Three persons including a woman have allegedly been kidnapped by armed bandits in Katcha town, Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State in an operation directly opposite the Police Barracks. The incident it was gathered occurred on Sunday morning between 1 am to 3 am. DAILY POST learned that the bandits who arrived in large […]
Governor Bello Matawalle has vowed to continue dialoguing with bandits just as the council of traditional rulers in the state described the Jangebe incidence as an irony considering the tremendous successes of the peace accord. The Council of 17 Emirs who paid a sympathy visit to the Governor on Sunday morning over the abduction of […]
Matawalle vows to continue peace accord with bandits in Zamfara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a transborder drug trafficker, Nkem Timothy. Timothy alias Auwalu Audu was arrested in Sokoto State while trying to cross to Algeria, where he resides, through the Niger Republic. He was caught with 62 wraps of the substance of cocaine weighing 1.550kg. The illicit drug was neatly […]
NDLEA nabs man with N1bn worth of cocaine, largest seizure in Sokoto
The agrarian community of Akunu-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State was over the weekend held in the jugular by kidnappers. The kidnappers who were armed to the teeth had abducted some travellers in the community and whisked them into the bush after sporadic gunshots to scare residents. However, the gunshots […]
Hunters, vigilante kill kidnapper in gun duel, rescue seven abducted travellers in Ondo
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has alleged that some foreign powers were behind the bandits terrorising some parts of Nigeria.
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The Zamfara State government has confirmed the abduction of 300 school girls at Government Girls Secondary school in Jangebe, in Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. This was made known to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the state commissioner of Information, Hon. Sulaiman Tunau Anka while reacting […]
Zamfara govt confirms abduction of 300 schoolgirls in Jangebe
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi has revealed that the abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls are not the same bandits he recently engaged with in Zamfara forests. DAILY POST earlier reported that bandits stormed Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area on Friday morning and abducted over 300 female students. Gumi, speaking with […]
Splinter group behind abduction of Zamfara female students – Sheik Gumi
The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that its operatives attempted to arrest Sunday Igboho on Friday. The Yoruba activist, real name Sunday Adeyemo, was blocked by a team of security agents on Friday at about 2 pm. The situation caused a scene in front of a Satguru Maharaj Ji village, along the Lagos […]
The United States says the murder of exiled journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was ordered by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Muhammad bin Salman (MBS). President Joe Biden, during his campaign, promised to reassess America’s relationship with the kingdom. He also demanded more accountability on Khashoggi’s death. On Friday, the Office of Director of National Intelligence made public […]
Jamal Khashoggi: US indicts Saudi crown prince for murder of journalist
Supporters of the losing candidate in Niger’s presidential election burnt tyres, threw rocks and set several buildings on fire on Thursday, in a third day of violent protests in the capital Niamey.
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