DSS: Nigeria’s silent watchdog defending the nation’s economy from cyber predators

By: Zagazola Makama

In the dim corridors of Nigeria’s intelligence community, one agency has quietly expanded its mission beyond counter-espionage and internal...

FCT police rescue 23 foreign nationals,  bust kidnapping syndicate

By: Zagazola Makama 

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have smashed a major kidnapping syndicate and rescued 23...

Troops eliminate Boko Haram, repel terrorists’ ambush along Bama–Konduga road in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), North East Operation Hadin Kai, have repelled an ambush by Boko Haram/ISWAP...

Bandits abduct five persons in Zamfara’s Bungudu LGA

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed bandits have abducted five persons, including two women, during an attack on Gidan Maman Bazamfare in Zamafarawa, Kwukun Waje district of Bungudu Local Government Area...

Trump designates Nigeria as country of concern over alleged killings of Christians

 
U.S. President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” over what he described as an existential threat to Christians in the...

Guinea-Bissau military foils alleged coup plot, arrests senior officers

By: Zagazola Makama 

Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities say they have foiled an alleged coup attempt aimed at subverting the country’s constitutional...

Hunter accidentally kills CJTF member in Gamboru, Borno

By: Zagazola Makama

A member of the Hunters RRS in Gamboru, Ngala Local Government Area, has accidentally shot and killed a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) operative in...

Destiny in Command: How Generals Musa and Oluyede Forged a Unique Legacy Through Three Handovers

By Samuel Aruwan

The recent handover of command between General Christopher Gwabin Musa and General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede at the pinnacle of the...

Details of the Disappearance:

Full Name: Khadija Ado Zakariya (affectionately known as Aunty)

Date Missing: Thursday, October 30, 2025 (reported as of today)

Last Known Location: Her husband's residence in Life Camp, Abuja...

Mali drone strikes  kills dozens of civilians at wedding ceremony

By: Zagazola Makama 

A drone strike reportedly launched by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) has killed more than twenty civilians, including women and...

The resurgence of coups and the uncertain future of democracy in Africa

By: Zagazola Makama

The growing wave of political instability across Africa underscores the continent’s fragile democratic foundations and the deepening crisis of governance...

Exclusive: How bandit kingpin Jankare was killed in Katsina

By: Zagazola Makama 

Fresh fact have emerged how the Notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Abdurrahman Jankare, was killed by a rival in an internal dispute in Tsaskiya...

UAE Reportedly Pays $50 Million Ransom to Secure Release of Two Emirati Hostages from JNIM

By: Zagazola Makama

Reports from Mali indicate that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has paid a ransom of $50 million (about 30 billion CFA...

JNIM claims first attack in Kwara, four months after announcing new brigade

By: Zagazola Makama

Al-Qaeda–linked militant group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for an attack in Kwara State, its first in...

COAS appoints senior officers to key command and staff positions

BY: Zagazola Makama 

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has approved the posting and appointment of senior officers to strategic command...

Tinubu tasks service chiefs to crush terrorists, bandits

By: Zagazola Makama 

President Bola Tinubu has charged the newly appointed service chiefs to intensify military operations aimed at defeating terrorism, banditry, and...

Troops neutralized several bandits, rescue 10 abducted victims, in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops operating under Operation FANSAR YAMMA have nutrialsied several bandits and rescued ten abducted victims during coordinated...

ISWAP ambush mobile police patrol team in Yobe

By: Zagazola Makama 

Suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Wednesday ambushed a mobile police patrol team along the Bara–Gulani axis of Yobe...

Several terrorists killed as Rivalry clash intensifies between Boko Haram, ISWAP Sambisa

By: Zagazola Makama 

Fresh fighting has erupted between rival insurgent factions in the Sambisa Forest axis of Borno, as renewed...

Notorious bandit kingpin Jankare killed by rival in Katsina

By: Zagazola Makama 

A notorious bandit leader known as Jankare has been killed by a rival group during a violent dispute along the Dutsenma axis of Katsina...