Heavily armed gunmen stormed a jail in Nigeria's central Kogi state overnight, freeing scores of inmates, a prison authority spokesman said Monday
The release of the Kaya school students on Sunday came after the army began a crackdown on criminal gangs in the state and local authorities shut down telecoms in Zamfara to disrupt communications between armed groups
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said security operatives are already pursuing the escaped inmates after gunmen attacked Kabba Custodial facility on Monday
Gunmen free 240 inmates from Nigerian prison: official
Two soldiers have reportedly been killed in an attack on Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State
1 week agoNigeria: Gunmen killed 12 members of the Nigerian security forces before stealing weapons and burning buildings in a weekend attack on a military base in Zamfara state, northwestern Nigeria. Nigeria
10 suspects nabbed as police raid criminal hideouts in Lagos
Police officer killed, 23 abducted as bandits attack Kaduna communities
Gunshots were fired for about 30 minutes Saturday night in Lapai Local Government area of Niger State, as the Congress of the All Progressives Congress turned violent
The Nigerian Army says its troops have killed six suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) members who were on espionage along Damboa-Bulabulin-Maiduguri Road
Borno governor Babagana Zulum says suspects arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in a church in Maiduguri will face prosecution
An armed group attacked a community in Yelwa Zangam, in central Nigeria; the subjects set fire to the houses
43 ISWAP fighters killed as multinational troops recover cache of ammunition in Niger
Troops chase militants looting shops in Yobe
Four people were killed and another 50 kidnapped in an attack by armed men in the city of Goran Namaye in the Nigerian state of Zamfara, media reported citing police
NAF airstrikes kill three bandits' leaders, fighters in Zamfara forest
1 month ago22 family members of Nigerian ISIS fighters killed in Libya deported home
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State Chapter, has alerted the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, on alleged threats to use soldiers to compromise the forthcoming elections in Lere Local Government Area of the state
1 month agoNigeria: ISWAP released a video of the ambush on NA in Kareto, Borno on Aug 1. Militants can be seen with at least one AK-74 (with Zenitco B-10M railed handguard, seized from SOF), AKM(S)/Type 56(-1)s, PK pattern GPMGs and RPG-7 LNCHR + OG-7V rocket and technicals with HMGs
Operatives of the NDLEA have seized 8,268.2311kgs of assorted illicit drugs including cocaine, heroin, tramadol, methamphetamine and skunk among others in weeklong coordinated raids across Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Enugu, Bauchi Edo and Anambra states
UAE resumes arrivals from Pakistan, India, SriLanka, Uganda, Nepal, and Nigeria, effective 5th Aug 2021 for certain categories
Dozens of suspected ISWAP fighters ambushed a military convoy along Gubio/Damasak highway in the northern part of Borno State on Saturday
The cement company controlled by billionaire Aliko Dangote reports record first-half sales on increasing demand in Nigeria and around Africa
ISWAP fighters are rumored to have been regrouping in the Nigerian locality of Tanglanga with plans to attack the advanced military post of Koumche MayoSava Cameroon
Early morning downpour kills two, floods 1,500 houses, roads in Katsina
Following incessant crashes in Nigerian Air Force (NAF) a Civil Society Organisation, Nigerian Advocates for Peace (NAP), has solicited support from Nigerians for the military in their bid to tackle insecurity in the country
More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure to monkeypox after they had contact with a man who contracted the disease in Nigeria before traveling to the US this month, according to the CDC
Several Facebook users claim soldiers of the Nigerian Army intercepted a sand truck which concealed sophisticated weapons and ammunition allegedly billed for delivery to bandits in Birnin Gwari forest of Kaduna State
Police arrest 2 armed robbers in Imo, recover automatic pump-action guns
ISIS has claimed responsibility for attacking a Nigerian army post in the town of Damasak in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly killing 2
