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Monday, 30 June 2025 04:38

Bandits strike again in Benue, kill four policemen in fresh attacks

Armed bandits on Sunday launched another deadly assault on Benue State, killing at least four Mobile Police officers in Udei community, Guma Local Government Area. The attack, which began around 11 a.m., first targeted Asha community where the assailants fired sporadically, forcing farmers to flee. The violence quickly spread towards Ortese, a settlement housing thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Witnesses said the intervention of military personnel, who deployed armoured vehicles and engaged the attackers in the bush for over an hour, prevented the bandits from overrunning Ortese. “They started pursuing people from their farms at Asha and it escalated…

Thursday, 26 June 2025 04:26

17 soldiers killed, dozens injured in fierce gun battles with terrorists in Niger, Kaduna

Seventeen soldiers have been confirmed dead and at least ten others injured following coordinated attacks by armed terrorists on multiple military bases in northern Nigeria, marking one of the deadliest assaults on the country’s armed forces in recent times. The attacks occurred on Tuesday in Niger and Kaduna States, targeting forward operating bases in Kwanar Dutse Mariga and Boka areas of Niger State, and another base in neighbouring Kaduna. Security sources described the assault as an ambush carried out with heavy ammunition by hundreds of armed fighters. According to military and local sources, the fiercest attack took place at the…

Thursday, 26 June 2025 04:25

Four killed in roadside bomb attack on Borno highway

Four travelers lost their lives when an explosive device detonated along a major highway in Borno State on Wednesday afternoon, according to local media reports. The deadly blast occurred around 3:00pm on the Damboa-Maiduguri road, striking a passenger vehicle carrying an undetermined number of occupants. In addition to the four fatalities, several other passengers suffered injuries in the attack. This incident marks the latest in a series of bomb attacks that have plagued the strategic highway. Just weeks earlier, a similar explosion on the same route claimed seven lives, highlighting the persistent security challenges facing the state. The Damboa-Maiduguri road…

Wednesday, 25 June 2025 04:38

Over 40 security operatives killed by bandits in Zamfara, Daily Trust reports

One of Nigeria’s most notorious bandit kingpins, Kachalla Bello Turji, reportedly killed more than 40 operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in a deadly ambush in Zamfara State on Sunday. Among the casualties were four officers from the Department of State Services (DSS) and a former bandit-turned-security informant, Bashar Maniya, who was once a rival of Turji, it was gathered. Local sources confirmed the attack occurred near Ruggar Chida, a remote community where Turji’s father is believed to be the traditional leader. The operatives, travelling in two vehicles and on motorcycles, were ambushed in an area that had…

Tuesday, 24 June 2025 04:41

Three family members killed, others injured in fresh Plateau attack

At least three family members were killed while two others were injured in a fresh attack in Te’ebbe community, Miango district, Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State. The victims, farmers from the same family, were attacked while harvesting tomatoes. The two injured men sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Jos for treatment. The incident occurred while a fact-finding committee, set up by Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang to investigate the causes of the Plateau crisis from 2001 to date, was interacting with the community and security personnel at the Bassa LGA secretariat. Led by retired Major General Nicholas Roger,…

Sunday, 22 June 2025 04:03

Female suicide bomber kills at least 24 at Borno food joint in deadly attack

A devastating suicide bombing carried out by a female assailant late Friday night has left at least 24 people dead and over 30 others injured in Konduga, Borno State—one of the deadliest such attacks in recent months. According to local sources and security officials, the bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a crowded food joint and fish market around 10 p.m., targeting civilians in the restive northeastern town. The explosion tore through the evening gathering, killing the bomber and scores of innocent victims. Only the bomber’s head was reportedly recovered intact. Police authorities confirmed the attack in a…

Saturday, 21 June 2025 04:34

15 killed in fresh attack on Plateau communities

No fewer than 15 persons have been killed in renewed violence by gunmen in Bokkos and Mangu local government areas of Plateau State. The recent violence happened on Thursday night at Manja community of Chakfem kingdom in Mangu, and Tangur community in Bokkos. It was gathered that the attackers stormed the communities at different times. While Tangur attack was around 9pm when people were already retiring to bed, that of Chakfem was much earlier. The attackers, it was learnt, operated for a while during the attacks before disappearing. Sources from Mangu and Bokkos confirmed to our correspondent that seven people…

