A terror leader in Nigeria’s Northwest region, Kachalla Turji, says his group can call for foreign support to fight and destabilise Nigeria. Turji is heard in a video shared on Facebook discussing grievances that have sustained killings, kidnapping and cattle rustling by armed groups in the region. He spoke against the background of efforts of the …
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Nasiru Kachalla, a notorious gunman, suspected to be the mastermind of several criminal acts in Kaduna State, has been killed, Kaduna State Government said. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, on Monday said Kachalla was killed in a clash between his gang and a rival group of terrorists. …
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Some armed men, on Saturday night, intercepted Islamic school children returning from a Maulud Nabiyyi (Prophet Mohammad’s birthday) celebration in Unguwar Al-Kasim and kidnapped an undisclosed number of them in Mahuta B Ward. The ward is located in the Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria. Sources from the community told HumAngle that …
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The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools in the state. Making the announcement on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru, asked parents and guardians to pick up their children from the state’s boarding schools. “Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also …
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has floated a security outfit codenamed Eastern Security Network (ESN) to protect the people of Southeast and Southsouth geopolitical zones from herdsmen attack. The Federal Government of Nigeria had proscribed the IPOB labelling it a terror group. Emma Powerful, Media And Publicity Secretary of IPOB stated this …
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Terrorists referred to as ‘bandits’ by locals over the weekend attacked and killed five persons and kidnapped another five in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, HumAngle can report. According to a BBC Hausa report aired on Tuesday, the attack forced more than 500 persons from six communities in the local government …
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In the past month, 620 people have been killed in 34 states across Nigeria as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as a result of political violence and other cases of insecurity. This was according to an analysis of data from the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) between October 20 and November 20, 2020. Out …
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Violent incidents, including ongoing insurgency in Nigeria’s northern region, claimed the lives of at least 122 people in the past two weeks, with the greatest death tolls in Zamfara and Borno states. This was learnt through an analysis of data from the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), a project of the Council on Foreign Relations that …
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On Wednesday night, non-religious terrorists riding on motorbikes launched attacks on several villages, including Garki, Dan Aduwa, Kuzari, Katuma and Masawa, near the town of Sabon Birnin Gobir. Several reports indicate that at least 60 people were killed in the attacks that lasted several hours. The Governor of Sokoto State, Malam Aminu Tambuwal, in a …
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The Air Component of Operation ‘HADARIN DAJI’ has destroyed an armed bandits’ logistics store and killed no fewer than 30 bandits. The strikes were carried out on Tuesday in the Doumborou Forest area of Zamfara State. According to Major General John Enenche, Coordinator the Defence Media Operations, the operation was executed based on credible Human …
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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has in the past 48 hours conducted joint artillery and air interdictions of Islamic West Africa Province (ISWAP) positions in the Lake Chad Islands, according to the military. “Following recent collation of intelligence from multiple credible sources, the Cameroonian Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform conducted a …
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The Muna Garage camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was gutted by fire on Saturday evening. HumAngle gathered that about 200 makeshift homes were destroyed as a result and eyewitnesses have confirmed the death of at least one person. Meanwhile, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) staged daring attacks …
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