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Boko Haram terrorists have ambushed troops of the Nigerian army in Baga, at the fringes of Lake Chad, resulting in an unspecified number of personnel and Civilians missing. According to a source in the armed forces, who spoke to Channels Television in anonymity, the soldiers were ambushed while trying to recover dead bodies of 40…
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Many residents in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State have started to desert their communities following the threat issued by a bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji. Sources from the communities confided in newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, that the bandits’ leader and his foot soldiers had already started making Shinkafi LGA and the road…
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A Boko Haram bomber has killed at least two people in Borno after detonating explosives near a gathering of mourners. The bomber sneaked into a group of mourners at Dalori, near Maiduguri on Wednesday, and detonated the Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) that killed two and injured three. It was gathered that the residents were mourning…
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Bandits in Kaduna have hijacked a pickup van and carted away foodstuff, drinks, including bottled water, at Akoti village in Kagarko local government area of the State. The incident happened barely 48 hours after another gang of bandits snatched foodstuffs and drinks from a man on a motorcycle. A source from the area confirmed the…
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Not less than 13 persons have been killed following fresh attacks by suspected herdsmen in Azege settlement, Mbaya, Tombo Ward, Logo LGA of Benue State. The immediate past Caretaker Chairman of Logo LGA, Benjamin Uzenda, who confirmed the development to The Nation, said the attack was carried out on Sunday morning around 7:00 am. It…
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits with sophisticated weapons unleashed an attack on workers of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, along the Gusau-Funtua road on Sunday. The workers were heading to Abuja for an official assignment when the bandits attacked them. The coordinator of the commission was abducted along with others and taken…
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Notorious terrorist, Bello Turji, has accused both the current Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, and his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, now the Minister of State for Defence, of politicizing the state’s insecurity issues. Turji, who is believed to have fled Zamfara following intensified military actions against terrorist groups, shared these accusations in a newly released…
President Joe Biden has said Hamas will surely pay for killing an American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Biden stated this while reacting to Goldberg-Polin’s death, saying he is devastated and outraged by the news. IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari had in a statement announced that Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages were brutally murdered by Hamas…
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A bandit kingpin, Bello Turji and his gang were shown in an online video celebrating taking over a Nigerian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier. Turji and his gang also took over lots of ammunition from the Nigerian Army during the seizure of the carrier. This was confirmed by a counterinsurgency and security expert in the Lake…
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Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted the wife and two children of the head of Galadimawa Village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Hussaini Umar, who is a traditional leader, the Sarkin Fada Galadimawa confirmed the incident. He said the bandits arrived in the village in large numbers, firing sporadically to scare the residents…
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