OPINION: Sahel’s Illegal Mining-Terror Nexus Is Nigeria’s Next Defining Security Battle

By Zagazola Makama

The security landscape across the Sahel has entered one of its most volatile phases in recent history. The convergence of...

ISWAP Gunboat Operator Surrenders to Troops in Damasak After Air Strikes

By Zagazola Makama

A suspected ISWAP fighter trained as a gunboat operator and Dushka heavy machine gunner has surrendered to troops of the 5 Brigade in...

Troops Bust Illegal Arms Factory, Arrest Two Suspects, Recover Five Rifles in Kebbi

By Zagazola Makama

Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have dismantled an illegal arms manufacturing syndicate and recovered five locally fabricated rifles...

Troops Gun Down Suspected Berom Militia in Fresh Attack on NIPSS, Recover Rifle Stolen from Fallen Soldier

By Zagazola Makama

Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have neutralised a suspected Berom militia member during a...

Suspected terrorists kill 46 local security personnel in western Niger

By: Zagazola Makama 

At least 46 members of Niger’s National Guard (GNN) and allied local militia were reportedly killed in a suspected terrorist attack on...

Three Herders Killed in Ambush in Plateau, MACBAN Calls for Investigation

By: Zagazola Makama 

Three cattle herders were reportedly killed and one other injured in an ambush by unidentified gunmen while grazing livestock in...

Benue Deputy Gov. Visit family Slain MACBAN  Leader, Urges Calm as Police Probe Killing

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Benue State Government, in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, has paid a condolence visit to...

Troops Recover AK-47 Rifle in Raid on Suspected Gunrunners’ Hideout in Taraba

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation MESA have recovered an AK-47 rifle, a magazine and three rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition during a raid...

Troops Repel Ambush During Pipeline Patrol in Rivers, Recover Motorcycle

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of the Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have repelled an ambush by suspected criminals during a...

Abducted Soldier Escapes Captivity, Reaches Military Base in Makurdi

By: Zagazola Makama 

A Nigerian soldier who was abducted by suspected kidnappers has escaped from captivity and safely reached a military facility in...

Troops Arrest NSCDC Armourer, Correctional Officer Over Alleged Illegal Arms Supply in Enugu

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of the 82 Division Provost Group have arrested an armourer attached to the Nigeria Security and Civil...

Troops Foil Kidnap Attempt, Rescue Two Victims in Nasarawa

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have foiled a kidnap attempt and...

Troops Raid Illegal Mining Site in FCT, Arrest Nine Suspects

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation MESA have arrested nine suspected illegal miners during a raid on an illegal mining site in the Gwagwalada Area Council of...

Air Strikes Neutralise Scores of Terrorists in Niger State

By: Zagazola Makama

The Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA has recorded another major operational success following a series of intelligence-led air interdiction...

Troops Repel ISWAP Attack on Borno Community, Recover Terrorists’ Equipment

By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of the 135 Special Forces Battalion have repelled an attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on Kurnari Community in Biu Local...

Troops Repel ISWAP Ambush After Twin IED Attacks on Humanitarian Convoy in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of the 149 Battalion have repelled an ambush by suspected ISWAP terrorists after two command-detonated improvised...

Plateau Peace Committee Adopts Abuja Delegation Report, Moves to Launch ‘Plateau Resolve 2.0’

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Plateau State Peace Committee has adopted the report of its sub-committee chaired by former Governor of the...

Commercial Motorcyclist Killed, Motorcycle Stolen by Local Militias in Mangu, Plateau

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have recovered the body of a 27-year-old commercial motorcyclist who was...

Troops Repel Armed Herders During Illegal Grazing Operation in Plateau

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have repelled an attack by suspected armed herders during an operation against illegal...

Cattle Rustling, Local Militia Activities Behind Sai Community Attack in Benue 

By Zagazola Makama

Emerging security intelligence has identified persistent cattle rustling and the activities of armed local militias as the...