Fifteen people who steal at least 255 railway slippers from different locations of Benue state within the past two months have been arrested by the Police. Tunji Akingbola, Commissioner of Police in the state made this known Thursday at his maiden press briefing in Makurdi, the state capital. “Within the period of my resumption in the state in August, 15 people specialized in vandalizing critical infrastructure had been arrested with 255 railway slippers.”  “20 suspects...

KATSINA — Operatives of HADARIN DAJI forces have neutralized scores of bandits and destroyed their camps within Katsina and Sokoto forests. In Katsina, about ten hideouts in Rugu forest bordering Kankara Local Government Area were bombarded by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter aircraft. More than 30 bandits died in a camp in Gajere while others sustained varying degrees of injuries. In Sokoto, NAF strikes targeted Mashema, Yanfako, Gebe, and Gatawa forests in two local...