Following the tragic attack on July 1, 2025, in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State, officials of the Sokoto State ...

The Amnesty International has strongly condemned the horrific killing of at least 15 people by Lakurawa insurgents during an ...

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that 15 people were killed and over 500 households displaced in ...

Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the killing of at least 15 people by suspected Lakurawa insurgents in ...

Lakurawa began as a group of herders who, according to locals, arrived from Mali speaking Fulfulde and Arabic and had a history of militant activity, as reported by HumAngle.

Lakurawa members were able to dislodge the bandit threat between 2016 and 2017 and were paid for their work. However, the group’s members soon turned on communities, too.

He described Lakurawa as a unique group of terrorists, among the few in the world who are herders, who promote their own version of Islam and also seek to create a caliphate.

Nigeria's military has acknowledged that an airstrike targeting a Lakurawa group hideout in the northwestern state of Sokoto had killed 10 civilians due to secondary explosions, army spokesperson ...

Kebbi governor blames porous border for Lakurawa attack, donates to victims’ families PREMIUM TIMES reported how the suspected terrorists killed at least 13 vigilante members in Morai, a village ...

As part of efforts to combat the Lakurawa sect, the Federal Government will deploy more military personnel and formations in the states where the terrorists operate, The PUNCH has learnt.

According to a 2021 study, the Lakurawa group was initially invited by local leaders in Gudu and Tangaza LGAs of Sokoto State in 2017 to address the growing threats by bandits from Zamfara State.