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Army neutralises 177 terrorists, arrests 263, rescues 158 kidnap victims in a week

The Nigerian military has in the last one week eliminated 177 terrorists, apprehended 263 others and rescued 158 kidnapped hostages in different operations across...

Suicide bomber spoils wedding celebration killing six in Borno

No fewer than six people have been killed with 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno. Tragedy struck when the suicide bomber...

Danger as foreign terrorists allegedly migrate toward Nigeria’s major power-generating town of Kainji

By Mike Odeh James and Stephen Kefas  Niger State is emerging as a hub for Jihadists from the Sahel region, and they have found a...

Kidnap victim meets her abductors in a bus, crowd effects arrest

Luck has run out on a kidnapping gang in Otukpo, Benue South Senatorial District, after some members of the gang were identified by one...

How safe is Abuja as four ‘good-for-nothing, never-do-wells’, who killed army general in Abuja estate, arrested?

● 3rd time late General's home was attacked Investigations are continuing into how at least five men described as 'good-for-nothing, never-do-wells' stormed the home...

ISWAP summarily executes three Nigerian Christian travellers, make photos public

A non-governmental organisation, Stefanos Foundation, is reporting that the terrorist group, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), has killed three Christians in Borno...

“My people are being killed like animals”, cries out Senator of district where terrorists killed 20, beheaded 10

The senator representing Niger East senatorial district, where terrorists stormed a community, Bassa, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa, has described the gruesome murder of 20...

How joint military, police, hunters’ operations are cleansing forests that border Kogi, Kwara, Ekiti, Niger states

● Governors, ONSA, Karimi, Hunters named in efforts Inch by inch, a large portion of forests around the borders of Kogi, Kwara, Ekiti, and Niger...

As Army ‘threatens onslaught, Aba residents fret, contemplate relocation

There is palpable tension in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, over the Army threat to hit back over the killing of its...

Two university students killed by their abductors in Kogi State

Two students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) kidnapped have been killed by kidnappers. The two students were among other students kidnapped some...

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