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ISWAP attacked a state capital before sunrise. This is what a security vacuum looks like. Maiduguri isn’t a frontline village. It’s a city of over a million people, the capital of Borno State, the administrative and commercial heart of the northeast. When...
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They went to pick cashew after the rain. Gunmen came with cattle and opened fire. It rained overnight in Ojantele, Apa LGA, Benue State, on the night of Friday March 13. Rain knocks cashew nuts from the trees. So in the morning, women and young people from Ojantele...
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Insurgents killed three commanding officers. Tinubu held a two-hour summit. No outcomes released. In one week, Boko Haram and ISWAP killed at least three commanding officers of forward operating bases in the North-East. Not rank-and-file soldiers. The officers...
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ISWAP overran Kukawa two times. The second time, they killed the commander who survived the first Lt Col Umar Farouq died on the road to Maiduguri yesterday. His base in Kukawa was overrun around 12:30am Monday. Insurgents stormed from multiple directions, burned the...
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Bandits hit Oyo’s Kishi-Ibadan road. The police didn’t know. On Wednesday night, gunmen attacked vehicles on the Kishi-Ibadan route in Oyo State. At least eight passengers were taken. A commercial driver whose colleague was among the victims reported it....
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The US Embassy closed over Iran. You paid for your slot. That’s not their problem. The US Embassy in Abuja cancelled all visa appointments for March 4 and 5. It stays closed until Monday, March 9. The reason: potential protests in Abuja linked to the killing of...