The militant Hezbollah group fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel and Israel hit back with artillery in a significant escalation between the two sides on Friday, August 6.
The Friday attacks along the volatile border with Lebanon, is a dangerous escalation of the conflict and makes it the third...
The Taliban have executed 900 people in six weeks in just one province as its fighters overran government troops, a police chief has claimed
The victims included police officers, tribal elders, civil activists, and even a popular comedian who were dragged from their homes and killed in southern Kandahar province, the...
French president, Emmanuel Macron's phone number has been found among potential targets of a huge international spying operation.
French president, Emmanuel Macron's phone number has been found among potential targets of a huge international spying operation.
According to Mail Online, Macron is among 50,000 politicians, journalists, and human rights activists around...
The police officers stationed at the Protea Glen police station, were in possession of items worth around R90 000 and they include electric appliances, clothes, groceries, a generator and sound systems.
Muridili said;
"Police from Soweto operationalised information received from the Intelligence Coordinating Committee, which led to the arrest of two on-duty reservist...
Two soldiers were killed during a clash with members of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, in Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The suspected ESN members had stormed a checkpoint along Nsukka-Adani-Anambra Federal Highway in the early hours of...
Bandits have kidnapped the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, alongside members of his family and aides, including women and children.
The Emir was attacked at his palace in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, in the early hours of Sunday, July 11.
While confirming the abduction of Emir of Kajuru, the Police Public...
Unknown gunmen have killed the Director General of the Science and Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi.
He was said to have been killed along Port- Harcourt Express Road Enugu with his police orderly this evening Wednesday, July 7.
The driver of the deceased who sustained gunshot injuries has been...
Members of Katsina State Peoples Democratic Party Social Media Organization have started sharpening their skills in the use of locally made catapults for self-defense against armed bandits.
The exercise is tagged "Operation Catapult Shoot".
According to the youths, the exercise is in response to Governor Aminu Ballo Masari’s directive that people of...
One person has been confirmed dead and two others injured in an explosion that took place in Badarawa area in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Muhammad Jalige, in a statement released today, June 4, said the explosion happened...
Multiple rockets have hit a US military base in eastern Syria on Monday, June 28, less than 24 hours after US President Joe Biden launched airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia sites in the Iraq-Syrian border.
Coly. Wayne Morrotto, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, said: 'At 7:44 PM local time, U.S. Forces...
A group of young boys reportedly helped carry out an attack in Burkina Faso that killed at least 138 people.
The attack in early June in the northeastern village of Solhan claimed at least 138 lives.
It was one of the deadliest massacres in years in the West African country, which...
Angry residents blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway over persistent attacks by bandits in their communities.
It was gathered that a 13-year-old girl was killed by bandits on Friday night, June 18, and this infuriated the villagers.
They then stormed the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest.
The protesters, from Anguwar Magaji, comprised mostly of youths...
The vigilante group known as Bakassi Boys has returned to the South East years after the group was disbanded.
The group was seen going around in Awka in two vans, singing and warning criminals, DailyTrust reports.
A source told the publication: "The boys came mainly for alleged cult groups which have taken over Awka...
A businessman named Emmanuel Eze has been abducted by bandits who stormed Kore in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State.
The gunmen attacked at about 10:30pm on Thursday, June 3, shooting sporadically in the air, before grabbing Emmanuel Eze who was at his provision store.
The victim had been living in the...
Military authorities have confirmed that over 50 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group were killed while launching anattack on Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.
Army spokesman, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima said the terrorists were battled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai in conjunction with Air...
Members of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary organization of the Indigenous People of Biafra have been accused of burning a man's mansion and fleet of cars over claims of him planting cameras to monitor them.
Facebook user, Ugo Egbujo identified the victim as Chief O.K Ugba and also disclosed that...
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, psc, has ordered the launch of a full-scale manhunt of yet-to-be idenitifed armed assailants alleged to have trailed and shot dead an unidentified man driving in a Mercedes Benz Jeep, which they carted away, along Ebeano Tunnel, Enugu on...
A Nigerian lady has come out to share her heartbreaking story of surviving rape several times which she said started from her childhood.
