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Nigerian Army confirms ambush on military base, says terrorists killed soldiers

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Nigerian Army has confirmed that bandits ambushed its military base in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday. The army stated this in a Facebook post on Wedne... Read More


20 soldiers killed by bandits in Niger

Nigeria, June 25 -- About 20 soldiers have been killed in an an attack on their base by bandits around Kwanan Dutse in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. A security source in neighbouri... Read More


How deforestation aided Mokwa floods that killed over 200, displaced 3,000 others

Nigeria, June 20 -- Faridah Ishaq is the sole survivor of the Mokwa flood in her family. Leaning against a wall at an open refugee camp in c area of Mokwa in Niger State, the 36-year-old mother of si... Read More


NAF deploys more aircraft to North-central to bolster peace efforts

Nigeria, June 18 -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has deployed additional air assets under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in the North-central, where it recorded at least three accidental airstr... Read More


Benue governor says masterminds of massacre well-armed

Nigeria, June 16 -- Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State says the masterminds of the 13 June massacre entered the state with sophisticated weapons and without cattle. PREMIUM TIMES reported that mor... Read More


Benue Massacre: Tinubu tasks security chiefs to end violence as Pope prays for victims

Nigeria, June 16 -- President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his directive to security chiefs to end the wanton killings in Benue State following the latest massacre of more than 100 people in Yelwata in ... Read More


Police fire teargas at Benue residents protesting insecurity

Nigeria, June 15 -- The police in Benue State have dispersed residents protesting the insecurity in the state following the killing of more than 100 people by terrorists who invaded Yelwata town of Gu... Read More


Terrorists attack Benue community, kill over 100

Nigeria, June 15 -- Barely two weeks after the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Olufemi Oluyede, moved to Benue State to stem violence in the state, terrorists on Friday attacked the refugee town of Yelwat... Read More


Al-Qaeda terrorists claim attack near Nigerian border with Benin

Nigeria, June 13 -- Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an affiliate of al-Qaeda global terror group, has claimed an attack in Basso, a town in Benin Republic which is about 15 kilometers f... Read More


Democracy Day: Foreign envoys call for urgent review of Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act

Nigeria, June 12 -- In a joint message commemorating Nigeria's 26 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, ambassadors of five Western countries have urged the Nigerian government to urgently ref... Read More