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THE Katsina State Government said the winner of the Quranic recitation competition, Abdulsalam Rabiu-Faskari, his father and brother were still alive, but in the custody of their abductors. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, on Friday in Katsina. The victims …

GUNMEN, who recently abducted the winner of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Abdulsalam Rabi’u are demanding for the sum of N30m ransom as condition for his release. Newsextra24 recalls that the criminal elements had on Tuesday kidnapped Rabi’u along with his father and brothers near Labin Bangori in Katsina State. Rabi’u, …

THE trial of Wawe Eseoghene Nelson, a.k.a James Andrew Shmit and Philip Bradley before Justice Aliyu Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja commenced on Thursday, March 14, 2025 with the presentation of the First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Kathleen Sharp by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. …

   OPERATIVES of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,   EFCC,  have arrested eight trucks conveying suspected illegal  solid minerals. They were arrested on Wednesday,  March 12,  2025 at Katsina-ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Solid minerals suspected to be fluorite and iron stones were …

JUSTICE Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court has convicted and  sentenced  Bulama Abdulrahman to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine, for posing as an auctioneer assigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  to sell some properties forfeited to the Federal Government on the Commission’s …

GUNMEN suspected to be bandits have attacked four communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State and killed many residents in the areas. The affected communities are Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, Aba Pastor, and Ademekun in the Akure North LGA of Ondo State. It was gathered that many …

THE Police Command in Rivers has arrested five suspected kidnappers following credible intelligence ON their operations and hideouts. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesperson for the command, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, stating that operatives also recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions from the suspects. She alleged …

SUSPECTED bandits, identified as Lakurawa terrorists, have launched coordinated attacks on five villages in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this on Monday in a post on his …

THE Police Command in Niger has arrested 11 suspects over alleged thuggery and breach of public peace at Chaichainiya area of Kaduna Road in Suleja. SP Wasiu Abiodun, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement made available to newsmen,  on Sunday in Minna. Abiodun said that the …

Gunmen have abducted Mr. Loveday Akari, a Senior Special Assistant to the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in Ayakoro Community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Intelligence sources, according to Zagazola Makama’s report, disclosed that the incident occurred on March 7, 2025. The sources said …