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Joint security operatives, comprising the Police, Army and other allied agencies, Monday afternoon rescued 30 Muslims out of the 40 that were kidnapped while praying inside a mosque. Spokesman of the katsina State Police command, SP Gambo Isa who confirmed the abduction and subsequent rescue of the Muslim faithful, told …

Militants belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have organised da‘wāt in some villages in Borno and Yobe states, SaharaReporters has gathered. Da‘wāt is the act of inviting or calling people to embrace …

It was meant to be a week of reunion to catch lost times between two lovebirds, but it turned out sour. Oke Osharode and his wife had lived separately for a while, but in May 2012, they decided to have a reunion in Boa Vista, one of the ten islands …

A suspected thief has been nabbed for allegedly stealing a generator and mattress in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect was caught by youths in Otefe community Area on Sunday, May 9, after he broke into a house and stole the …

The bandits also said some police officers have been a part of the conspiracy that has fueled insecurity across Nigeria. Armed bandits terrorising different parts of Nigeria have disclosed that they have been receiving arms and ammunition from operatives of the State Security Service and often split ransom payments received …

The Chairman of the Kogi Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Wakili Damina, who was allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday, has been released. The state secretary of the association, Adamu Abubakar, told journalists in Lokoja on Saturday that Mr Damina was released in Abuja late night …

I don’t know where I gathered the strength to do this, I’m in a pool of my tears, pls if you see this help trend. My friend Lara feeling some type of way (ulcer attack as she claimed in her status) she went to the hospital,tested + also to malaria …

  Kayode Badru’s Agonising Last Moments: How He Was Killed Dubai based Celestial Church member who came to town to congratulate some members of the church he sponsored their academics, Kayode Badru died after being involved in fire accident at CCC Imole parish, Nureni Yusuf Way, Alagbado area of Lagos …

A lady identified as Njideka Omeinyi said to hail from Ebonyi State has allegedly poured hot oil on her house help, little Kasarachi and stopped her from going to school, Newsextra24 reports. A source who spoke with Newsextra24 said the incident happened on Friday night in Egbu, Umuayalu in Owerri …

  The Nigrian Army on Saturday evening stormed a Boko Haram suspected mosque located at Filin Lazio, Hotoro in Kano metropolis and arrested no fewer than 10 suspects. Reports have it that the operation was conducted in a very professional manner without drawing the ire of Muslims who were just …