When Protests Become Weapons: Unmasking Violence, Cover-Ups, and Narrative Warfare in Plateau
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When Protests Become Weapons: Unmasking Violence, Cover-Ups, and Narrative Warfare in Plateau
By Zagazola Makama
Recent developments in Plateau State reveal a troubling pattern where protests are no longer merely expressions of grievance but increasingly weaponised tools in a broader cycle of...
West Africa & Sahel Security Brief Period Covered: 1 – 7 February 2026
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ZAGAZOLA SECURITY NEWSLETTER
West Africa & Sahel Security Brief Period Covered: 1 – 7 February 2026 By: Zagazola Makama Source: Zagazola.org
Executive Overview
The first week of February 2026 witnessed intensified insurgent violence, persistent abductions, and sustained counter-insurgency...
FEATURE: Fear grips residents of North-East Nigeria over recurring ISWAP attacks
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FEATURE: Fear grips residents of North-East Nigeria over recurring ISWAP attacks
By: Zagazola Makama
Thousands of residents in the Nigeria's North East of Monguno, Borno State, are currently living in fear over imminent attack by the Islamic State of the West African Pr...
Nigerians face hunger as bandits sack farming communities in Northwest Nigeria
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Nigerians face hunger as bandits sack farming communities in Northwest Nigeria
By: Zagazola Makama
Kwata, a small farming settlement in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara state in Northwest Nigeria is one of the several farming communities sacked by bandits in recent years. The bandits in seri...
Diary of an 8 year-old boy kidnapped by Boko Haram from Cameroon
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Diary of an 8 year-old boy kidnapped by Boko Haram from Cameroon
While the world focused on Boko Haram’s mass abduction of women and girls, the terrorist group was stealing an even greater number of boys.
Thousands of boys were abducted by the group and trained in boot camps in forest hide-outs...
FEATURE: Tofa, the tale of bandits' ravaged village in Nigeria's North West
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FEATURE: Tofa, the tale of bandits' ravaged village in Nigeria's North West
By: Zagazola Makama
Tofa, a farming community few kilometres away from Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, North West Nigeria, is fast turning into a ghost town.
The inhabitants like other villagers across communities in th...
Rescued Borno Woman Reunites With Family 8 Years After Boko Haram Abducted Her and 4 Kids
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Rescued Borno Woman Reunites With Family 8 Years After Boko Haram Abducted Her and 4 Kids
By: Zagazola Makama
Shetu Sangayama was 30 years old and suckling her fought child when Boko Haram terrorists abducted her and her four children.
Her family did not hear from them until eight years later whe...
Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Raises Concerns on Separatist Movements in Africa
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Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Raises Concerns on Separatist Movements in Africa
Participants at the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Marrakech have expressed concerns over the proliferation of separatist movements in Africa and reaffirmed their determinations to conti...
INTERVIEW | Theatre Commander: Boko Haram’s IEDs Remain Greatest Threat in North-east Today
We have removed 98 of them and still counting, says Gen Chris Musa
By Sam Kayode
BANDITS WERE LESS DEADLY THAN INSURGENCY BECAUSE THEY WENT FOR THE CASH FROM KIDNAPPING, BUT THE LATES...
1,158 terrorists surrender to Nigerian military, scores eliminated
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1,158 terrorists surrender to Nigerian military, scores eliminated
A total of 1,158 terrorists and their families surrendered in the last 3 weeks as troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police and other security agencies carried out series of operations on land, maritime and air operation...
ANALYSIS: Why Boko Haram/ISWAP launched recent massive attacks in NE
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ANALYSIS: Why Boko Haram/ISWAP launched recent massive attacks in NE
By: Zagazola Makama
From the attacks witnessed last night targeting four locations, kornari village, about 3 kilometres to Burutai in Biu, Banki in Bama, Gaidam and Wulgo in Ng heala across the Northeast, it is discernible that I...
MNJTF continues to make incursion into terrorists enclaves in the LakeChad, rescue hostages
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MNJTF continues to make incursion into terrorists enclaves in the LakeChad, rescue hostages
In continuation with Operation Lake Sanity, MNJTF troops (Nigeria and Niger Republics troops) at Forward Operations Base Arege conducted clearance operations in close coordination with the Air...
18 ISWAP killed as Nigeria, Niger/Cameroon Joint Force Intensify Clearance Operation in LakeChad
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Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have eliminated atleast 18 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in a massive joint clearance operation in the frindges of the LakeChad, Zagazola Learnt.
It was gathered that the week-long unprecedented clearance...
Mercenaries and the Unholy Alliance Between Bandits and ISWAP
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Mercenaries and the Unholy Alliance Between Bandits and ISWAP
By Prof. Usman Yusuf
The nation went to bed on Monday 28th March 2022 shocked and saddened by the tragic attack by terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train that resulted in senseless loss of many innocent lives and kidnappings of many some...
Insurgency: Motorists express excitement over improved security along Maiduguri-Damaturu road
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Insurgency: Motorists express excitement over improved security along Maiduguri-Damaturu road
Motorists and commuters plying the busy Maiduguri-Damaturu road have expressed joy over improved security along the road.
The road had recorded drastic reductio...
PHOTO: How 402 special forces executed Operation Hadin Kai in the Southern part of Borno State
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This serialized report chronicles the amazing stories of some outstandingly courageous and patriotic military officers in the line of duty at the North East Task Force Operation Hadin Kai where Nigerian troops are battling the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists.
What Armed members of Boko Haram/ISWAP told medical doctors wife after his abduction
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What Armed members of Boko Haram/ISWAP told medical doctors wife after his abduction
Close family members have narrated what transpired between members of Boko Haram/ISWAP and the wife of Dr. Bulama Gaidam, the medical personnel abducted in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State.
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The troops posing for more photos of victory with the Nigerian flag after successfully clearing Buk, Ajigin Talala, Abbagajiri, Afa, Kafa, Abalam, Alagarno and Dole Boko Haram/ISWAP camps.
