Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship

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Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship By: Zagazola Makama Ambassador Yusuf Mamman, former Nigerian envoy, has lauded the leadership and reforms of retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, describing him as a “soldier’s soldier” whose tenu...
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Author links human development to peace, draws leadership lessons from Buratai’s life

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Author links human development to peace, draws leadership lessons from Buratai’s life   By: Zagazola Makama     Dr. Muhammed Sani Abubakar, a peace scholar and author, has urged governments at all levels to prioritise human development as a strategic tool for addressing ter...
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Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini in Zamfara community

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Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini  in Zamfara community   By: Zagazola Makama    A feared bandit kingpin, Kachalla Alti, has killed a fellow gang leader in Matsuki village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, in what residents desc...
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Rival gang clash leaves one dead in Gusau

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Rival gang clash leaves one dead in Gusau   By: Zagazola Makama   A gang clash has left one person dead in Tudun Wada area of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State, police have confirmed.   Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 4:50 p.m. when five...
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Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe

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Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe   By: Zagazola Makama   Police in Gombe State, in collaboration with local hunters, have launched a search for a 60-year-old man abducted by gunmen in Funakaye Local Government Area.   Sources said the incident occurre...
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Police officer killed, another abducted in Gombe herder-farmer clash

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Police officer killed, another abducted in Gombe herder-farmer clash   By: Zagazola Makama    A clash between police operatives and suspected herders in Ture Kwei village, Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State, has left one person dead and a police officer abducted.  ...
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Bauchi Polytechnic students protest after 20 armed robbers raid campus hostel

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Bauchi Polytechnic students protest after 20 armed robbers raid campus hostel    By: Zagazola Makama    Armed robbers on Monday at about 4am invaded male students’ hostels at the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, dispossessing occupants of mobile phones and valuables, and stabbin...
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FG withdraws criminal complaint against Comfort Emmanson, reduces KWAM 1’s flight ban

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FG withdraws criminal complaint against Comfort Emmanson, reduces KWAM 1’s flight ban   By: Zagazola Makama    The Federal Government has withdrawn its criminal complaint against Ms. Comfort Emmanson over her alleged unruly conduct aboard an Ibom Airline flight and reduced the f...
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CAS APPLAUDS JOINT EFFORT AS NAF’S 8-MONTH OFFENSIVE DEALS CRUSHING BLOW TO TERRORISTS IN BORNO STATE*

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CAS APPLAUDS JOINT EFFORT AS NAF’S 8-MONTH OFFENSIVE DEALS CRUSHING BLOW TO TERRORISTS IN BORNO STATE* The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dealt a decisive blow to terrorist elements in the North-East, killing at least 592 fighters and destroying 372 enemy assets in eight months, already surpassing...
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Tensions in Mali’s ruling junta amid reported arrests of senior officers

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Tensions in Mali’s ruling junta amid reported arrests of senior officers   By: Zagazola Makama   Mali’s ruling junta is facing heightened internal tensions following a reported wave of arrests within the military, overshadowing the country’s fight against terrorism.   Secu...
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Policeman earlier presumed killed in Zamfara bandit attack found alive

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Policeman earlier presumed killed in Zamfara bandit attack found alive   By: Zagazola Makama   The Zamfara Police Command says a police inspector earlier presumed killed in a bandit attack on Adabka village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area has been found alive.   Sources told Z...
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Two killed, two abducted in bandit attack in Zamfara

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Two killed, two abducted in bandit attack in Zamfara   By: Zagazola Makama    Armed bandits have killed two persons and abducted two others in an attack on Ruwan Bore village, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.     Sources told Zagazola Makama that&...
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Cameroonian MNJTF troops attacked at Nigeria–Cameroon border town in Kirawa

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Cameroonian MNJTF troops attacked at Nigeria–Cameroon border town in Kirawa    By: Zagazola Makama    Cameroonian troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) stationed at Kirawa, a border community between Nigeria and Cameroon, have come under attack by Boko Haram...
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Troops neutralise insurgents, recover arms in Borno, Yobe

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Troops neutralise insurgents, recover arms in Borno, Yobe   By: Zagazola Makama   Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised scores of Boko Haram insurgents in Kareto, Borno State, and recovered assorted arms and ammunition after foiling an attempted ambush.   The ambush, wh...
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Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA discovers over 60 bodies after deadly air strike on bandits in Zamfara

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Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA discovers over 60 bodies after deadly air strike on bandits in Zamfara   By: Zagazola Makama    Troops of the Nigerian Army have discovered more than 60 bodies of suspected bandits in Zamfara State during exploitation following a deadly air strike...
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DSS Arraigns Five over 2022 attack on Owo Catholic Church

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DSS Arraigns Five over 2022 attack on Owo Catholic Church *Court adjourns till August 19 for trial   The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned five men before a Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs Catholic Churc...
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Gunmen Abduct Six, Rob Passengers on Takum–Katsina Ala Road

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Gunmen Abduct Six, Rob Passengers on Takum–Katsina Ala Road    By: Zagazola Makama    Atleast six persons, including five female passengers and a male bus conductor, have been abducted by armed men along the Takum–Katsina Ala Road in Taraba state.    Zagazola...
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Police Probe Death of Mother and Two Children in Nasarawa

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Police Probe Death of Mother and Two Children in Nasarawa   By: Zagazola Makama    The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into the death of a woman and her two children in Obi Local Government Area.   Zagazola Makama gathered that the incide...
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Retired Police Commissioner Danjuma Kromda Dies in Jos

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Retired Police Commissioner Danjuma Kromda Dies in Jos   By: Zagazola Makama    The Plateau State Police Command has announced the death of retired Commissioner of Police Danjuma Kromda.    Sources  said Kromda died on Saturday at the Jos University Teaching...
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Gunmen Attack Convoy of Abia Governor’s Aide, Vehicles Damaged

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Gunmen Attack Convoy of Abia Governor’s Aide, Vehicles Damaged   By: Zagazola Makama    Suspected criminals have opened fire on the convoy of Dr. Oluebube Chukwu, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Duties, along the Port Harcourt–Enugu Expressway on Sunday. &...
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  1. Two Community Policing Members Killed, Firearms Stolen in Zamfara Bandit Attack
  2. Corps Member Found Dead in Bauchi Lodge
  3. Five Arrested Over Bauchi Killing, Two Suspects Still at Large
  4. Man, 60, Arrested Over Killing of 12-Year-Old in Gombe
  5. One Killed as Ebonyi Communal Clash Rekindles

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