OPINION: Growing ISWAP–ISIS ties in Sahel after Niamey attack threaten Lake Chad and West African security corridor

By: Zagazola Makama

The Jan. 29 attack on Niger’s Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey has exposed a dangerous evolution in...

Reckless police teargas firing sparks fire outbreak in Katsina cement shop

By: Zagazola Makama 

A routine police patrol in Katsina State on Monday degenerated into a fire incident after officers recklessly fired teargas...

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi killed in attack on home in Zintan, Libya

By: Zagazola Makama 

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in an assassination attack at his residence...

Troops clear ISWAP enclaves, recover arms, neutralise IEDs in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have intensified offensive operations against Islamic State West...

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DSS Arraigns Ex-AGF Malami, Son on 5-Count Charge of Terrorism Financing, Illegal Firearms' Possession

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned the immediate Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar...

Army troops foil bandits’ attack on anyagba village in benue

 By: Zagazola Makama 

The Nigerian Army troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have foiled a planned attack by armed bandits on Anyagba...

Air force strikes bandit camps in katsina, neutralized 27 in dawn operation

By: Zagazola Makama

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) component of Operation FANSAN YANMA has recorded a major operational success in Katsina State following a...

ISWAP appoints Abu Khalifa as new commander in Timbuktu Triangle

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has appointed Abu Khalifa as its new commander around the Timbuktu Triangle following the...

Man kills alleged rival in Yobe market, arrested by police By: Zagazola Makama The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly killing a suspected rival over a domestic dispute in Bundila Village, Gulani Local Government...

Police arrest 19 suspected illegal miners in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 19 suspected illegal miners during a joint operation in Zurmi and Maradun Local Government Areas of the...

Son kills father in Cross River

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a 66-year-old man, Ubi Bassey Okoi, allegedly by his 23-year-old son, Expectancy Bassey Ubi, in Yakurr...

Five abducted in Agwara bandit attack as police intensify rescue efforts

By: Zagazola Makama 

At least five persons were abducted during the recent bandit attack on police facilities and parts of Agwara town.

Zagazola...

Vigilante killed in bandit attack on Keware village, Katsina

By: Zagazola Makama 

A Civilian Watch (Cwatch) vigilante has been killed during a bandit attack on Keware Village in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina...

Gunmen abduct passengers on Kogi highway, four rescued

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of passengers after gunmen blocked the Anyigba–Ankpa highway at Ofejiji, via Egume, on...

Kano businessman abducted in Nasarawa

By: Zagazola Makama 

A Kano-based businessman, Alhaji Rabiu Salisu, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Rukubi Village, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The...

Hoodlums abduct woman and toddler in Gombe

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Gombe State Police Command has launched a manhunt following the abduction of a woman and her two-year-old daughter in Funakaye Local Government...

Fifteen killed in head-on crash along Dutsinma-Karofi-Radda road in Katsina

By: Zagazola Makama

At least fifteen passengers have died following a head-on collision between two commercial vehicles along the Dutsinma–Karofi–Radda...

Four killed, four abducted in Boko Haram attack on charcoal traders in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Suspected Boko Haram  terrorists have killed four charcoal traders and abducted four others during an attack on...

Niger Speaker Commends Army, DSS, Other Agencies For Dislodging Bandits in the state 

*Rescuing 70 kidnapped victims 

Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji, has commended...

Army troops intensified Operations rescued Six kidnapped victims from Boko Haram in Adamawa

By: Zagazola Makama

At least six persons abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Madagali Local Government Area of the state, have...