stronghold – DHQ https://securitydigestng.com/2022/03/25/how-gallant-troops-overran/ https://securitydigestng.com/2022/03/25/how-gallant-troops-overran/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:12:02 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=18346 How Gallant troops overran Sambisa forest, capture terrorists’ stronghold Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has described how gallant troops of the Nigerian Army under the auspices of OPERATION HADIN KAI, in the North East, overran Boko Haram/ISWAP stronghold in Sambisa forest. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, in statement released to the press on Friday, […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2022/03/25/how-gallant-troops-overran/feed/ 0 How Nigerian troops killed 81 Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest axis https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/15/how-nigerian-troops-killed-81-boko-haram-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest-axis/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/15/how-nigerian-troops-killed-81-boko-haram-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest-axis/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:31:01 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16644 How Nigerian troops killed 81 Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest axis Land and air offensives by Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) troops have killed 81 Boko Haram terrorists in the Sambisa Forest axis just as one soldier also died from landmine attack during the encounter. Troops of Sector 1, comprising 21 and […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/15/how-nigerian-troops-killed-81-boko-haram-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest-axis/feed/ 0 Buratai to new recruits: get ready for action in Sambisa forest https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/12/buratai-to-new-recruits-get-ready-for-action-in-sambisa-forest/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/12/buratai-to-new-recruits-get-ready-for-action-in-sambisa-forest/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:19:57 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16338 Buratai to new recruits: get ready for action in Sambisa forest The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and other border areas in order […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/12/buratai-to-new-recruits-get-ready-for-action-in-sambisa-forest/feed/ 0 Sambisa: Troops Clear More Boko Haram Terrorists’ enclaves; recover arms. https://securitydigestng.com/2018/02/24/sambisa-troops-clear-more-boko-haram-terrorists-enclaves-recover-arms/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/02/24/sambisa-troops-clear-more-boko-haram-terrorists-enclaves-recover-arms/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:32:25 +0000 http://securitykingng.org/?p=13036 Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole currently on Operation Deep Punch II which is aimed at clearance of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists within Sambisa forest and Lake Chad basin general area, have continued to record successes.   The troops have been launching offensive operations on suspected hideouts of the terrorists that kept the insurgents […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2018/02/24/sambisa-troops-clear-more-boko-haram-terrorists-enclaves-recover-arms/feed/ 0 Again, NAF Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Drone) Destroys another BHT Artillery Gun; As Insurgents remain in Disarray. https://securitydigestng.com/2018/02/07/naf-remotely-piloted-aircraft-drone-destroys-another-bht-artillery-gun-as-insurgents-remain-in-disarray/ https://securitydigestng.com/2018/02/07/naf-remotely-piloted-aircraft-drone-destroys-another-bht-artillery-gun-as-insurgents-remain-in-disarray/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:58:54 +0000 http://securitykingng.org/?p=12720 In continuation of the operations to dislodge remnants of Boko Haram from the North East, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), on Tuesday 6 February 2018, successfully destroyed an artillery gun belonging to the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the vicinity of Sambisa Forest. A NAF Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform […]

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