21 Aug Security Stories
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has said Nigeria will not prosecute repentant terrorists “because there are international conventions” that must be followed. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington yesterday, he said that calls for the prosecution and killing of the repentant militants rather than granting them amnesty were against global best practices.
* Nine killed in intra-bandit row over ransom sharing in Kaduna state
* Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped some lecturers of the Abia State University (ABSU), along ABSU-Ogboro road in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state.
* Bandits have kidnapped at least 60 people in a fresh attack on Rini community in Zamfara State, an official has said.
Following the killing of 5 farmers by gunmen in Ife, the Osun State government, yesterday, allayed the fears of a possible resurgence of the Ife/Modakeke crisis, just as it appealed to the people of the areas not to allow criminal elements to seize any situation to unleash mayhem on the people.
*The management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities and shut in the institution till further notice.
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