At least 30 people have been killed and several others abducted after heavily armed men attacked the Kasuwan-Daji market in Demo village, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday afternoon, security sources and residents have confirmed. The attackers are believed to be armed criminal gangs, locally known as bandits, operating from nearby forest areas. According to the Niger State Police Command, the assailants invaded the community via Kabe District around 4:30 p.m., setting...

The Nigerian Army’s Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), the Joint Task Force responsible for counter‑terrorism operations in the North‑East, has identified Shariff Umar as the principal coordinator of recent suicide bombing attacks in the region, the military said on Saturday. The breakthrough followed an intelligence‑led cordon‑and‑search operations conducted on 31 December 2025 in the Kalmari area of Maiduguri, Borno State, during which 14 suspects linked to suicide bombing activities were arrested, the military’s Media Information Officer,...