Nigeria describes Lakurawa as a new terror group. It is not. It’s been operating along the Nigeria-Niger border since 1999, ...

Salafi-jihadist groups aim to establish support zones in northwestern Nigeria, facilitating recruitment, fundraising, and ...

Nigerian security analysts are voicing concerns after defense officials on Thursday warned of a new insurgent group known as ...

Reports indicate the group has been active in armed banditry, cattle rustling and kidnappings in Sokoto and Kebbi states, ...

Mr Lagbaja, a lieutenant general, while serving as General Officer Commanding, I Division Kaduna, led operations against groups terrorising border communities in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Shiroro, ...

A recent operations of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Air Component of Operation 'Fansan Yamma' under the ...

KANO: Gunmen killed 15 people in an attack on a northwest Nigerian village, officials confirmed Saturday (Nov 9), amid ...

Nigeria defence spokesperson Edward Buba said the group was not initially considered a threat. He said Lakurawa increased its presence in Nigeria after the July 2023 military coup in Niger, which ...

The latest incident on Saturday, November 9, happened in the boundary between Bassa, Jos South and Jos North LGAs in Plateau ...

ABUJA - Nigeria's military has warned of a new insurgent group, Lakurawas, infiltrating the country's northwest region from ...