Dorothy Edet while speaking with newsmen during the funeral of Iniobong Umoren, the jobseeker who was raped in Akwa Ibom, recounted how she has been raped by...
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued a 27-year-old kidnap victim, Jeffrey Emekume and arrested a suspected illicit drug dealer, Aliyu Adamu.
Acting spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Wednesday, May 12, said the Divisional Police Officer of Sapele Division got information that Emekume...
A shooting at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday May 11, has left 7 students mostly children and a teacher dead.
The attack happened 820km (510 miles) east of Moscow, in the mainly Muslim republic of Tatarstan.
Rustam Minnikhanov, Governor of Tatarstan republic where Kazan is...
At least 40 worshippers have been abducted by armed bandits at a mosque in Jibiya town, Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina State.
It was gathered that the bandits stormed the mosque while worshippers were observing Tahajjud, a midnight prayer observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Residents of the town told...
Five police officers and the wife of an officer have been killed in a fresh attack on a police facility in Ini local government of Akwa Ibom State.
According to reports, the gunmen suspected attacked the police station in the early hours of Saturday May 8, when the officers were...
Ogba is the number one trending topic discussed among Nigerians on Twitter after three okada riders were allegedly shot dead by security operatives.
The incident happened around Mokuolu Street in Ogba around 6pm on Thursday, May 6.
The clash between the commercial motorcyclists and the Task Force was elicited by efforts...
Some of the victims of the recent herdsmen attacks in communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, have been buried in a mass grave.
It will be recalled that no fewer than 19 persons were killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday, attacked Tse Amgbem, Udam near Aondoana,...
The United States has warned that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria.
The US also said Al-Qaeda has started penetrating the north-western part of Nigeria.
In a media briefing seen by TheCable, Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to...
There was pandemonium yesterday, May 6, when suspected hoodlums attacked facilities in Mile 12, Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos State.
A video from the scene shows residents running early Thursday morning as the attack unfolded.
Reacting, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said 48 suspects have been arrested...
The Guardian gathered that the security operatives invaded the community, yesterday, in search of a notorious leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Thaddeus Ekechukwu, popularly known as ‘Moputu’.
It was also gathered that the target, husband to a police officer and father of five grown-up children, who is in...
Unknown gunmen have unleashed a fresh attack in Akwa Ibom State killing about 12 cows and setting an INEC office on fire.
According to the report, the assailants also launched another vicious attack on herdsmen killing at least 12 cows that were said to be grazing near a creek.
The Independent...
400 suspects arrested for funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits will soon be arraigned in court by the Federal Government.
The suspects were arrested in Kano, Borno, Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kaduna and Zamfara, following an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Financial...
Militants belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have displayed different models of armoured tanks and operational hilux vehicles the group captured from Nigerian soldiers.
According to ISWAP in a statement sighted by...
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Friday, said the state government did not borrow to fund the state’s international passenger/cargo airport.
In a veiled response to critics who alleged that the state borrowed billions of naira to build the airport, Obiano said the state was not indebted to anybody,...
Notorious bandit leader and mastermind of the abduction of the Kankara schoolboys, Auwalun Daudawa, has been killed.
Recall that a few days ago, LIB shared a report that Daudawa who in February repented from banditry and laid down his arms, went back to the crime in April.
Confirming his killing to Channels Television,...
Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked four villages in Gwer-West local government area of Benue State and killed five persons.
It was gathered that three others including a pregnant woman were reportedly injured in the attack that happened in the early hours of Friday, April 30.
The armed herdsmen were said to have escaped...
Worried by the insecurity across the country, President Buhari summoned his service chiefs for a meeting at the statehouse Abuja today April 30.
In attendance were the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the service chiefs.
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Four patients at a German care centre for the disabled have been killed and a fifth person seriously injured in the eastern city of Potsdam.
A 51-year-old woman, believed to be a member of staff at the Oberlin Clinic in Potsdam, near Berlin, has been arrested 'under strong suspicion' of...
Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly called Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) have arrested six bandits at the Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo state.
A statement released by the commander of the Amotekun in the state, Col. Olayinka,...
“He was targeted and killed after some of the Igbo he was fighting for gave out his details to the security forces,” a source explained.
