•Nigeria Air Force (NAF) jet fighters An airstrike targeted at bandits has reportedly killed some civilians in Shiroro Local Council of Niger State. It was gathered that bandits numbering well over 500 were seen loitering in some Shiroro communities, having come in from neighbouring Zamfara and Kaduna states, reports The Guardian. The exact de...
•Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, today, signed a new law allowing civilians to be tried in military courts that critics said could be used against opposition leaders ahead of next year’s election. The new law comes despite a ruling by the Supreme Court in late January that it was unconstitutional for civil...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the newly resettled Yamtake community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing two soldiers and an undisclosed number of civilians. Security and local sources confirmed the attack, saying the assailants invaded the communities around 11:15pm yesterday, reports Daily Trust....
•Airstrike by Nigerian Air Force An army jet killed at least six civilians after mistakenly attacking them while pursuing gangs in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State, residents told our correspondent yesterday. It dropped a bomb on a cluster of huts on the outskirts of Zakka village in Safana district on Saturday, three residents said. The strik...
•Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that he was fully aware of the military airstrike in the state which led to the death of some civilians. Dauda Lawal stated this during an interview on Channels TV. Recall that 16 residents including vigilantes were killed by military airstrike in […]
No fewer than 16 vigilantes were reportedly killed in an airstrike in Kakindawa village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Garba Umar, told our correspondent that the incident occurred on Saturday evening when the village’s vigilante group was on its way to assist neighbors in Tungar Kara village, who [&h...
•Kashim Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima has extended his condolences to the government and people of Sokoto State over the killing of about 10 civilians in airstrike targeted at the Lakurawa terrorist group at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. The villagers lost their lives on December 25, 2024, when t...
•The beer parlour A Rwandan soldier today opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting, reports AFP. However, the Rwandan Defence Forces identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. “RDF has arrested the […]...
•Terrorists An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on Monday, two local officials said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. Mali has for over a decade been ravaged by jihadists and other armed groups, with the centre of the West African country becoming a hotbed of […]
•Troops The Coalition of Bokkos Ethnic Youth Nationalities in Plateau State has accused the military of compounding their woes during last Friday’s attack on them by suspected Fulani herdsmen shooting at residents. No fewer than 10 people were killed when the gunmen carried out simultaneous attacks in two communities of Kopnanle in Mangu and M...
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