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[USNEWS] Gunmen kidnapped at least 45 women and kiddies in an overnight raid on five villages in northwest Nigeria, witnesses said, in the second mass kidnapping in the area within days.
The attackers returned to Sabongarin Damri on Monday and raided nearby villages including Sade, Tungar Tsalle, Tungar Sodangi and Tungar Musa Dogo, in an assault that lasted until dawn, Shehu Musa, the traditional head of Damri, told Rooters by phone late on Tuesday.
The incident followed a separate mass abduction in Sabongarin Damri, in Zamfara state, on Saturday in which 70 people were taken.
"The attackers invaded the communities and kidnapped no fewer than 45 people from the five neighbouring villages, which are less than half a kilometre apart," Musa said.
Armed groups, often referred to locally as "bandidos", have killed hundreds and kidnapped thousands across Nigeria's northwest in recent years. They typically hold captives for extended periods, demanding ransoms for their release.
Security forces engaged the assailants during Monday's attack, killing three, but were unable to stop the bandidos from fleeing with hostages and rustling cattle. Civilian casualties were reported, though the number of fatalities was unconfirmed.
"They mostly kidnapped women and kiddies after killing some of our people," said Hassan Dauda, a resident of Tungar Tsalle. "As I'm speaking to you now, some residents have started fleeing their community due to fear."
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[PRNIGERIA] Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have arrested a suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... logistics supplier in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Security sources revealed that the suspect, identified as Ahmadu Mohammed Dogo, was apprehended at Muna Garage around 11:50 a.m. on Monday, following credible human intelligence.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Dogo was intercepted while allegedly attempting to transport Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) concealed in Fearless energy drink plastic bottles and packed in 12 sacks.
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During interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed that the fuel was destined for Gamboru-Ngala, a border town in Borno believed to serve as a key logistics route for snuffies operating along the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin.
Items recovered from him included the PMS-filled bottles, charms, suspected hard drugs, rings, syringes, and several personal effects.
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Troops of Operation Fansan Yanma, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have repelled a fresh bandit attack in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, recovering three AK-47 rifles from the assailants. pic.twitter.com/ZFxnqpr5wO
[DAILYPOST.NG] A community leader in Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, Da Yohana Margif, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently declare a State of Emergency in the state to stop the incessant killings and bloodshed by Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... militia gangs.
Da Margif, the Waziri Mushere in Bokkos LGA, who made the passionate appeal to the president during a presser in Abuja on Tuesday, said the call has become imperative, following repeated violence perpetrated by the Fulani marauders who have continued to lay siege to several communities, killing the natives, sacking them from their homes and taking over their lands.
Margif, a former Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 governorship elections in the state, said with the way the Fulani militias have continued to unleash violence on the people of Bokkos, it will be a matter of time before they will all be exterminated.
While arguing the need for Tinubu to declare a State of Emergency in Plateau, Margif said it is the only way to stop the ongoing bloodbath and land-grabbing by the armed murderous Moslems who have already taken over control of seven villages in Bokkos.
''The savage killings and destruction of homes continue even as of today, Tuesday, August 5th, 2025,'' the Waziri said while addressing the presser.
''Seven communities have been captured, and many lives have been lost. No one knows what will happen next. The people cannot sleep and are helpless.
''Innocent villagers have been slaughtered, their homes burnt, and their ancestral lands forcefully taken over. Displaced families now roam as refugees in their fatherland.
''I call on President Bola Tinubu to declare a State of Emergency in Plateau State before we are all gone.
''The primary duty of any government is to protect lives and property. If it fails to do that, then it has no business being in existence,'' Margif lamented.
He, however, warned that unless the federal government intervenes immediately, more blood will flow, and entire communities in the state will go into extinction.
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[DAILYPOST.NG] Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have killed at least seven suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... turbans in an ambush along the Mayanti Road in Dar El-Jamal, Borno State.
The development was disclosed in a post on Wednesday by security analyst and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, via X.
According to the report, the ambush took place on Tuesday evening and led to the recovery of several bicycles and logistics items used by the terrorists.
In what appeared to be a retaliatory attack, suspected murderous Moslems later stormed the Dar El-Jamal resettled village around 7:30 p.m. the same day, shooting sporadically.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese... a combined team of Nigerian Army troops, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, and local hunters swiftly responded and successfully repelled the assault, forcing the attackers to retreat in disarray.
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[Regnum] As a result of a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturning into a crowd in the Gaza Strip, 20 people were killed. This was reported on Wednesday, August 6, by the press service of the Palestinian enclave authorities.
"Twenty people were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday night while trying to receive humanitarian aid amid the catastrophic situation in Gaza and the occupation-initiated chaos after a food truck overturned on them," the statement said.
According to the Gaza Strip authorities, the Israeli army deliberately sent a truck to the humanitarian aid distribution site along unsafe and impassable roads that had previously been bombed.
On July 27, Al Arabiya reported that Israel had promised not to strike humanitarian aid distribution points in the Gaza Strip. According to the channel's sources, the Israeli side made this agreement amid the worsening famine and humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave, which has outraged the entire world.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military imposed a daily "tactical pause" in military operations in parts of the Gaza Strip from 10:00 to 20:00 Moscow time for humanitarian purposes until further notice. This will affect areas where military operations are not taking place (Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City), and was coordinated with the UN and international organizations.
On July 25, the Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian side supports the UN Security Council resolutions on the Palestine issue, considering them the only way to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in October 2024 that the UN Security Council resolution prescribes the creation of two states in the Middle East : Palestine and Israel. The head of state clarified that Russia has always proceeded from the fact that this decision must be implemented.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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