The Nigerian Army ‘s operation against the Eastern Security Network and Indigenous People of Biafra in Awomama Village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo...
Imo State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition, Iyke Ume was one of the victims of Sunday April 25 attack by unknown gunmen in Orji area of Owerri, Imo state's capital.
Special Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodinma on Inter-party Affairs, Dominic Uzowuru told newsmen that he was in the company of the...
A divisional police officer and eight other officers on Sunday lost their lives in Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State while repelling an attack by bandits.
Two vigilante members were also killed by the bandits in the incident.
The police spokesperson in Kebbi, Nafi’u Abubakar, told TM that the officers...
“The Presidency said recently that Nigerians would be shocked if it revealed the identities of those who are sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgents.
Can you imagine that 400 Bureau De Change operators are the people funding the Boko Haram?” “The presidency is already saying their case is confidential.
What...
What began as a minor clash between Hausa motorcyclists and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, Lagos, quickly degenerated into a tribal clash, early Monday morning, as Hausa and Yoruba youths confronted themselves, wielding dangerous weapons.
The fracas according to...
At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, military sources said on Monday.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday in the town...
Five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) have been arrested during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus.
The state police spokesperson, Sunday Abutu said the Police Rapid Response Team acted on a tip-off and burst into the initiation venue to stall...
Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday April 25, attacked Mainok community in Borno state.
Mainok which is the headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area, is located on the Maiduguri – Damaturu Highway and is 55 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the state capital.
Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that houses were set on fire...
Gunmen who struck on Saturday evening, April 24, in Rivers state, reportedly killed 9 security operatives at different security checking points in the state.
An eyewitness Chidadi who spoke to Vanguard, alleged that the invaders attacked four security checking points on the Owerri-Port Harcourt road. He said four policemen, three Nigeria Customs...
A security team made up of officials of the Nigerian Army, the police and the State Security Service (SSS) has raided the headquarters of the Eastern security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the outlawed pro-Biafra group, IPOB.
At least 11 people were killed in the ensuing battle including four...
Governor Hope Uzodinma has announced that 50 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent attacks in Imo state.
Addressing newsmen after meeting President Buhari on Friday April 23, Uzodinma alleged that those funding this banditry are politicians. He also asked security agencies to make their names available to the press...
In what appeared to be a well-planned attack, about a dozen men armed with AK 47 and grenades on Saturday killed about eight people, including three security personnel, and set the country home of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State at Omuma, Oru East Local Government Area of the...
Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack in Geidam local government area of Yobe State on Friday evening, April 23.
The insurgents shot sporadically, causing some residents to flee into the bush while others hid in their houses.
Geidam is the hometown of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba.
According...
A police officer in North Carolina shot and killed an unarmed Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, April 21, sparking outcry from community members demanding law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera footage.
The shooting unfolded in Elizabeth City, a riverfront town of about 18,000...
Instagram comedian, Mr Macaroni has explained why he is using his platform to call out the Nigerian police force.
This came after a follower engaged him in a tweet in which he (Mr Macaroni) alleged that there is always a "negative report or the other about the Nigerian Police every day...
The death toll from the FedEx warehouse shooting has been placed at 8.
Authorities say eight people have been killed, not including the shooter, while 60 people have been injured, including 20 with gunshot wounds.
The gunman went on a rampage at a Fedex facility on Thursday night, April 15, before...
President Joe Biden has called for "peace and calm" in the wake of fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, saying his death does not justify violence or looting.
Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by female police on Sunday afternoon, pril 11, during a traffic stop in...
Authorities have identified the female officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a weekend traffic stop near Minneapolis, sparking protests and unrest.
Kim Potter has been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said in an emailed...
A police body camera captured the moment a female police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man during a weekend traffic stop near Minneapolis.
Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter on Sunday afternoon, April 11 during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis...
Some police officers have been deployed to guard Ama Awusa, a settlement dominated by northerners in Owerri, Imo State capital.
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Gender and Vulnerable Persons (men), Sulaiman Ibrahim Sulaiman told Daily Trust that adequate security had been provided to prevent further attacks in the state.
Sulaiman who said the...
