Troops neutralise 16 terrorists, recover cache in Borno ambush

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Troops neutralise 16 terrorists, recover cache in Borno ambush By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Joint Task Force North-East (JTF-NE) under Operation Hadin Kai and Operation Desert Sanity V have neutralised 16 suspected terrorists during an ambush in Borno State. Your browser does not support the...
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COAS TO ADDRESS 69TH LIBERIA ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION

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COAS TO ADDRESS 69TH LIBERIA ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has arrived in the Republic of Liberia on an official engagement at the invitation of the Armed Forces of Liberia, to participate in the country’s Sixty-Ninth...
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Owo Church Attack: Another DSS Witness Identifies Alleged Attackers 

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Owo Church Attack: Another DSS Witness Identifies Alleged Attackers    *Prosecution tenders autopsy report confirming victims died of gunshot wounds      A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the ongoing trial of four men accused of being behind the Jun...
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Retired army officer killed in suspected bandit attack in Benue

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Retired army officer killed in suspected bandit attack in Benue By: Zagazola Makama A retired army officer was shot dead during a suspected armed bandit attack in Anem Village, Ikyurav-Ya, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources said the incident occurred on Feb. 8 at about 5:00 p.m...
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Father attacks daughters in home, victims hospitalized in Ekiti

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Father attacks daughters in home, victims hospitalized in Ekiti By: Zagazola Makama Two young girls were injured in an attempted murder at their home on Olele Street, Ise Ekiti, after being attacked by their father early on Sunday morning. It was gathered that Boluwatife Jegede, 15, and her young...
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Benue police rescue abducted travelers, issue alert on armed bandits

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Benue police rescue abducted travelers, issue alert on armed bandits By: Zagazola Makama Police in Benue State have rescued four passengers abducted by armed bandits along the Adoka-Ankpa Road, the Command confirmed. According to sources, the victims were traveling in a Siena vehicle loaded with...
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Two killed, one injured in IED explosion in Chikuba in Niger

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Two killed, one injured in IED explosion in Chikuba in Niger By: Zagazola Makama Two persons were killed and another injured following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) along Kudodo–Kampani Community Road. Zagazola learnt that the incident occurred on Feb. 7 at about 7:30 p...
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Kwara vigilante shot dead in clash with Fulani herders along Koro-Ogbe road

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Kwara vigilante shot dead in clash with Fulani herders along Koro-Ogbe road By: Zagazola Makama A vigilante officer was killed following a clash with suspected Fulani herders along the Koro-Ogbe road, leading to Kogi State, the Kwara State Police Command reported. Zagazola learnt that on Feb. 9 a...
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Security forces arrest suspected bandits’ kingpin in Maradun, Zamfara

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Security forces arrest suspected bandits’ kingpin in Maradun, Zamfara By: Zagazola Makama Security forces have arrested a suspected kingpin of a notorious bandit gang responsible for kidnappings and extortion in Tangaza Local Government Area. Sources said that on Feb. 8, 2026, at about 9:00 p.m...
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Kogi police neutralize armed robber in Lokoja community

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Kogi police neutralize armed robber in Lokoja community By: Zagazola Makama The Kogi State Police Command has neutralized an armed robber during a shootout in Indori Community, Lokoja, the police reported. Sources said that the incident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 8 when about 20 armed ro...
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200 vigilantes deployed from Nasarawa to bolster security in Ibbi, Niger state

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200 vigilantes deployed from Nasarawa to bolster security in Ibbi, Niger state By: Zagazola Makama About 200 vigilante men from Nasarawa State have arrived in Ibbi, Niger State, to support local security agencies in maintaining law and order, the Niger State Police reported. The vigilante were de...
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Security forces in Niger rescue three kidnapped victims in Mashegu LGA

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Security forces in Niger rescue three kidnapped victims in Mashegu LGA By: Zagazola Makama Three victims abducted by armed bandits in Aworo village, Mashegu Local Government Area, Niger State, have been successfully rescued. Zagazola learnt on Feb. 5 at about 10:00 p.m., unknown armed bandits inv...
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DSS Arrests, Arraigns Suspects Over 2023 Murder of Four Soldiers

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DSS Arrests, Arraigns Suspects Over 2023 Murder of Four Soldiers Three years after the murder of four soldiers in Ashaka Aboh, Ndokwa East LGA, Delta State, the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested two suspects, linked to the killings. The suspects, Ufuoma Sunday James and Lawrence Um...
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Unidentified man in Niger Republic uniform found dead in Gwadabawa in Sokoto

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Unidentified man in Niger Republic uniform found dead in Gwadabawa in Sokoto By: Zagazola Makama The Sokoto State Police Command is investigating the discovery of a lifeless body of an unidentified man wearing a Niger Republic security uniform in Timeji bush, a remote hamlet under Gigane District...
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Three suspected IPOB/ESN militants neutralized in Nnewi during anti-sit-at-home patrol in Anambra

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Three suspected IPOB/ESN militants neutralized in Nnewi during anti-sit-at-home patrol in Anambra By: Zagazola Makama Security forces in Anambra state have successfully neutralized three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) militia w...
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Bandits attack Gidan Fulani village, targeted Police outpost in Zamfara

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Bandits attack Gidan Fulani village, targeted Police outpost in Zamfara By: Zagazola Makama Suspected bandits have carried out a coordinated attack on Gidan Fulani village via Kasuwar Daji District in Kaura Namoda LGA in Zamfara state. Zagazola gathered also that the Kasuwar Daji Police Out Stati...
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Bandits ambush community watch operatives in Musawa Katsina, one killed

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Bandits ambush community watch operatives in Musawa Katsina, one killed By: Zagazola Makama Sources in Katsina have confirmed the fatal shooting of a Community Watch Corps (CWatch) operative and injuries to another following an ambush by suspected armed bandits in Musawa Local Government Area. Za...
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Communal clash leaves one dead, several injured in Garin Daura in Yobe

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Communal clash leaves one dead, several injured in Garin Daura in Yobe By: Zagazola Makama One person has been killed and several others injured following a clash between herders and residents of Garin Daura in Nangere Local Government Area of Yobe State. Zagazola gathered that on Feb. 6 at about...
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Four family members kidnapped in Danhono 2 village in Kaduna

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Four family members kidnapped in Danhono 2 village in Kaduna By: Zagazola Makama Atleast four members of a family have been abducted by bandits in Danhono 2 village, Millennium City in Kaduna state. Sources told Zagazola that on Feb. 9 at about 12:05 a.m., an unspecified number of armed men suspe...
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Vigilante shot two men in Yobe 

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Vigilante shot two men in Yobe    By: Zagazola Makama    Two men sustained serious gunshot injuries after being shot by a vigilante in Dadigar Village, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State.   Sources told Zagazola Makama that the victims including Audu Alhaji Is...
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  1. Two herders attacked during theft of rams, one killed, one injured in Yobe 
  2. Troops neutralise ISWAP fighter in Borno ambush operation
  3. Bandits Kill Seven, Abduct Catholic Priest, Ten Others In Southern Kaduna
  4. Customs officer killed in gun attack after cannabis seizure in Ogun
  5. Assessing Zulum’s refugee repatriation drive

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