Seven killed in Yobe terror attack
NAN – The Joint Task Force (JTF) on security in Yobe has confirmed the death of two policemen and five suspected terrorists in an attack early on Thursday. The policemen and terrorists lost the...
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Four teachers killed, students injured as gunmen attack primary school...
Four teachers have been reported dead and four students injured in Maiduguri after gunmen attacked two primary schools in the restive Borno state capital. Daily Trust reported that the attacks took p...
Five killed in Maiduguri gun battle between military and Boko Haram
At least five people were killed in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital on Tuesday morning in a clash between Joint Task Force operatives and suspected Boko Haram insurgents. According to a report in ...
Two suspected Nigerian members of al-Qaeda arraigned in Abuja court
The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday arraigned two men said to have links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, in Yemen. Babafemi Lawal and Luqman Babatunde, natives of Ogun and Lagos s...
Attackers slit throats of nine construction workers in Maiduguri
(Reuters) – Attackers slit the throats of at least nine construction workers on Monday in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian birthplace of an Islamist insurgency, the army said. No one claimed r...
Two explosives found in Jos
NAN – The military Special Task Force said in Jos on Monday that two explosives planted in a residential area in Tudun Wada Area were discovered on Sunday. This was contained in a statement by ...
Sunday bomb threat: police officers and churches on alert in restive n...
There is heightened security in troubled northern Nigeria ahead of Sabath day, as police officers and security agents have been deployed into major cities in Nigeria’s restive north. Abuja poli...
2 Iranian terrorist suspects arrested in Kenya
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says police officers have arrested two Iranians suspected of being involved in terrorism. Aggrey Adoli, the police chief in charge of Kenya’s coastal reg...
Gunmen kill 27, injure 8 in Zamfara State
A gang of gunmen unleashed mayhem in Zamfara state on Monday, killing 27 people, including a policeman, and injuring eight other people. According to reports, the gunmen entered into Dangulbi town, a...
Gunmen kill four southern traders in Yola
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a group of southern businessmen in the northern city of Yola on Monday, killing four, reports said. According to Channels Television reporters, the gunmen had arrived at...