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    Israel’s Jerusalem Post newspaper’s website hacked by Iran

     Iranian backed hackers have attacked the cyberspace of Israel. On Monday, January 3, Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper said its website had been hacked, in what it said was an apparent threat to the country. Instead of displaying a main news page, the hackers showed an illustration that appeared to remind Israelites...

    ‘The mystery of ‘Unknown gunmen’ in Imo is now unravelling’ – ex. Governor Okorocha claims

    Senator Rochas Okorocha has said that the mystery of ''unknown gunmen'' in Imo state is now unraveling following the recent invasion of the Anglican church to arrest his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu by masked security officers stationed at the Imo state government house. Okorocha said this while speaking on Channels Television on...

    Nigerian Govt. to deploy fighter jets against terrorists and bandits

    The federal government will be deploying 12 Super Tucano jets against bandits as part of concerted efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to end terrorism before 2023. The Nation reported that while the federal government has started perfecting the conditions for the release of a gazette which will legally classify bandits as terrorists, the United States (U.S.)...

    ISIS suicide bomber kills 6 people in a restaurant on Christmas day in Congo

    At least six people have died in a suicide bomb attack allegedly carried out by ISIS backed militants on a crowded restaurant in the eastern city of Beni, Congo on Christmas day. Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a suicide bomber of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a...

    Destroy Boko Haram and ISWAP before 2023 – Buhari tells service chiefs

    President Muhammadu Buhari has asked service chiefs in the country to ensure that the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram are crushed before he leaves office in 2023.  Buhari gave the marching order at an emergency security meeting yesterday December 24, barely 24 hours after the insurgents shot rockets close...

    ISWAP Kidnaps Borno State Govt officials

    At least five staff of Borno State Ministry of Work have been abducted by Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). According to Daily Trust, the victims, who were supervising the construction of Chibok-Damboa road, were abducted on Wednesday morning, December 1, near Wovi, a remote village in Chibok Local...

    ‘Do you know that Bandits uses ‘Walkie-Talkie’? – Katsina State Govt claims

    The Katsina state government has said that bandits operating in the state are using Radio Frequency Walkie Talkie Transceivers to overcome the shutdown of telecommunications service in the state. Speaking at a press conference today November 18, the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa, said the bandits have...

    Iran has boosted its uranium stockpile – UN warns

    The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that Iran has boosted its stocks of enriched uranium, just days before scheduled talks in Vienna to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal. In a report cited by several media outlets on Wednesday, November 17, the IAEA gave updated...

    Liverpool bomber was frustrated after his asylum bids were repeatedly turned down

    Remembrance Day bomber Emad Jamil Al-Swealmeen decided to carry out a bomb attack after his asylum bids were repeatedly turned down, it emerged last night. The 32-year-old blew himself up in a taxi at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 14, after the taxi driver David Perry, 43, locked him up in...

    Boko Haram have taken over 5 communities in Niger State? – Niger Official confirms

    Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to Niger State Government has raised an alarm of Boko Haram insurgents being in control of 5 communities in the state.  Matane who addressed journalists, said Boko Haram insurgents are fully in charge in Hanawanka, Madaka, in Rafi LGA and Kurebe, Gussau, Farina Kuka in Shiroro LGA.  He...

    Suicide Bomber’s identity at the Liverpool hospital is revealed

    The bomber killed in the terrorist attack outside the Women’s Hospital in Liverpool on Sunday, Nov. 14, has been named by Counter Terrorism Police North West as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. Al Swealmeen was killed after a homemade device went off in the backseat of a taxi. The taxi driver who has...

    Bandits struck in a Taraba Community (Graphic photos)

    At least 15 people, including three housewives, were killed by bandits at Binnari and Jab Jab villages in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State on Wednesday, November 10  It was gathered that the villagers attempted to fight back in Binnari but were overpowered by the bandits numbering over 50. The...

    Ikoyi collapsed building: death toll rises to 43 with 15 survivors

    Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the death toll from the Ikoyi building collapse has risen to 43.  According to Sanwo-Olu, six people were discovered to have been rescued alive on the first day by first responders and taken to the police hospital before the arrival of LASEMA, bringing the...

    Insecurity: ISIS fighters from Libya, Syria in Nigeria as ISWAP plans fresh attacks

    ISIS troops are battle-ready, just days after intelligence disrupted an attempt by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to smuggle military uniforms into Nigeria. ISWAP is expected to target Baga, Malam Fatori, and Marte towns in Borno State soon, according to Eons Intelligence. Tori Media gathered that more than...

