New reports claim that the Nigerian security forces in Zamfara and neighbouring states have launched one of their largest operations against the armed gangs, known locally as bandits, hence an extension of the shutdown on all telecommunication services in the states. Last week, shocking reports hit the media space detailing a violent takeover of bandits […]Read More
The Nigerian army on Thursday announced that its troops had arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram extremist group in northern Borno State. Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said Yawi Modu was arrested along the Damboa-Wajiroko road, a notorious route where both the extremists and Nigerian troops have recorded casualties over the years. Nwachukwu added […]Read More
UN sources have revealed at least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sources are suspecting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group of carrying out the attack in the Ituri area on Saturday. Dieudonne Malangayi, acting chairman of the chiefdom of Walese Vonkutu, initially […]Read More
Local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month by Tigray forces, but the group from neighbouring Tigray have denied their involvement. The killings in Chenna village, near the town of Dabat, took place in early September, according to Sewnet Wubalem, the local administrator in Dabat, and […]Read More
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, the controversial coup leader in Guinea has barred all government officials from leaving the country until further notice. Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, a former French legionnaire officer on Sunday overthrew Alpha Conde who has been president for over a decade. Doumbouya told a gathering of Conde’s ministers, including the prime minister and top […]Read More
Zamfara state police say gunmen have abducted more than 70 students from Government Day Secondary School in the remote village of Kaya, the latest in a series of school attacks targeting pupils. Police spokesman Mohammed Shehu in a statement shared that a large group of attackers stormed the school early on Wednesday morning, seizing 73 students. […]Read More
Niger, Katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara states have imposed a series of restrictions on residents in an attempt to control the skyrocketing rate of kidnappings and other violent crimes. The federal government in Nigeria have stood by as gangs of criminals known locally as bandits spread fear among local communities since the beginning of the year; […]Read More
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nigeria has registered not less than 24,000 missing people, making up to 54.5% of the total 44,000 declared missing in Africa. Aliyu Dawobe, ICRC’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, that children accounted for over 45 per cent of the […]Read More
Suspected terrorists have attacked the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State, killing two officers and kidnapping one in the most brazen attacks on the country’s defence arm since the beginning of the year. The high-security base located just outside the state capital Kaduna trains Nigerian officers and also cadets from other African militaries. According […]Read More
Nearly 23 years of terrorizing Nigeria and its neighbouring countries, the Boko Haram group have struck again in Niger. According to Niger’s defence ministry, hundreds of Boko Haram fighters attacked a military post in southern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 9 more. About 50 Boko Haram attackers were killed in the resulting combat in […]Read More
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