The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned governments in 34 states of the federation about flash floods in the next three days. It said moderate and heavy rainfall that could trigger flash floods have started in...
Fifteen travellers kidnapped by bandits were rescued by troops of Operation Safe Haven in Jagindi, Jema’a LGA of Kaduna State on Sunday. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Monday...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that as at July 25, 2021, a total of 27,186 suspected cholera cases, including 653 deaths (Case Fatality Rate = 1.1 percent) had been reported from...
A notorious terror kingpin operating around the Dansadau axis of the vast Kuyambana Forest, Ali Kachalla, was responsible for the recent shooting down of a Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet, according to a report. When...
Not fewer than 100 victims who were kidnapped in Manawa village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state have regained their freedom after spending 42 days in captivity. Confirming the development, the State Commissioner of Police,...
A leader of bandits in Zamfara State, Turji, has released villagers and travellers abducted by his men after he reunited with his father, who had been arrested by security operatives. * Scores of bandits and two...
Suspected bandits, under the leadership of one Turji, have reportedly attacked some villages in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara state. Turji was said to have accused the villagers of giving information that led to his father’s arrest. His...
President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded a “crushing response” from the military in the wake of recent abductions and killings by bandits. At least 35 people were killed on Thursday when gunmen attacked five communities in Maradun...
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle, formally defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday. Speaking at the rally in Gusau, the state capital, he said he had been nursing the...
Not less than 15 people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegina town of Niger state at the weekend escaped from their Abductors. The 15 were among the adults abducted along with the 156 pupils of the...