    Inspector-General of Police (IGP) insists that Anambra Election must hold

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP),  Usman Akali Baba, has vowed to ensure the success of Saturday’s election in Anambra. The IGP speaking during the 2021 Capacity Building Workshop with the Theme: Internal security operations in a democratic dispensation, organized by Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, Mr Johnson...

    Panic! As Ethiopian diplomats, government officials and citizens flee Addis Ababa as Rebels approach the captical city

    Ethiopian citizens, government officials, foreigners and diplomats are hastily fleeing Addis Ababa as rebel forces close in on the country’s capital. Tigray fighters and Oromo rebels are said to have surrounded the capital. George Anderson, a freelance journalist, tweeted that airlines departing Addis Ababa were fully-booked as people flee Addis Ababa. He wrote:...

    Alex Quinonez, Ecuadorian 200-metres bronze medallist, has been shot dead

    World 200 metres bronze medallist, Alex Quinonez has been killed in Ecuador, his home country. The 32-year-old finished third at the World Championships in Doha two years ago to become the first Ecuadorian athlete to win a global medal in a track event. According to the BBC, Quinonez was shot along with another...

    IPOB Threatens to Lockdown South East if FG Fails To Release Nnamdi Kanu On or Before Nov 4

    The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened a 6-day lockdown of the entire Southeast if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not released unconditionally before November 4, 2021. In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said failure to release Kanu would attract a...

    Taliban beheads a female volleyball star, then posts photo online – coach confirms

    Mahjabin Hakimi, a member of the Afghanistan women's youth volleyball team, has reportedly been beheaded by the Taliban in the country's capital of Kabul because of its objection to women's sport. After the murder of Hakimi, the group is then alleged to have posted pictures of her decapitating head on social media,...

    Goronyo Massacre: “Why we attacked Goronyo market” – Bandits

    Bandits operating between Sokoto and Zamfara states have taken responsibility for the attack on Goronyo Market in Sokoto State, where over 40 villagers were killed, describing it as a reprisal, Daily Trust reported. Tori Me! had reported that bandits stormed the market last Sunday and opened fire on buyers and sellers leading...

    US military base in Syria hit by both ground fire and drone strike

    The US military base in Al-Tanf, Syria, was hit by a coordinated attack on Wednesday with a drone strike and possible ground fire, that US officials say was a 'coordinated attack' No US troops were injured and it is not clear who carried out the attack. The base is used to...

    Bandits kills 43 people in Goronyo, Sokoto State [graphic photos]

    43 people have been confirmed dead in the wake of the attack by bandits on Goronyo township in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state gave this clarification after due diligence on figures of those that died in the Goronyo market Sunday attack.  Earlier in...

    Nigerian Troops finally confirms death of ISWAP leader, Abu Musab Al-Barnawi

    The Nigerian military has finally confirmed the death of vicious Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Musab Al-Barnawi. Tori Me reported in September that Al-Barnawi who is the son of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf who was also killed by security forces in 2009, was killed in Borno state.  Chief of Defence Staff...

    EU and US will be flooded with economic refugees if Afghanistan sanctions continue – Taliban warns

    Afghanistan's new Taliban government has warned US and European envoys that the ongoing sanctions will jeopardize security and could trigger a wave of economic refugees. In a statement published late Tuesday, October 13, acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told Western diplomats at talks in Doha that "weakening the Afghan government is not...

    See Wahala o! Bandits requesting “cooked food” as ransom now

    Bandits are now reportedly demanding for cooked food as ransom following some measures instituted by state governments to fight insecuirty in their states.  A youth leader in one of the villages in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, Babangida ‎Yaro, told Daily Trust that since the ban on weekly...

    JUST IN! We Killed Three Unknown Gunmen – Army

    The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its operatives killed three unknown Gunmen, Tori Me! reports. A statement signed by Onyema Nwachukwu, Brig Gen Director Army Public Relations, said the troops of Sector 5 of Exercise GOLDEN DAWN deployed in Anambra neutralised three unknown gunmen who attacked a Nigerian Police...

    Afghanistan: Bomb attack kills over 50 people at Shiite mosque

    An apparent bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 50 people on Friday, October 8, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country. A medical source at the Kunduz Provincial Hospital said that 35 dead and more than 50 injured had...

    Bandits on a killing spree in Zamfara community, 18 people declared dead

    18 people including women and children have been killed and several injured by bandits in fresh attack on Kurya Madaro community in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that the armed bandits in their large number with sophisticated weapons stormed the the town around 11:30pm on...

