Gunmen have killed a Divisional Police Officer, Umar Dakin, in an attack at Nasko village in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. Witnesses in the community told reporters that six other persons were also killed along with the DPO in the attack by bandits. Reports say the bandits in their hundreds, who rode on motorcycles, first…
Lawmakers of the Kebbi State House of Assembly have impeached their Speaker, Abdulmumeen Kamba, and his Deputy, Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro. Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Culture, Muhammad Tukur, announced after closed door sitting that twenty out of twenty-four members voted in support of the impeachment. Tukur said the House also elected Muhammad Abubakar-Lolo of the…
Bandits have abducted some students of the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State. Details of the incident are still not very clear, but some unconfirmed reports claim that about thirty students and at least five teachers were taken away by the bandits. The Kebbi State Police Command spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the incident to…