PREMIUM TIMES understands that certain coinages with prefixes beginning with “Abu” and suffixes ending with names of towns or popular Muslim names are commonly adopted within terrorist circles as aliases.

Onanuga said criticism of the operation reflects a gap between public perception and operational realities.

According to the DHQ, the recurrence of such names among insurgent groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East and across the Lake Chad Basin is not unusual.

Onanuga said criticism of the operation reflects a gap between public perception and operational realities.

There is growing confusion over the reported killing of a senior Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander, Abu Bilal Minuki, also known as Abubakar Mainok, after…

Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces in the northeast of the

Under US sanctions since 2023, Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was the second-in-command of IS worldwide, according to US President Donald Trump and the Nigerian military.

Nigerian and US forces kill senior ISIS leader Al-Minuki, a key figure in global terror operations, weapons manufacturing, and media, says DHQ.

Security operatives tracked Mr Mainok’s movements across multiple locations in northern Nigeria, including Abuja and Maiduguri, while attempting to avoid compromising the…

PREMIUM TIMES understands that certain coinages with prefixes beginning with “Abu” and suffixes ending with names of towns or popular Muslim names are commonly adopted within…

PREMIUM TIMES understands that certain coinages with prefixes beginning with “Abu” and suffixes ending with names of towns or popular Muslim names are commonly adopted within…

Al-Minuki was placed under US sanctions in 2023, when the State Department labelled him a "specially designated global terrorist".