security

THE SILENCE IN KAJURU

A village head and six of his neighbours were taken from their homes before dawn. Three days earlier, gunmen took eight more from a community nearby. Nobody in government has said anything about either. Residents of Kajuru and Kachia local government areas in Kaduna…

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THE GENERALS IN THE DOCK

Six people charged with treason in Abuja on Tuesday, while twenty died in Borno the same evening. On Tuesday, the Attorney-General of the Federation filed a 13-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against six people accused of plotting to…

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WHAT CALM LOOKS LIKE

Friday April 17, 2026 In Plateau State, the curfew hours have changed. The situation has not. Three weeks after gunmen killed more than twenty people in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, the Plateau State Government announced on Wednesday that the curfew has been relaxed….

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FORTY-EIGHT NAMES

Wednesday 15 April, 2026 Nigeria published a terrorism financing list. The man who got 10 years sold petrol. He had been waiting for trial for a decade. On Saturday, the Nigeria Sanctions Committee published its updated terrorism financing list. 48…

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THE MARKET AT JILLI

Tuesday 14 April, 2026 The Nigerian Air Force killed over a hundred people on Saturday. It called them a military target. On Saturday afternoon, four Nigerian Air Force jets flew over a weekly market along the Borno-Yobe border and opened fire. The market at Jilli…

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WHEN THE BOMB FINDS THE COLONEL

Tuesday 14 April, 2026 Two senior officers dead in five days. ISWAP has learned how the army responds. It planned for it. Last Sunday night, insurgents attacked a military position in Monguno, Borno State. The troops at the location repelled them. The attackers…

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THE OTHER MAP 

Friday 10 April, 2026 Nigeria’s government says the country is safe. Twenty-three states say something different. On Tuesday night, gunmen arrived in Bagna and Erena, two villages in Shiroro, Niger State. They operated for hours. They burned houses. They overwhelmed…

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