Bandits kill two police inspectors, four civilians in Benue By: Zagazola Makama Two police inspectors and four civilians have been killed during a bandits’ attack on Tse-Kaseve village in Anyagba Ward, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue...

Niger incidents underline rising Sahel spillover threat to Nigeria’s security

By: Zagazola Makama

A series of deadly incidents in neighbouring Niger between Feb. 6 and Feb. 10 has again exposed the fragility of security across the central Sahel...

Troops neutralise 16 terrorists, recover cache in Borno ambush

By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of Joint Task Force North-East (JTF-NE) under Operation Hadin Kai and Operation Desert Sanity V have neutralised 16 suspected terrorists during an ambush in...

COAS TO ADDRESS 69TH LIBERIA ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has arrived in the Republic of Liberia on an official engagement at the invitation of the Armed Forces of...

Owo Church Attack: Another DSS Witness Identifies Alleged Attackers 

*Prosecution tenders autopsy report confirming victims died of gunshot wounds 

A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the...

Retired army officer killed in suspected bandit attack in Benue

By: Zagazola Makama

A retired army officer was shot dead during a suspected armed bandit attack in Anem Village, Ikyurav-Ya, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State.

Sources said...

Father attacks daughters in home, victims hospitalized in Ekiti

By: Zagazola Makama

Two young girls were injured in an attempted murder at their home on Olele Street, Ise Ekiti, after being attacked by their father early on Sunday morning.

It was...

Benue police rescue abducted travelers, issue alert on armed bandits

By: Zagazola Makama

Police in Benue State have rescued four passengers abducted by armed bandits along the Adoka-Ankpa Road, the Command confirmed.

According to sources, the...

Two killed, one injured in IED explosion in Chikuba in Niger

By: Zagazola Makama

Two persons were killed and another injured following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) along Kudodo–Kampani Community Road.

Zagazola learnt that...

Kwara vigilante shot dead in clash with Fulani herders along Koro-Ogbe road

By: Zagazola Makama

A vigilante officer was killed following a clash with suspected Fulani herders along the Koro-Ogbe road, leading to Kogi State, the Kwara State Police...

Security forces arrest suspected bandits’ kingpin in Maradun, Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

Security forces have arrested a suspected kingpin of a notorious bandit gang responsible for kidnappings and extortion in Tangaza Local Government...

Kogi police neutralize armed robber in Lokoja community

By: Zagazola Makama

The Kogi State Police Command has neutralized an armed robber during a shootout in Indori Community, Lokoja, the police reported.

Sources said that the incident occurred...

200 vigilantes deployed from Nasarawa to bolster security in Ibbi, Niger state

By: Zagazola Makama

About 200 vigilante men from Nasarawa State have arrived in Ibbi, Niger State, to support local security agencies in maintaining law and order, the...

Security forces in Niger rescue three kidnapped victims in Mashegu LGA

By: Zagazola Makama

Three victims abducted by armed bandits in Aworo village, Mashegu Local Government Area, Niger State, have been successfully rescued.

Zagazola learnt on...

DSS Arrests, Arraigns Suspects Over 2023 Murder of Four Soldiers

Three years after the murder of four soldiers in Ashaka Aboh, Ndokwa East LGA, Delta State, the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested two suspects, linked to the...

Unidentified man in Niger Republic uniform found dead in Gwadabawa in Sokoto

By: Zagazola Makama

The Sokoto State Police Command is investigating the discovery of a lifeless body of an unidentified man wearing a Niger Republic security uniform in...

Three suspected IPOB/ESN militants neutralized in Nnewi during anti-sit-at-home patrol in Anambra

By: Zagazola Makama

Security forces in Anambra state have successfully neutralized three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of...

Bandits attack Gidan Fulani village, targeted Police outpost in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

Suspected bandits have carried out a coordinated attack on Gidan Fulani village via Kasuwar Daji District in Kaura Namoda LGA in Zamfara state.

Zagazola...

Bandits ambush community watch operatives in Musawa Katsina, one killed

By: Zagazola Makama

Sources in Katsina have confirmed the fatal shooting of a Community Watch Corps (CWatch) operative and injuries to another following an ambush by suspected...

Communal clash leaves one dead, several injured in Garin Daura in Yobe

By: Zagazola Makama

One person has been killed and several others injured following a clash between herders and residents of Garin Daura in Nangere Local Government Area of...