A handwritten letter purportedly sent by Boko Haram, formally known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, to the Sarkin Woro (traditional ruler of the Woro community), days before the brutal massacre that claimed over 170 lives, has emerged. The letter, dated January 8, 2026 (corresponding to 19 Rajab 1447 in the Islamic calendar), was written…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have apprehended Shariff Umar, also known as Yusuf, who is believed to be the primary organiser of a suicide bombing network linked to a series of recent attacks and foiled plots in the Borno and other North-Eastern states. This was disclosed by the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force…
Barely five days after abduction of 23 pupils from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Kebbi, another set of students have been kidnapped from St. Mary boading school in Papiri community in Niger state. Terrorists were said have invaded the Catholic secondary school in the early hours of Friday, November 21, abducting several students in yet…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has recaptured a fugitive linked to the Ansaru terrorist group and the 2022 Kuje Correctional Centre jailbreak in Abuja, security sources have confirmed. The suspect, Abdulaziz Obadaki, was found to have played a “masterminding role” in the jailbreak that freed hundreds of inmates, according to intelligence briefings. First arrested…
The Al-Qaeda–linked terrorist group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for an attack in Kwara State, marking its first reported operation in Nigeria just four months after it announced the establishment of a new brigade in the country. According to credible intelligence sources, the attack occurred in the northern part of Kwara, along…
Former Nigerian politician, Douglas Egharevba, faces deportation after a Canadian Federal Court upheld a ruling declaring Nigeria’s two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), terrorist organisations. A judgment dated June 17, 2025, dismissed Egharevba’s bid to overturn a decision by Canada’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD), which found…
By Erasmus Ikhide THE monstrous bastards; heartless beasts, and the unwashed dogs who slaughtered and roasted tens of hundreds innocent men, women and children in the sanctuary of sleep in Benue State and their sponsors have now be emboldened to conduct more of such genocide. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the heads of the security…
A Chadian terrorist’s wife has revealed shocking details about her husband’s secret life, which he managed to keep hidden from her throughout their marriage. The woman, whose name has been withheld, was paraded alongside two associates of her husband, Ahmad Adam Abba, at the Bompai Police Headquarters in Kano by the Kano State Police Command….
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a suspected gunrunner in Zamfara State. The agency presented the suspect to the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, at the Government House in Gusau on Tuesday evening. In a chat with journalists, the governor said the suspect was tracked from Niger Republic to Zamfara where he was…
The Kano State Police Command has alerted residents to intelligence reports of a suspected plan by terrorists to target public gatherings in strategic locations across the state. In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police urged residents to exercise caution and avoid crowded areas until further…
