Tinubu declares security emergency, orders new army, police recruits

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, ordering the Nigerian Police and Armed Forces to recruit additional personnel to tackle rising insecurity across the…

12 Borno women abducted, community razed

  Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted 12 women in Mussa district, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The victims were reportedly seized around 5 p.m. on Saturday while…

Intelligence links school abductions to killing of terror commander in Niger airstrikes – Sources

Fresh intelligence has linked the recent abduction of schoolchildren in parts of Kebbi and Niger States to the killing of a notorious terror commander, Babangida, during Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes in Niger.

Catholic Diocese Condemns Abduction Of Schoolchildren In Niger State

  The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has condemned the abduction of pupils, students, and teachers at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of…

Kidnapping: Niger blames school for reopening despite closure order

  The Niger State Government on Friday condemned the kidnapping of pupils from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, saying the incident occurred after the school reopened…

ISWAP publishes gory images, WhatsApp chats of slain army general

  The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has posted graphic images of the slain Musa Uba, a brigadier general, in Al-Naba, the group’s Arabic language newspaper. On November 18,…

Bandits kill Sokoto residents, abduct mothers, babies

  Suspected bandits have attacked Kurawa village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two residents and abducting 15 others, including four nursing mothers and their babies.…

How Bandits Attacked Kwara Church, Abducted 35 Persons — Pastor

  The pastor of the Kwara church attacked by bandits, Abiodun Bamidele, has narrated how the gunmen stormed the worship centre.   Pastor Bamidele, who spoke to journalist in the…

ISWAP leader bags 20-year jail sentence

  Hussaini Ismaila, one of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged terrorism, has been convicted of offences…

Bandits kill three, abduct worshippers during Kwara church service

  Rampaging bandits have shot three people dead, while no fewer than ten persons were abducted inside a church in Eruku in the Ekiti local government area of Kwara state…

Tinubu confirms army general’s killing, says Kebbi abduction happened despite ‘intelligence warnings’

  President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the death of Musa Uba, a brigadier general, who was killed while on active duty fighting insurgents in Borno state. Uba was reportedly killed…

Despite army’s denial, insurgents claim abduction and killing of brigadier general

  Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters said they have killed M. Uba, a brigadier general, following the ambush of a convoy of soldiers and operatives of the Civilian…

Strangled By Jihadist Blockade, Malians Flee Their Desert Town

  Fatima gripped her newborn tightly against her chest as the Tuareg woman queued beneath the scorching Mauritanian afternoon sun to register herself and her child as refugees. She was…

Bandits Kidnap Many Schoolgirls In Kebbi, Kill Vice Principal

  Bandits have reportedly abducted 25 students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. It was gathered that the girls were whisked away during…

Army confirms two soldiers, two security operatives killed in Borno ambush

  Boko Haram terrorists on Friday night ambushed troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade while on a routine patrol around Wajiroko in Azir Multe, Damboa Local Government Area of…