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Armed Violence
Police Arrests 2 For Extorting Residents In Guise Of Providing Security In Zamfara
The Police Command in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, Aug. 18 arrested two suspects for extorting up to N5 million…
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Armed Violence
Nigerian Military Rescues 6 Girls, Infant In Kaduna
Nigerian soldiers have rescued six women and an infant in the Kuriga and Manini settlements of Chikun Local Government Area…
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Development
Rising Insecurity Causing Schools To Shut Down In Nigeria’s Capital
Sekinat*, a second-year junior student at the Government Secondary School in the Bwari area of Nigeria’s capital, only prepared for…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Abduct 17 People By Canoe In Zamfara
Terrorists killed three farmers, abducted 15 women, and two septuagenarians including a Chief Imam on Thursday, Aug. 11 in an…
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News
At Least 840 People Killed, Abducted Across Nigeria In July
Up to 840 people were either killed or abducted across Nigeria in July. This is according to an analysis of…
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Armed Violence
Should Nigerian Forces Carpet-Bomb Forest Areas In Tackling Terrorism?
Several Nigerians, including political leaders in the country, have floated the notion of defeating terrorists in Nigeria with carpet bombing.…
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Extremism
The Trials Of Nigeria’s Shia Muslims
When gunshots rang out on a Friday in Nov. 2015, Adamu Auta thought they were fireworks. But when he saw…
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Armed Violence
Cameroon Army Kills Ten Separatist Fighters
The Cameroon military high command has announced that its soldiers killed ten separatist fighters on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in…
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Armed Violence
How A Series Of Blunders Paved The Way For Boko Haram Insurgency
Thirteen years ago, Nigeria was on a collision course with a little-known extremist group with a home base in the…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Abduct School Headmaster, Women, Demand 30 Jerricans Of Fuel In Zamfara
In a week-long series of attacks on villages in Ruwan-Jema, Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, terrorists kidnapped many residents, including 29 women…
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