•Kidnap victims Many families of kidnap victims are living in despair as their relatives, predominantly women and children, continue to languish in various terrorist dens after being held hostage for several weeks or months. From the forests of Kwara State to the insurgency-ravaged communities of Borno and the volatile hinterlands of Niger and...
•Terrorists Violent attacks linked to al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) surged sharply across the border areas of Nigeria, Benin and Niger in 2025, according to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The report shows that when 2024 ...
•DSS operatives and captured ISWAP Commander Sani Yusuf Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person involved in the 2022 attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State in which over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were left injured. According to DSS, the High-profile ISWAP [&hell...
•Bandit leader, Bello Turji Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has accused two former northern governors of fueling insecurity in the country, especially in the North. He also confirmed participating in a series of peace meetings with the Zamfara State government during the administration of a former governor of the state, but vehemently de...
The Kano State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, disclosed today that they have received intelligence reports indicating that suspected terrorists are planning attacks on public gatherings in key locations within Kano State. In a statement titled, “Security Alert: Caution Against Suspected Planned Terrorist Attacks...
•Nigerian troops The acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, visited the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army in Sokoto yesterday as part of efforts to combat the new terror group, Lukarawa. Olukoyede ordered the troops to crush the new terror group which was reportedly inducing youths in the state into its fold, […]
•Omar bin Laden French authorities have ordered Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over posts on social media, France’s interior minister announced today. Born in Saudi Arabia, where he spent his early years, Omar bin Laden, 43, has also lived in Sudan and Afghanistan, […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today issued an order to freeze 13 bank accounts linked to a suspected terrorist, Henry Okocha. Justice Peter Lifu issued the order following an ex-parte application filed before the court by the Department of State Services, represented by its counsel, Yunus Umar, reports The PUNCH. The ex-parte applicati...
•Oscar Alejandro Popular Venezuelan YouTuber, Oscar Alejandro was arrested in Caracas yesterday over alleged links to “terrorist activities,” his family said, with authorities yet to comment on the case. “According to the information available so far, the arrest is linked to accusations of terrorist activities,” his family said in a statement ...
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