Suspected members of the Lakurawa terror group have killed five people in a series of attacks on Gueza, a village in the Dosso region of Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the attacks occurred in two phases, with five villagers “strangled to death” in the first…
The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has stated that it is aware of the recruitment activities of a newly formed Jihadist group known as ‘Lakurawa’ using the social media and welfare packages. The Jihadist group had reportedly been imposing taxes and levies on communities in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria. According to SaharaReporters, heavily armed Lakurawa Islamic preachers…
Ameer Habib Tajje, the leader of the newly emerged terrorists group “Lakurawa,” has issued a direct and powerful message to notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji, urging him to renounce his criminal activities. Turji, a notorious bandits leader who has been on the watchlist of Nigeria’s security agencies, has wreaked havoc in the North-West of the…
In Kebbi State, over 15 people died when the natives of Mera community clashed with the new terrorist group, Lakurawa. The new group allegedly has links to ISIS that operates in the Sahel. According to a BBC Hausa report monitored by Vanguard, the incident happened on Friday near Mera community in Augie Local Government Area…