Bauchi Joint Task Force  arrest suspected bandit at fuel black market point

By: Zagazola Makama 

Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) have arrested a suspected bandit in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi...

36 soldiers killed in coordinated jihadist attack in Niger

By: Zagazola Makama

At least 36 Nigerien soldiers have been killed in a large-scale attack by jihadist fighters linked to Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) on Makalondi, a border...

“Christian Genocidization” of the Kaiama Massacre

By Farooq Kperogi

When I ended my update on the heartrending mass murder and abductions of the people of Woro in Kaiama LGA by calling attention to the Muslim identity of the...

Police foil kidnap attempt, rescue mother and daughter in Benue

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Benue State Police Command has foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a woman and her daughter in Tsegbum Community along Naka Road in...

How DSS, ONSA, Army rescue remaining Kurmin Wali abducted worshippers in Kaduna

By: Zagazola Makama 

In the early hours of Thursday, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), working closely with the Office of the...

Tinubu orders army battalion to Kaiama, condemns attack, mourns victims

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State following a deadly overnight attack on...

Alleged cyberstalking: Court rejects Sowore's documents in trial on false claim against Tinubu

*Orders probe of leaked court session video

A Federal High Court in Abuja in two rulings on Wednesday rejected two sets of documents tendered by...

Troops destroy terrorists’ enclaves in clearance operation in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have destroyed terrorists’ life-support structures and logistics hubs during a clearance operation...

Troops recover rifle, motorcycles in ambush operation along Marte–Dikwa road

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have recovered an AK-47 rifle and two motorcycles during an ambush operation against Boko...

NAF reactivates Super Puma Helicopter after 3 years

By: Zagazola Makama

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reactivated the Super Puma Helicopter after it was grounded for three years due to a main rotor hub challenge.

The Chief of the Air...

NEDC and the Question of Priority: A Deviation from Its Statutory Mandate

The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) is a public institution established by law to address the extraordinary humanitarian and developmental crisis in...

Gunmen attack Fulani settlement in Niger, rustle 200 sheep, injure herder

By: Zagazola Makama

Unidentified armed men have attacked a Fulani temporary settlement along the Kontagora–Makera Road in Niger State, rustling about 200 sheep and injuring...

Bandits ambush hunters in Sokoto, kill two in Tangaza forest

By: Zagazola Makama

Suspected Lakurawa armed bandits have ambushed a group of hunters in Kadidda Forest, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two...

Police arrest four over killing of worshipper in Osogbo mosque in Osun

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Osun State Police Command says it has arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old worshipper, Ahmed...

Faskari attack exposes futility of peace deals with bandits, over 20 killed despite amnesty

By: Zagazola Makama

The recent attack on Doma village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State has bring to the fore the dangers of negotiating...

Katsina State Police rescue four kidnapped tree cutters in Kankara

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Katsina State Police Command has rescued four abducted tree cutters following a gunfight with armed...

Yobe police arrest 26 persons for illegal tree felling, desertification in Tarmuwa  LGA

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested 26 individuals for criminal conspiracy...

Nigerian Immigration rescues 59 women, children from human trafficking in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued 59 women and children from a human trafficking attempt...

Nigerian Immigration officer shoots Nigerien national at Baure border, victim dies

By: Zagazola Makama

A Nigerien national has died following a shooting incident at the Burdugu Border entry checkpoint in Baure Local Government Area, Katsina State...

Woro attack: how Sahel-linked terror networks are creeping into Kwara’s border communities

By: Zagazola Makama 

 The deadly attack on Woro Village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, which has...