A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan on Monday, killing 59 people, including 27 police officials, the latest in a string of attacks targeting police. The attacker appeared to have passed through several barricades manned by security forces to get into the “Red Zone” compound that houses police and counter-terrorism offices in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. “It was a suicide bombing,” Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters. He said the mosque hall was packed with up to 400 worshippers at the time and many…

Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nasarawa state, a state government official and spokesperson of the national cattle breeders said on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday night between Nasarawa and Benue states in north central Nigeria. Spokesperson of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Tasi'u Suleman, said a group of Fulani herders were moving their cattle to Nasarawa from Benue, where authorities had confiscated the animals for breaching anti-grazing laws, when an explosion rocked the area. "At least about 54 people died instantly. Those who were…

Southeast leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Gidado Siddiki, has alleged that hoodlums on Sunday invaded a ranching settlement in Awba-Ofemili in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Siddiki, who spoke to journalists in Awka on Tuesday, claimed that the hoodlums kidnapped a herdsman, Usman Haruna, and killed 15 cows during the attack. The Miyetti Allah leader urged the state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, to deploy operatives to prevent further attacks on his people and their business. “As it stands now, my people in the area are afraid to go out and…

Gunmen have abducted six pupils of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School in Alwaza, Doma LGA of Nasarawa. The gunmen were said to have attacked the school at about 7am on Friday. Rahman Nansel, police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the development. Nansel added that a search-and-rescue operation is ongoing . “Confirmed. 6 were abducted. They invaded the school at about 0710hrs. Search and rescue ongoing and led by the CP as he has met and commiserated with the parents of the victims,” he said via text message. Meanwhile, Nasarawa is one of the northcentral states battling insecurity.…