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Nigeria: Airstrike Kills 30 Terrorists At Wedding Ceremony in Zamfara
Leadership, 7 August 2025
The Air Component of the Joint Task Force Operation Fasin Yamma (OPFY) has confirmed the killing of over 30 terrorists in Zamfara State during a precision airstrike on August 4,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Who Are the Lakurawas?
This Day, 19 November 2024
Already overburdened by the war against terrorists on several fronts, Nigeria is again being confronted with the emergence of another deadly armed terrorist group, Lakurawa, who is… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Airstrikes Kill 28 Militants in Niger
Premium Times, 12 September 2024
PREMIUM TIMES reported an early morning invasion of the Niger community on Wednesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Several Miners Killed in Zamfara As Militant Groups Clash
Premium Times, 7 August 2024
Mr Sububu controls most mining sites in the Bagega and Sunke areas of Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Terrorists' Blackmail Won't Distract Matawalle'
Leadership, 24 July 2024
The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development said it is on notice of a video in which a wanted bandit kingpin, Kachalla Bello Turji alleged that the former… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Eliminates 187 Terrorists, Apprehends 183 Suspects, Rescues 109 Kidnapped Victims in 1 Week
Vanguard, 11 July 2024
The Military said on Thursday that troops deployed for counter-terrorism, counter-kidnapping and anti-banditry operations in the last one neutralised 187 terrorists, arrested 213… Read more »
Nigerian Army Attacks Alleged Militants During Wedding
The Nigerian army says 30 militants were killed in an airstrike it carried out on Monday in the northwestern state of Zamfara. The army said the attack, which was "conducted based on credible intelligence", struck a large gathering of alleged terrorists gathered for a wedding.
An army statement said the air attack was followed by a raid by troops on the ground, which "brought relief to communities plagued by repeated terrorist attacks".
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Rights groups have condemned army airstrikes in the northeast of the country, where the army has been battling armed insurgencies, that have killed at least 15 civilians. The country's army chief, General Christopher Musa, has said the military does not "intentionally" target civilians, and that an investigation into the "accident" is underway.
Amnesty International has said it is
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Several people were killed and scores injured in a deadly military airstrike in Kaduna state, Nigeria, on September 27, according to media reports, reports Human Rights Watch. The strike had been intended for criminal gangs commonly known as bandits but instead killed innocent civilians.
There have been repeated calls for
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The police have confirmed what they called an airstrike killing dozens of cattle herders in an explosion near the border between the central states of Nasarawa and Benue. Some media have reported that the explosion may have been a botched attack by the Nigerian military. Vanguard reports that the blast was targeted at armed gangs who have been
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