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Notorious bandit leader Alhaji Sani Yellow has resurfaced in a video denying widespread reports that he was killed during a recent security operation in Zamfara State, casting doubt on earlier claims surrounding the death of a wanted bandit commander. The video emerged on Wednesday, just days after reports circulated that a bandit commander identified as…
Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS), in collaboration with operatives of the Benue State Civil Protection Guard, have foiled a terrorist attack on Tor Donga Yam Market in Benue State, neutralising two suspected terrorists and recovering arms and ammunition. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the troops responded swiftly to a distress call on Sunday…
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A High Court in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national from Niger Republic, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad, also known as Sallau, a Nigerien citizen, alongside Jabbi Alhaji Yalle and Kabiru Muhammad, were prosecuted following investigations by…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the mother and sister of a deceased terrorist kingpin identified as Battujo to 40 years imprisonment for their involvement in terrorism-related activities. The convictions were secured during the ongoing mass terrorism trials being conducted by the Federal Government as part of efforts to prosecute individuals linked to…
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Fresh security concerns are mounting across Nigeria’s South-West following a wave of violent attacks and intelligence warnings suggesting that terrorist elements may be expanding their operations beyond their traditional strongholds in the North-East and North-Central regions. The growing anxiety follows recent deadly incidents in parts of Oyo and Ogun states, alongside earlier large-scale attacks in…
United States President Donald Trump has announced that a senior commander of the Islamic State group, identified as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, was killed during a joint military operation involving American and Nigerian forces. Trump, in a statement released Friday, described al-Minuki as “the most active terrorist in the world” and claimed the operation dealt a major…
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At least 50 people were killed and several women and children abducted in a brutal attack on a village in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara State, a state lawmaker told Reuters, highlighting the deepening security crisis in the region. The assault began in the late afternoon of Thursday, February 19, 2026, when dozens of armed men on…
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Several residents of Borgu and Agwara Local Government Areas in Niger State, Nigeria are fleeing across the border into the Benin Republic after a renewed wave of violent attacks by suspected bandits and armed assailants, heightening the deepening security crisis in the region. Lawmakers and local leaders have confirmed that hundreds of civilians have abandoned…
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The United States government has frozen the assets and blocked financial interests of eight Nigerian individuals, accusing them of alleged links to extremist groups and cyber-enabled criminal activity in one of the latest global sanctions actions by Washington. The move, announced in an updated sanctions list by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a formal warning to the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State over an imminent terrorist threat to the Gbabe community in the Gwanara District of Baruten Local Government Area. The alert was contained in a security intelligence letter dated February 5, 2026, referenced S.122/1/1897, and signed by…
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