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Details emerge of Ansaru leaders captured by Nigerian forces
Eagle Online
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August 17, 2025
More details have emerged about the leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group, who were captured by Nigerian forces: Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Mahmud al-Ngeri. While Usman, aka Abu Bara’a, Abbas, and Mukhtar, is the self-styled Emir of Ansaru,...
Sani, others commend NSA as security forces capture Al-Qaeda linked terror kingpins
Business Hallmark
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August 17, 2025
A former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has described the arrest of two top leaders of Nigeria’s Al-Qaeda-linked terror group as a decisive step in the nation’s war against extremism. In a post on his X handle at the weekend, Sani commended...
'I was just hurt because I couldn’t be at the vigil' - LilWin clarifies 'sabotage' comment
GhanaWeb
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August 15, 2025
Ghanaian actor and filmmaker Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as LilWin, has responded to the backlash following some accusations he made against the organisers of the late Daddy Lumba's candlelight vigil. The controversy erupted when the Creative...
Heroes are raised in Africa
Modern Ghana
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Ghana`s President: “Yes, Mr Karl, you are absolutely right. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah said he could not rely on enough qualified people in his party to rule our country. The number of qualified academics was minimal indeed. Therefore, he wanted a...
‘Nigeria getting to the end of impunity’, NSA speaks on how 2 most wanted terrorists were arrested
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 17, 2025
Security agencies have arrested two most wanted notorious terrorists, Abu Baraa and Mahmuda, National Security Adviser (NSA) Mr Nuhu Ribadu, has said. The NSA said this Saturday at a world press conference at the National Counter Terrorism Centre...
Nigeria Captures Globally Wanted Al-Qaeda Leaders In High-Risk Counter-Terrorism Operation
Arise News
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August 17, 2025
Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Saturday, announced major victories in the federal government’s war against terrorism, revealing that the military, in collaboration with operatives of intelligence and other...
FG Reveals How Ansaru, Al-Qaeda Leaders Were Arrested
Naija News
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August 17, 2025
The suspects, identified as Amir Mahmud Mohammed Usman, popularly known as Abu Baraa, and his deputy, Amir Marmuda, were arrested in a special operation. According to Ribadu, the duo are top commanders of the Ansaru Terrorist Organisation,...
War 2: Only Hrithik Roshan and NTR fans will love chaotic sequel
The National News
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If 2019's War had more plot holes than gunshots, the sequel blows logic out of the water. Packed with slow-motion fight scenes and gravity-defying stunts, War 2 is an action spectacle made for fans of South Indian superstar NT Rama Rao Jr (NTR)...
ATTRITION: Islamic Terrorists Ravage Africa
Strategy Page
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August 15, 2025: Over 150,000 African deaths are attributed to Islamic terrorist groups in the past ten years. Escalating violence in the Sahel and Somalia have caused fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa to increase by 60...
Taifa Stars target maximum points
Daily News Tanzania
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August 16, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: TAIFA Stars Head Coach Hemed Suleiman has stressed the importance of today’s CHAN 2024 Group B final match against the Central African Republic (CAR), describing it as a crucial test of the team’s readiness for the quarterfinals and...
Security forces capture 2 top Ansaru terrorist leaders – NSA
The Sun Nigeria
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August 16, 2025
From Molly Kilete, Abuja The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has announced the arrest of two notorious terrorists and leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group. He gave the names of the arrested suspects as Mahmud Muhammad Usman...
Locarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ by Sho Miyake
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 16, 2025
Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake (All the Long Nights, Small, Slow But Steady) is the winner of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival’s international competition, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the...
Breaking: Troops capture 2 most wanted terrorists’ leaders
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 16, 2025
The federal government Saturday said security agencies have arrested Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Mahmud al-Nigeri (aka Mallam Mamuda), leaders of the dreaded terror group Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, commonly known as ANSARU,...
Nigeria Dismatles Terror Group Ansaru, Arrests Two Top Leaders
The Will
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August 16, 2025
August 16, (THEWILL) — Two terror kingpins of the Ansaru group, Mahmud Muhammad Usman, a.k.a. Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, and his deputy, Mahmud al-Nigeri, a.k.a. Mallam Mamuda, have been arrested by security forces during a high-risk intelligence...
Breaking: Security agencies nab two Ansuru leaders who masterminded Kuje prison break, high level kidnappings
Eagle Online
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August 16, 2025
The Military, Police, Department of State Services and other intelligence agencies have arrested the two of the country’s most wanted notorious terrorists and leaders of Ansaru: Abu Baraa and Mahmuda. The achievement was disclosed at a world press...
JUST-IN: 2 Top Leaders Of Ansaru Terrorist Group Arrested
Leadership
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August 16, 2025
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu has announced that security forces have arrested two top Ansaru leaders in high-risk intelligence operations. Ribadu named the arrested terror kingpins as Mahmud Muhammad Usman a.k.a. Abu...
Major Breakthrough in Anti-terror War as Nigerian Security Forces Capture 2 Leaders of Ansaru Terrorist Group
This Day
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August 16, 2025
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, said on Saturday that security forces recorded a major breakthrough with the capture of two top leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group. Ribadu told newsmen in Abuja that the intelligence-led...
UPDATED: Top Ansaru terrorist group leaders arrested
Daily Trust
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August 16, 2025
Nigeria’s security forces have captured most wanted Ansaru terrorist group leader, Mahmud Muhammad Usman also known as Abu Bara’a/Abbas/ Mukhtar, for masterminding several high-profile attacks in the country. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu...
How Security Forces Captured Top Ansaru Terrorist Leaders – NSA
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 16, 2025
News Investigators/ The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, said on Saturday that security forces recorded a major breakthrough with the capture of two top leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group. Mr Ribadu told newsmen in Abuja that the...
Sho Miyake’s ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Wins at Locarno
Variety
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August 16, 2025
Sho Miyake’s “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” has won Locarno’s top award, its Golden Leopard for titles playing in the Swiss festival’s main International Competition. As noticed by Variety, the film was warmly received at the festival, charming the...