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Bandits have attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kaura Namoda, HRH Sanusi Muhammad Asha, killing three policemen and five others. The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagogo confirmed the incident which happened in Funtua, Katsina State, to Channels Television on Friday. He, however, declined to comment further on …

A first class traditional ruler in Kogi State, Alhaji Shaibu Usman has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Alhaji Usman, who is the current Acting Eje Of Ankpa, was kidnapped on Friday at about 5:30am, while entering a Mosque in Ankpa. It was further learnt that the kidnappers had laid ambush at the mosque, …

An aide to the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday, told SaharaReporters that gunmen who attacked Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped over 300 schoolboys are “truly” members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). Gunmen had on December …

Hold kidnappers of Kankara schoolboys accountable, US urges Nigeria The United States (U.S.) on Thursday condemned the abduction of hundreds of children by gunmen from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11 and urged the government to hold those responsible accountable ” to the full extent of …

Seated outside the dock in a Maiduguri courtroom, her entire body veiled from head-to-toe with her typical adornment of niqab that leaves only a tiny opening for her pair of eyes glasses, Aisha Wakil, aka Mama Boko Haram (mother to Boko Haram), listened calmly as the judge read out the …

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, recorded another incident of a mob setting fire on one suspected armed robber. The mob pounced on the two suspected persons after they lost control of the motorcycle the rode on while making away with a phone and other valuables robbed from one …

kicks off #Bringbackourboys protests Set to meet Buhari in Daura The leadership of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has relocated to Katsina town so as to push for the release of the abducted students still under captivity. CNG officials would join other members from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina in …

The Cross River State Government on Wednesday, demolished houses allegedly owned by two suspected leaders of kidnap gangs identified as Akanene Sunday Ifa and Impoikana Bassey Etim, all from Obot Akara, Akwa Ibom state, Newsextra24 reports. The State Security Adviser, SSA, (South) Leo Nyambe on Wednesday, December 16, led a …

A woman, Mrs Angela Ozioko, on Tuesday told the Enugu State Police Brutality and Extra-judicial Killings Panel how ex-state commissioner of finance, Goddy Nnadi, brought men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and shot her son, Emeka Ozioko, during a church ceremony and took away his body since December 4, …

Men of Rapid Respond Squad, RRS of Abia State Police Command have recovered two kids from child trafficking syndicate who were recently arrested. The Rapid Respond Squad, RRS was set up by the Commissioner of Police CP Janet Agbede to address security challenges around the state. The RRS team led …