    ‘Unknown Gun men’ attacks Dunamis Church in Abuja, stabs security guard

    Armed men raided Dunamis International Gospel Centre on Monday, October 4, and stabbed the security guard. The hoodlums, numbering over 10, were said to have arrived in the church from the shanties and slums in the neighbourhood. On getting to the church, they stabbed a security guard, identified only as John, in the stomach...

    ‘War between Iran with Israel has already begun’ – Iranian Official says

    An Iranian government official has declared that 'war has already begun' with Israel as tensions between the two nations reach a boiling point. Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, made the statement to the Maariv newspaper before going on to place the blame for the crisis in...

    US defence officials confirms killing top Al-Qaeda leader in drone strike in Syria

    US army have confirmed killing a senior al Qaeda leader, Salim Abu-Ahmad, in a drone strike in Syria.  Abu-Ahmad who is said to be responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional Al Qaeda attacks, was killed on September 20 in Idlib province of Syria. He was in a vehicle traveling on a rural road...

    See how Taliban fighters are enjoying at some Afghan Resort (photos)

    Some Taliban fighters were pictured on Tuesday enjoying a day at the lake-side fairground near Kabul, weeks after the militant group took control of Afghanistan.  The group - ranging in age from 18 to 52 were seen posing with AK-47 and M4 assault rifles strapped to their chests during the fun moment at...

    Dora Akunyili’s husband, Chike, killed by unknown gunmen (photos)

    A video has surfaced showing Dr Chike Akunyili, husband of former NAFDAC boss, Late Professor Dora Akunyili, gasping for air shortly after he was attacked by unknown gunmen in Nkpor, Anambra state on Tuesday, September 28. In the video obtained by Tori Me!, late Akunyili is seen lying on the...

    3 ladies “in the head execution-style’ in South Africa

    Three ladies including a teenager were shot in the head execution-style in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa on Monday evening, September 27.  Western Cape police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, September 28, said police have instituted the 72-hour activation plan for the...

    North Korea launches its third ‘missiles’ test this month – South Korea says

    * North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, September 28 South Korea's military has announced. The missiles test comes after North Korea's ambassador said at the UN General Assembly that no-one could deny Pyongyang's right to self-defence and to test...

    Mass Shooting @ Supermarket in Memphis leaves 1 dead

    A gunman opened fire inside a Kroger grocery store in a Memphis, Tennessee suburb, killing one person and injuring 13 others before he shot and killed himself. The shooting was reported around 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, September 23, at the supermarket located 30 miles east of Memphis, Tennessee. Authorities arrived minutes later at...

    French troops kill ISIS’s commander in North Africa, $5M bounty was placed on his head

    The head of Islamic State in north Africa, who was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers, has been killed in an operation by French troops. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was “neutralised by French forces”, President Emmanuel Macron tweeted early Thursday September 16. “This is another major...

    South Korea fires Missiles in Response to North Korea Launching of New Missiles

    Both North and South Korea fired ballistic missiles on Wednesday, September 15, increasing tensions in an already hostile Korean peninsula.  North Korea fired the first missiles on Wednesday, sending two into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula five minutes apart, at 12:38 p.m. and 12:43 p.m. local...

    Terrorism: ISWAP leader, Abu Musab Al-Barnawi reportedly killed

    Leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Musab Al-Barnawi has been reportedly killed.  Daily Trust reported that the vicious leader of the terrorist group was killed in the last week of August in Borno state.  Read the report below... Al-Barnawi was the son of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf who...

    Taliban pressured to let 200 Americans working in Afghanistan leave the country

    The Taliban has agreed to let 200 US citizens and third-country nationals, left behind in Afghanistan after the 31 August deadline, depart on chartered flights, a US official confirmed on Thursday. US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad played a key role in pressing the Taliban to allow the departures, Reuters reported. The departures were expected on Thursday September 9, and...

    A known terrorist with ‘$10 million bounty on his head’ now the interior minister in Taliban’s new government

    A wanted terrorist with a $10m US bounty on his head has been made Afghanistan’s interior minister by the Taliban. The Taliban on Tuesday, September 7, announced an interim government in Afghanistan that excludes women and includes the head of a militant group who is wanted by the FBI. The Taliban named Sirajuddin Haqqani...

    U.S. Forces kills a ISIS-K ‘planner’ in response to Afghan airport attack

    A US drone strike carried out overnight, Saturday August 28, has killed an Islamic State "planner", two days after the group claimed a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport. Among the 92 killed in Thursday's suicide blast, claimed by Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate, were 13 U.S. service members, the most lethal...

