Soldiers in Niger killed 14 unarmed civilians after mistaking them for Boko Haram militants during a patrol in the remote southeast of the country, a senior regional official said on Thursday.
Nigerien authorities said Sunday three police officers have been arrested after allegedly assaulting a demonstrator at a violent student protest this week that left one person dead and forced the closure of Niger’s top university.
The arrest of two members of the gang was as a result of the swift response of the police operatives to a tip-off on the regular criminal acts (shop breaking) of the syndicate that have caused untold hardship and worries to the owners of some affected shops in the markets.
A team of police patrol team at Tinubu on the Lagos Island has arrested five Niger Republic nationals in connection with robbery. The suspects, Ali Alisuma, 22, Mustapha Musa, 21, Isiaka Yakubu, 23, Yakubu Adamu, 22, Abdulahi Ali (21), and Saidi Isa, 21, were all working as gatekeepers at Balogun Market before they met one […]
