Security forces in Gombe arrest suspected cattle rustler, recover 50 sheep

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Security forces in Gombe arrest suspected cattle rustler, recover 50 sheep By: Zagazola Makama Gombe State Police Command has arrested a suspected cattle rustler and recovered 50 sheep following a distress call in Amada. The report revealed that on Jan. 28 at about 8:22 p.m., a mob apprehended on...
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Katsina police arrest gun runners, recover AK-47 magazines and ammunition

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Katsina police arrest gun runners, recover AK-47 magazines and ammunition By: Zagazola Makama Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspected gun runners and recovered six AK-47 magazines and 305 rounds of live ammunition. Sources said that on Jan. 27 at about 1400 hours, police on stop-a...
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Borno troops repel Boko Haram attack in Hawul, one killed

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Borno troops repel Boko Haram attack in Hawul, one killed By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully repelled simultaneous attacks by ISWAP terrorists on Jihuhi and Harang villages in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, leaving one person dead. Sources told Zaga...
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Gunfire, explosions rock Niamey airport at night

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Gunfire, explosions rock Niamey airport at night By: Zagazola Makama Gunshots and loud explosions of unknown origin were heard late on Wednesday night around the Niamey International Airport in Niger Republic. Your browser does not support the video tag. Local sources told Zagazola Makama...
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Tinubu’s Turkey visit: CDS, Air Chief inspect defence systems at ASELSAN

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Tinubu’s Turkey visit: CDS, Air Chief inspect defence systems at ASELSAN By: Zagazola Makama On the sidelines of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s official visit to Türkiye, the Minister of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, has visited ASELSAN, Türkiye’s leading defence electr...
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Troops, police rescue eight kidnap victims in Kaduna forest

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Troops, police rescue eight kidnap victims in Kaduna forest By: Zagazola Makama The Nigerian Army troops of Sector 7 of Operation OPEP, in collaboration with the Zango Kataf Police Area Command, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Forest Guards and local hunters, have rescued eight kidnapped victims...
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Police uncover N7.7bn telecom fraud, arrest six suspects

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Police uncover N7.7bn telecom fraud, arrest six suspects   By: Zagazola Makama    The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered and dismantled a cyber-enabled fraud syndicate responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources, with an est...
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Police repel bandits’ attack in Benue, restore calm in Otukpo

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Police repel bandits’ attack in Benue, restore calm in Otukpo By: Zagazola Makama The Benue State Police Command has repelled an attack by suspected bandits on police personnel in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said that the incident occurred on Jan. 27 at about 2:26 p.m. A...
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Bandits abduct pastor, wife in Katsina village

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Bandits abduct pastor, wife in Katsina village By: Zagazola Makama Suspected armed bandits have kidnapped a pastor and his wife in Ungwan Adiko Kafari village, Kujama Local Government Area of Katsina State. Sources told the Zagazola Makama on Wednesday that the incident occurred on Jan. 26 at abo...
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Bandits kill one-year-old, injure woman, abduct passengers in Zamfara

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Bandits kill one-year-old, injure woman, abduct passengers in Zamfara By: Zagazola Makama Armed bandits have attacked a passenger vehicle along the Gusau–Kasheta Kura route in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing a one-year-old baby, injuring a woman and abducting severa...
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Suspected herders kill man in fresh attack on Agagbe–Naka road

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Suspected herders kill man in fresh attack on Agagbe–Naka road By: Zagazola Makama Suspected armed herders have killed a man along the Agagbe–Naka–Agatu road in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources told Zagazola hat the incident occurred on Jan. 27 at about 6:01 p.m. Acc...
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Rival bandit leaders clash as key peace enforcer is killed in Jibia axis, Katsina

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Rival bandit leaders clash as key peace enforcer is killed in Jibia axis, Katsina By: Zagazola Makama A prominent bandit leader and key enforcer of a fragile peace arrangement in Jibia, Katsina State, Abdullahi Lantai, also known as “Lantai Officer”, has been killed in a deadly ambush linked t...
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Troops raid bandits’ hideout in Plateau, neutralise notorious kidnapper

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Troops raid bandits’ hideout in Plateau, neutralise notorious kidnapper   By: Zagazola Makama   Troops of Sector 2 of Operation OPEP have raided a suspected bandits’ hideout at Nahuta Village, Kadarko District in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, neutralising a notorious...
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First Batch of 300 Refugees Returns to Gwoza in Landmark Homecoming

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First Batch of 300 Refugees Returns to Gwoza in Landmark Homecoming. The first batch of 300 Nigerian refugees has returned to Gwoza in Borno State, marking the commencement of the fourth phase of a sustained repatriation exercise. The returnees, comprising 75 households, arrived in Pulka, Gwoz...
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Why we charged Sowore over false claim against Tinubu - DSS

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Why we charged Sowore over false claim against Tinubu - DSS * Court warns defendant's counsel against delay tactics The Department of State Services (DSS) has said its decision to file a charge against online publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, was because of the security implications of the...
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ISWAP suffers heavy losses in Timbuktu Triangle, lost 22 fighters in encounter with troops

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ISWAP suffers heavy losses in Timbuktu Triangle, lost 22 fighters in encounter with troops   By: Zagazola Makama    At least 22 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed, while several others were wounded, during recent clashes with Nigerian troop...
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Police rescue six children, arrest five over child stealing in Ogun–Lagos axis

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Police rescue six children, arrest five over child stealing in Ogun–Lagos axis By: Zagazola Makama Police rescue six children, arrest five over child stealing in Ogun–Lagos axis Security sources said that the breakthrough followed the abandonment of a six-year-old boy, Samuel Honesty, who had...
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Mobile Police personnel repel bandits’ attack on Ugbobi village in Benue

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Mobile Police personnel repel bandits’ attack on Ugbobi village in Benue By: Zagazola Makama Personnel of the 67 Police Mobile Force (PMF) successfully repelled an attack by armed herder bandits on Ugbobi village in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State on Monday evening. Security sources to...
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Federal High Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu's Motion for Transfer from Sokoto Correctional Facility

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Federal High Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu's Motion for Transfer from Sokoto Correctional Facility Abuja, January 27, 2026 – Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out an ex-parte motion filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous...
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Six vigilante members injured in gunpowder explosion in Talata Mafara

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Six vigilante members injured in gunpowder explosion in Talata Mafara By: Zagazola Makama Six members of a local vigilante group sustained injuries early on Jan. 27 following an accidental explosion of gunpowder that sparked a fire in Talata Mafara, Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses said the incident o...
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  1. Six people abducted by armed bandits in Maru, Zamfara State
  2. Four killed, 15 injured in lone motor accident on Ibadan–Oyo Expressway
  3. Armed robbery foiled by Bauchi Police, three suspects arrested in Bauchi
  4. Bandits attack Bauna village in Katsina; one killed, two injured
  5. ISWAP attack on passenger vehicle kills two, injures two in Borno

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