Buratai Commends Troops for Repelling Boko Haram Attack in Borno

By: Zagazola Makama 

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), has commended troops of the Nigerian Army for their gallantry in repelling...

Gunmen abduct village head in Bauchi community

By: Zagazola Makama

A 56-year-old village head, Abdullah Ibrahim, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Kanaka hamlet, Ganjuwa Local Government Area in Bauchi, sources confirmed to Zagazola...

Police  recover buried firearm, 65 live cartridges hidden at construction site in Bama

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Police in Borno have recovered a firearm and 65 rounds of live ammunition at a construction site in Bama...

Army troops  neutralize two armed robbers, arrest two in Kaduna estate raid

By: Zagazola Makama

The Nigerian Army Troops of 1 Division and Operation FANSAN YANMA have eliminated l two armed robbers and the arrested...

Eight dead, including senior police officer, in Gombe auto crash

By: Zagazola Makama 

 A fatal auto crash along the Gombe–Yola Federal Highway has claimed the lives of eight persons, including a senior police officer...

Three armed bandits killed by vigilantes in Zamfara community

By: Zagazola Makama

Atleast three suspected armed bandits were killed by vigilante members in Garagi village, Mayanchi District of Maru Local Government Area.

Zagazola Makama...

Troops neutralize two bandits in Niger gun battle

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized two armed bandits following a gun duel in Kawo village, Erena district of Shiroro Local Government Area of...

Gun men  kill community leader in Benue

By: Zagazola Makama 

A community leader, Zaki Stephen Kegher, aged 62, has been killed by gun men in the Mbayongo clan of the state.

Zagazola Makama was...

Security forces  rescue kidnap victim in Benue, intensify search for others

By: Zagazola Makama 

Security forces have rescued one Wuese Luben, a victim of the recent kidnapping incident involving passengers of a...

One farmer killed, another injured in Taraba herdsmen attack

By: Zagazola Makama

A 29-year-old man, Sylvester Ojuku, has been killed while another injured resident following an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Mongadoso community, Karim...

Police inspector on special duty commits suicide in Niger 

By: Zagazola Makama

 A Police Inspector has  reportedly took his own life in the early hours of Wednesday while on special duty in Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government...

FACT CHECK: How Bello Turji ambush DSS personnel and HYBRID forces in Fakai village, Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama 

Following the deadly ambush on a covert counter-banditry operation in Chida village of Fakai, Shinkafi Local...

TROOPS FOIL DEADLY ATTACK IN NIGER STATE, ENGAGE TERRORISTS IN HEAVY GUN BATTLE

In a deliberate joint operation, troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the Air Component of the Nigerian Air Force, successfully thwarted an attempted...

Soldiers Killed as Troops Repel Coordinated Bandit Attacks in Niger, Kaduna — Army

By: Zagazola Makama 

The Nigerian Armed Forces have repelled coordinated attacks by armed bandits on military forward operating bases in Niger...

Cult reprisal attack in Rivers claims policeman’s life, triggers arrests

By: Zagazola Makama 

A renewed clash between the OSPAC local security outfit and suspected members of the Iceland cult group has resulted in the death of...

Troops repel ISWAP attack in Chibok, two killed, two injured by stray bullets

By: Zagazola Makama 

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai on Monday repelled a daring assault by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)...

Police officer shot dead in Anambra during mistaken identity clash with DSS operatives

By: Zagazola Makama 

A police inspector attached to the 29 Police Mobile Force (PMF), Awka, was fatally shot during a stop-and-search duty...

Lakurawa bandits kill four, injure one in Sokoto farming community

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed men suspected to be Lakurawa bandits have launched a deadly assault on farmers and residents of Sabiyo Village in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto...

Sokoto police arrest notorious bandit, recover AK-47 rifle

By: Zagazola Makama 

Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Sokoto have arrested a suspected notorious bandit...

Armed bandit kills rival in Zamfara, triggers deadly reprisal attack that claims 10 lives

By: Zagazola Makama 

A violent internal dispute among rival armed bandit groups has led to the killing of at least ten residents in Tofa...