Nigeria

Nigeria Captures Two Senior Ansaru Leaders in Major Counter-Terrorism Operation ……………… Nigeria has captured two of the most wanted leaders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group, following a months-long intelligence-led operation, Premium Times reported. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu announced…

Nigeria’s Lagos Battles Plastic Waste as Ban Faces Weak Enforcement —————————- A recent ban on single-use plastics in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, is facing significant challenges due to weak enforcement and a lack of viable alternatives, according to reports from…

Nigerian Youth Develops UAV for Agricultural Disease Detection ——————————— According to an article from Anadolu Agency, a 25-year-old aerospace engineering graduate from Kaduna State, Nigeria, has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to detect agricultural diseases and spray pesticides. The…

Nigerian Military Airstrikes Kill Over 400 Terrorists ————————————– Based on a report from Anadolu Agency, Nigerian military airstrikes have killed over 400 terrorists in the Zamfara state. The Nigerian Air Force announced that it launched Operation Fasan Yamma following credible…

Armed Attacks Kill 13 Security Personnel in Nigeria’s Zamfara State ……………….. TRT Global reported that armed gangs, commonly referred to as bandits, killed 13 security personnel, including policemen and vigilantes, in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state amid ongoing violence. The attackers…

Nine Killed in Series of Attacks on Nigerian Villages ………………. At least nine people, including a police officer, were killed in a wave of coordinated assaults on villages in Agatu County, Benue State, between August 1 and 5, 2025, local…

Nigerian Army Kills 17 Boko Haram Terrorists in Operations ———————————– The Nigerian Army has reported that its troops killed 17 Boko Haram terrorists during clearance operations in the northeastern states of Borno and Adamawa, Anadolu Agency reported. The operations were…

Gunmen Abduct Over 50 People in Northwest Nigeria —————————– More than 50 people were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Sabon Garin Damri, a village in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, in a concerning display of a new “mass capture” strategy by bandits,…

Dozens Killed by Kidnappers in Northwest Nigeria Despite Ransom Payments ……………….. At least 35 people abducted in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state were killed by kidnappers, despite ransom payments being made, BBC reported. The victims were among 56 residents taken from…

At least 25 dead in Nigeria when passenger boat capsizes —————————— At least 25 people have died after a passenger boat capsized on a river in Nigeria’s Niger state, Anadolu Agency reported. The vessel, carrying marketgoers from the Munya area,…