Waves of terror swept through Kebbe and Tambuwal local government areas of Sokoto State as heavily armed Lakurawa bandits and kidnappers unleashed coordinated attacks that left entire communities ...

Former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has blamed lack of proper intelligence gathering for the emergence of new terrorist group, Lakurawa. Shekarau said the federal and state governments can ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has said a new Islamist insurgent group from Niger and Mali, known as Lakurawa, was operating in the northwest and officials and residents said it killed 15 people ...

Amid a recent spike in violence by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and its offshoots, experts warn that it could be ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - 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 ...

A customs officer attached to Fingila cheching point in Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State was reportedly shot dead ...

A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja yesterday gave an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, especially in the Northwest and Northcentral. In a ruling on ...

Senator Shehu Sani has raised alarms over the emergence of the terrorist group Lakurawa in Sokoto State, stressing that the group is not a new threat. Senator Shehu Sani. [Facebook] Senator Shehu Sani ...

Two Catholic priests from Nigeria have expressed grave concern about the worsening security situation in the West African nation, noting that recent activity by the less-known Lakurawa jihadist group ...

Sir: Last week, the Defence and Force Headquarters confirmed the existence of a new terror group, ‘Lakurawa’, operating in the Northwest, particularly in the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An airstrike targeting an armed group in northwestern Nigeria mistakenly killed at least 10 civilians, the West African nation’s military said Friday. The villagers were killed ...