A brutal rivalry between Bandits kingpins Kachalla Alti and Haruna Hari in Mabe, Tsafe LGA, Zamfara State, claimed three lives.

In one of the most brutal episodes of ethno-religious violence in Nigeria‘s Middle Belt, hundreds of armed men launched a coordinated pre‑dawn raid on the village of Dogon Nahawa and the neighbouring hamlets of Ratsat and Jeji (also reported as Zot). Attackers surrounded the villages and, using a classic “surround-and-strike” tactic, fired shots into the air to flush residents out of their homes. As people fled, they were intercepted by attackers stationed at the village exits and hacked to death with machetes. The victims were predominantly women, children, and the elderly. The attack lasted approximately three hours.

Bandits leader Kachalla Alti killed rival kingpin Dankarami Usaini in Matsuki, Tsafe LGA, Zamfara State.

A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives towards St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church in the Rayfield suburb of Jos, Plateau State, during Sunday morning Mass. Alert security personnel and members of the church‘s Boy Scouts stopped the suspicious vehicle at the gate, preventing it from entering the crowded sanctuary. As they challenged the driver, he detonated the device, causing a massive explosion that damaged the church roof, blew out its windows, destroyed a portion of the fence, and left a crater at the scene. At least 11 people were killed instantly, including church members, a Boy Scout who had confronted the bomber, and the bomber himself. More than 20 others were wounded. The attack sparked immediate reprisals, with Christian youths attacking Muslim neighbourhoods in Jos, burning homes, and killing at least 10 people in retaliatory violence.