Friday, 20 June 2025 05:03

Bandits kill 24 farmers, kidnap others in Katsina communities

Bandits have killed at least 20 farmers, three other residents, and a community watch corps operative, popularly called C’watch in Katsina State. The separate incidents took place in Kankara Local Government Area, one of the frontline LGAs in the state. A resident of the community who pleaded anonymity told our reporter that, “about six days ago, bandits attacked farmers in Yargoje, Kwakware, Danmarke, Gidan Dawa and some from Burdugau. “They killed about 20 farmers, kidnapped some and rustled the animals with which they tilled their farms,” he said. Another source told Daily Trust that on Monday, bandits also launched an…

Sunday, 15 June 2025 04:19

Over 100 feared dead as gunmen attack Benue communities in night of horror

At least 100 people have been killed in a brutal overnight attack on Yelewata, a village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The massacre, which began late Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday, was carried out by suspected armed herders, according to eyewitnesses, local officials, and rights group Amnesty International. The assault marks the third attack on Yelewata within one week, raising alarm over the deteriorating security situation in the region. The attackers reportedly stormed the village just before midnight, overwhelming the community with sophisticated weapons and facing little to no resistance from security…

Tuesday, 10 June 2025 04:35

13 killed in fresh attacks in sokoto and plateau states amid rising insecurity

At least 13 people have been killed in separate violent incidents in Sokoto and Plateau states, underscoring the growing threat of insurgency and communal violence in parts of northern Nigeria. In Sokoto State, seven people lost their lives on Sunday when a motorcycle triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) allegedly planted by suspected Lakurawa insurgents in Tangaza Local Government Area. The victims, all residents of Zurmuku village, were returning from a Sallah celebration in nearby Gwabro village when they stopped to rest under a tree commonly used by military personnel. The IED exploded when one of their motorcycles passed over…

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Friday, 06 June 2025 05:10

Gunmen kill two policemen, abduct Chinese in Kwara

The Kwara State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of two policemen and the abduction of a Chinese national and one Nigerian in the Oreke-Okeigbo community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday night. The incident which took place at a mining site in the community at about 6.30 pm on Wednesday, saw two policemen: an Assistant Superintendent of Police and an Inspector being shot dead by a group of unidentified gunmen who attacked it. According to a statement e-signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in the command on behalf of the…

Thursday, 05 June 2025 04:44

NCC warns DJs: Unlicensed music use could lead to 5-year jail term

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has issued a stern warning to disc jockeys (DJs) against playing music in public without proper licensing, stating that offenders risk a fine of up to ₦1 million or a five-year prison sentence. In an advisory released on Wednesday in Abuja, John Asein, Director-General of the NCC, expressed concern over the increasing trend of DJs performing copyrighted music without obtaining the required permissions from approved Collective Management Organisations (CMOs). Asein emphasized that under Sections 9 and 12 of the Copyright Act (2022), only the copyright owner of a musical work or sound recording has the…

Wednesday, 04 June 2025 04:33

New terrorist group, Mahmuda kills 3, seizes control of Kwara, Niger communities

Members of the New terrorist group “Mahmuda” reportedly took advantage of the loopholes created by the absence of local hunters who are currently in Ilorin on training for the National Forest Guard, recently approved by the presidency to provide security for communities. Members of the unrepentant new terrorist group, in a fresh attack on Duruma village in Baruten Local Government Area, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning, slaughtered three villagers. Vanguard reliably gathered that the three villagers who were killed by members of the terrorist group were immediately buried by the community. It was further gathered that the terrorist group carried…

Tuesday, 03 June 2025 04:33

61 killed in fresh bandit attacks, communal clash in Benue

It was a bloody weekend in parts of Benue State, following the killing of over 46 persons by rampaging armed herdsmen in two separate attacks on communities in Apa and Gwer West Local Government areas of the state. This came as no fewer than 15 persons also lost their lives, and closed to 200 houses completely razed in a communal clash between the people of Mbakine and Ojumole, also in Gwer East Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered from an eyewitness that the crisis in Apa started Sunday afternoon, when armed herders invaded Ijaha Ibele Ochekwu, in…

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