    ISIS claim responsibility for the recent terror attack in Kabul, Joe goes after them

    Shehu Sani, Kaduna Central Senator, has alleged that two Channels TV reporters have been arrested over interviews conducted on the television station. Anaedoonline.ng recalls that the NBC queried the TV station over an interview with Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom and Retired Naval Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi. However, on Thursday afternoon, Sani...

    UK may end accepting and evacuating refugees from Afghanistan today

    The UK  says it will end its evacuation mission in Afghanistan today, August 27 citing security concerns. The UK defence ministry says it has closed its refugee processing centre in Kabul following the terro bomb attacks that killed over 90 people in Kabul on Thursday, August 26. The Abbey Gate of...

    Breaking: At least 30 persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack in Jos !

    At least 30 persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack at Yelwan Zangam community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that several houses were also burnt down. This is coming barely one week after 27 travelers were killed in Gada-biyu – Rukuba road,...

    Ex-Afghanistan women’s captain advises players to delete their social media and burn their kits for their safety

    The former captain of the Afghanistan women’s football team has advised her fellow players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety’s sake after the Taliban takeover. Khalida Popal, who is now based in Denmark, said in a video interview on Wednesday, August 18, that...

    Just IN: A desperate Afghan mum hands over her baby to an American soldier for evacuation

    A heartbreaking footage of an Afghan mum handing her baby over a barbed wire to an American soldier for evacuation, has been shared online.  It was learnt that the woman handed over her baby to the American soldier, to free the child from Taliban rule.  Thousands are trying to leave Afghanistan via the city's...

    Afghan mothers throw their babies over the airport fence and begged British soldiers to take them to safety

    Desperate Afghan mums have been filmed throwing their babies over barbed wire fences at the Kabul airport and begging British paratroopers to take them to safety.  Violent scenes have unfolded at one of the routes to Hamid Karzai International as people try to escape a future under the Taliban militant group. The...

    Just In: Taliban militants feasting in the Presidential Palace (Video)

    New footage has come out on social media showing the Taliban militants wining and dining in the presidential palace formerly occupied by President Ashraf Ghani and his cabinet. Some of the militants sat ontop the sofa while others could be seen eating as they chatted and laughed in the palace. The...

    Photo News: US military aircraft evacuating Afghans from Kabul to Qatar

    A photo which shows inside a US military aircraft evacuating Afghans from Kabul to Qatar has viral online. Since Afghanistan collapsed to the Taliban, Kabul residents have been desperately looking for a way out of the capital either by road or by air.

    Nigerian Army delivers over another Chibok schoolgirl to Governor Zulum (photos)

    Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday, August 14, in Gwoza, received another Chibok Girl who was rescued by the 26 Task Force Brigade, Gwoza. The schoolgirl, Hassana Adamu, alongside her two children, were handed over to Governor Zulum by the Commander, 26 Taskforce Brigade, Brigadier General DR Dantani. Hassana was...

    Taliban: US Marines arrive in Kabul to evacuate foriegn embassies staff

    U.S Marines on Friday, August 13 arrived in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, to help evacuate embassy staff as the Taliban continued its offensive sweep through the country.. The battalions are expected to be fully in place by the end of the weekend, and will be capable of supporting the evacuation of...

    Alarming! Taliban captures Kandahar, country’s second largest city as they advance

    The Taliban has seized Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city,  as the militant group continues its rapid advancement toward the capital Kabul, following the withdrawal of American forces, which began in May and is scheduled to be completed by late August. Kandahar, which lies in the south of the country, has been...

    The US and UK jointly agreed to send 3600 troops to Afghanistan as Taliban advances towards capital Kabul

    The US and UK have announced plans to send 3600 troops as reinforcements to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan to help evacuate their diplomats, soldiers and citizens as well as thousands of Afghans who have worked with them, as the Taliban advance towards the capital. On Thursday night, August 12,...

    Taliban continue to capture Afghan more cities and may soon attack their capital Kabul (photos & graphic video)

    The Taliban has captured the city of Ghazni, just 80 miles south of Kabul, meaning the Islamist insurgents now control the main Afghan highways north and south of the city as they close in  on the government following US troops withdrawal. The capture which happened on Thursday morning, August 12,...

    A Boko Haram Commander surrenders – Nigerian Army

    A notorious Boko Haram senior commander, Amir Adamu Rugu Rugu and his family have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Rugu who is known for deadly activities against troops and commuters around Mandara hill and Sambisa forest in Gwoza area, surrendered alongside his...