Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night abducted two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin kudu, in the Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, Dansalama Adamu. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman, confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone interview. The incident is happening […]

  A Police sergeant, on Thursday, killed his female lover and later shot himself dead in a school premises in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around 8am at premises of the Chapel of Redemption, Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located. […]

  Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari village, along […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he suspects international groups that want to destroy Nigeria are behind the plight of Boko Haram we have faced, adding that it is fraudulent even by the name given to the terror group. He stated this while delivering a keynote address at a lunch organized by the Kano […]

  Troops of operation Hadin Kai have reportedly killed 32 insurgents, including one Abu Illiya, identified as a top Boko Haram commander, in Borno. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the insurgents were killed in an operation in Konduga LGA in the state. The publication said the troops encountered […]

  Terrorists armed with sophisticated guns on Sunday attacked the New Life For All Church in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapping at least 25 worshippers. Eyewitnesses told Channels Television that the terrorists riding on motorcycles invaded the church at Dan-Tsauni Gidan Haruna Community in the early hours of Sunday when faithful […]

  Bandits in an attack on Kafin Koro Community in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours of Sunday have burnt a Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, to death. The bandits were said to have invaded the community at about 1 am and began shooting […]

  Troops of 25 brigade of operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Azir, Borno state. Azir is a village on the outskirts of Damboa town, Damboa LGA of the state. According to a situation report seen by TheCable on Saturday, the ISWAP fighters were said […]

  Ten members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have reportedly surrendered to the Niger Republic armed forces. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the ISWAP fighters had earlier escaped Boko Haram’s attacks in Kayowa and Toumbun Gini – north-eastern communities in the Lake Chad – […]