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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
Nigerian troops rescued over 60 kidnapped hostages and arrested 44 suspects during coordinated security sweeps across the country, Defence Headquarters announced on Friday, 25 September 2026. The weekly operational bulletin from Abuja tracks multi-theatre actions that stretch from forest hideouts in the north-west to oil bunkering hubs across the Niger Delta. Military spokesmen present the…
Armed Fulani assailants killed six Kammuku natives during a midnight raid on Tasha-Rimi village in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Thursday night. Alhaji Garba Mohammed Bissalla, the village head of the settlement, confirmed that the raiders killed Musa Bahago, his son Hamisu Musa, and four other residents in their homes. The…
The Benue State Police Command has arrested 17 people following a savage mob assault that left officers wounded and another comatose on life support. State Commissioner of Police Cletus Nwadiogbu announced the arrests in Makurdi after operatives tracked suspects tied to the August 30 violence in Adagi along the Jato-Aka-Adikpo road in Kwande Local Government…
The Nigeria Police Force freed nine kidnap victims and arrested several criminal suspects during a coordinated 24-hour sweep across multiple states on Friday, 18 September. The quick-response operations targeted violent gangs across rural transit routes, farming communities, and regional hubs. Operatives seized illicit firearms, ammunition, and dangerous weapons while storming remote camps to retrieve captive…
The Armed Forces of Nigeria rescued 66 kidnap victims, killed scores of insurgents, and arrested dozens of suspected collaborators between 11 and 17 September 2026. Major General Michael Onoja, Director of Defence Media Operations, released the operational summary in Abuja on Friday. The nationwide push spanned five geopolitical zones, targeting forest redoubts and rural highways….
More than 500 Nigerians crossed into Cameroon after deadly communal fighting broke out on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State. Armed attackers wielding machetes stormed the Mbamnga district in Sardauna Local Government Area, leaving civilians and security agents dead. The violence erupted over the weekend following an altercation between a cattle herder and a crop…
Armed outlaws in Niger State have beheaded a captive and delivered the severed head to a community leader following the non-payment of a 50 million naira extortion levy. The gruesome delivery represents an escalation in the economic warfare waged by criminal syndicates against agrarian settlements across north-central Nigeria. Rural gangs no longer hide their demands…
Armed bandits seized six Islamic clerics along the Dakko to Damri road in Zamfara State on Saturday morning. The preachers were travelling to Talata Mafara to attend a mass prayer gathering convened by former governor Abdul’aziz Yari. The planned assembly aimed to bring thousands of clerics together to pray for peace and President Bola Tinubu’s…
Armed assailants killed three pastoralists and slaughtered dozens of cattle during a dawn ambush in Plateau State on Saturday. The assault struck herders tending livestock near Alohom community within the Sabon Gari district of Mangu Local Government Area. Community advocates and pastoralist associations reported that the gunmen opened fire without warning, leaving several cows dead…
Nigerian military aircraft killed more than eighteen insurgents and smashed key supply depots during dawn raids across northern Borno on Friday, 11 September. The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai directed precision munitions against fortified camps at Tumbunma Baba within the marshy Lake Chad islands. Field reports confirmed that the raids destroyed several permanent structures,…