Residents of some communities in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised an alarm over the influx of bandits. The residents, said the fleeing bandits who have been moving to the area in droves were possibly dislodged…
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has said it was time for Nigerian politics to be refocused to tap into the productive potential of each state instead of the current debate on revenue sharing. Lukman said…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately reverse the apparently unjustified suspension of internet and telecommunication…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed trending pictures and videos in circulation showing dumping of dead bodies into mass graves, purported to be bodies of people killed in military operations. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, dismissed the pictures…
Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday. This was coming after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle armed gangs of kidnappers terrorizing the area. Eye witnesses…
The Newly deployed Commissioner of police in Zamfara, Mr Yakubu Elkana, has warned recalcitrant bandits terrorising the state to surrender their arms or face dare consequences. Elkana who gave the warning at a maiden media briefing, in Gusau on Wednesday,…
The abductors of the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State are demanding N350 million for their release. The provost of the college Habibu Mainasara confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday.…
The police command in Zamfara has successfully rescued 100 kidnapped victims from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad…
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Governors of Cross River and Zamfara, Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle, respectively, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It was reported that Ayade and Matawalle…
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Thursday, signed the state’s Legislative and Judiciary Autonomy Bills into Laws. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Yusuf Idris, Director-General Media to the governor, made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on Thursday…
