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While ISIS affiliates are more active in the North-east, their presence in the North-west continues to be a subject of debate among jihadi experts. On 25 December, the United States and Nigeria carried out missile strikes against Islamist militants in Sokoto State in north-West Nigeria, marking one of the most significant foreign-enabled military actions on Nigerian soil in recent history. …

Shaibu, during the visit, said the Nigerian Army was prioritising collaboration with traditional institutions, insisting that community involvement remained key to tackling the country’s security challenges. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, as part of what the Army claims is a renewed push to strengthen …

BUJA – The National Assembly has ordered the re-gazetting and issuance of Certified True Copies of Tax Acts to address alleged discrepancies in published versions. This was contained in separate statements by House spokesman Akin Rotimi and Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, issued on Friday in Abuja. Discrepancies were observed between Acts passed by the legislature and versions …

Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has criticised the United States’ recent airstrikes on terrorist camps in north-western Nigeria. He described the attacks as potentially polarising and detrimental to national sovereignty. This comes after US President Donald Trump’s announcement that US forces carried out “numerous deadly strikes” in north-western Nigeria. According to Trump, the strikes were aimed at Islamic State terrorists …

The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the operation, describing it as part of a counter-terrorism cooperation with the US. In a coordinated US–Nigeria military operation, the United States and Nigerian security forces on Thursday carried out precision airstrikes against identified terrorist targets in northwest Nigeria, including in Sokoto State and parts of neighbouring Zamfara State, authorities said. The …

The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem … Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by another turbulent year for Palestinians living under Israeli-occupation in the West Bank. Morning mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Thursday, a day after crowds of Palestinians and foreign …

When a group of defense insiders gathered in Whitehall, the home of the British government, last month to discuss how prepared the United Kingdom and its allies were for a war they believe could come in the next few years, their verdict was pretty grim: They are not. The people gathered at the conference, hosted by the London-based think tank …

Following this announcement, Tinubu said his government was committed to working with the US and the international community to protect people of all faiths. President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria. The US leader described IS as ” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting …

KADUNA – Hundreds of Muslims from across Northern Nigeria on Friday joined Christians at the Christmas service of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry in Kaduna, in a rare display of interfaith unity aimed at promoting peaceful coexistence. The General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Yohanna Buru, said the participation of Muslims in the annual Christmas celebration had become a …

INNA – The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that all children and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Schools, Papiri in Niger, have been rescued and reunited with their families. Rev. Bulus Yohanna, Catholic Diocese of Kontagora and Proprietor of St. Mary Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School, disclosed this in a statement He said a total of 230 …