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The hometown of the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, Madagali, was attacked in the early hours of Tuesday by suspected terrorists, kidnapping six family members. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday morning by the state Police co…

Gunmen opened fire on football fans after a match in central Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring a dozen more in a region plagued by violence blamed on organised crime, local authorities said. Armed men stormed into a community football ground afte…

Christmas Day strikes by the United States on northwest Nigeria targeted militants linked to an Islamic State wing largely active in neighboring Niger, a top US Africa Command lieutenant general told AFP. “The targets were areas that all terrorist gro…

The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom’s deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants. The Pentagon h…

The Nigerian military has denied claims that its response to the attack in Kurmin Wali community, Kaduna State, where over 100 worshippers were abducted last Sunday, has been slow or lacking proactivity in efforts to rescue the victims. Some members o…

The attack occurred at about 1:00 a.m on Thursday when suspected armed bandits stormed the site with the intention of carting away illegally mined minerals. Troops of Sector 6, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), were alerted to the incident at about 8:40 a.…

In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN expressed concern over what it described as poor public communication by the security agencies. The association said the early response lacked sensiti…

About 5,000 individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activities are currently being held in pre-trial detention facilities across the country, The Wassap9ja has learnt. The large number of detainees has created a significant backlog o…