The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Armed bandits stormed the Kasuwan Garba community in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday night, abducting 29 women and a young male child. The gunmen invaded the agricultural settlement during a late-night raid, operating unchallenged for hours while marching victims into nearby forest reserves. Local sources confirmed that the attackers systematically targeted…
Armed raiders killed seven people and left five others badly injured on Monday night during an assault on Gero community in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers stormed the rural settlement around 10:20 pm, firing wildly at small businesses and local food stands. Local police officials confirmed the violent incident…
Insurgent ranks in north-eastern Nigeria are splitting as joint military pressure breaks their command structures. General Dagvin Anderson, chief of US Africa Command, told reporters in Lagos on 26 October 2026 that Islamic State defections surged over 200 per cent. The sharp rise follows a combined American and Nigerian strike in May that killed Abu-Bilal…
Nigerian ground forces killed eight armed combatants in coordinated operations across Kaduna, Katsina, and Zamfara states on 24 and 25 October. Troops operating under the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, countered multiple insurgent incursions while securing rural transit routes. The military action underscores the ongoing security friction across the country’s northwest region, where…
Nigerian troops freed more than 70 kidnap victims and seized a wanted terror kingpin in Mokwa town during coordinated nationwide raids this past week. Major General Michael Onoja confirmed on Sunday that soldiers also recovered 10 million naira in extortion cash following a sweep through Kano’s Falgore forest. Forest hideouts offer dwindling safety. The operations…
National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu admitted on Saturday that military operations alone cannot crush armed banditry across north-western Nigeria, calling for sharper intelligence, tight border policing, and community cooperation to stem rural terror. Speaking through Zakari Mijinyawa at an anti-banditry forum in Sokoto, Ribadu acknowledged that bush gangs have progressed from cattle rustling and highway…
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents stormed an army base in the remote settlement of Mairari within Borno State’s Guzamala Local Government Area around midnight on Tuesday, 13 October, sparking an intense gun battle that left soldiers feared dead. The midnight raid demonstrates how easily rural insurgent cells still penetrate front-line military bases across the Lake Chad…
Nigerian military jets bombed an Islamic State West Africa Province enclave at Badu village south of Gudumbali in Borno State over the weekend, killing more than forty fighters alongside a senior field commander. Defence headquarters confirmed on Monday, 12 October, that the air component of Operation Hadin Kai launched the strike after surveillance spotted armed…
American rapper Nicki Minaj has revealed that her pastor’s Nigerian origin is one of her personal links to the country, as she urged celebrities and influencers to speak out about reported violence against Christians. American rapper Nicki Minaj has said her pastor is from Nigeria, citing the connection as one of the reasons the country…
Armed bandits overran the remote farming settlements of Kokani and Kigbira in the Borgu council area of Niger State on Thursday, 8 October, setting mud-brick homes ablaze, killing dozens of defenceless villagers, and driving thousands of terrified peasants into the harsh bush along the Benin Republic border. Deadly violence returns to mock state assurances. Superintendent…