GUSAU — One of the three bandit informants recently arrested by security operatives in Zamfara State over the insecurity in Dansadau Emirate of the state has reportedly set himself ablaze. Kabiru Hashimu Dansadau Dawache Kazo representing Maru South in the state Assembly told newsmen in Gusau that based on the reliable information gathered, the informant who is a close ally of the suspended Emir of Dansadau decided to set himself ablaze to avoid releasing information...

Adamawa recorded 774 cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence between 2020 and the first half of 2021. Similarly, 297 perpetrators have so far been convicted. These were disclosed in Yola on Monday by Dr. Ukohi Ukiwo, Technical Lead, Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN) Programme at the opening of a five-day capacity building workshop. About 50 participants made up of Doctors, Nurses, and Counsellors management of Sexual Based Violence from the 21 local government areas of...

Gombe State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on some communities, including Nyuwar, Jessu, Heme, Yolde Gelentuku, Sikam, Wala-Lunguda, and environs with immediate effect, following renewed communal violence that erupted between Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups in Balanga Local Government Area. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who made the announcement, said the decision followed renewed violence that erupted in the communities earlier today.” The curfew becomes necessary to restore peace...