No fewer than 21 persons, including children and women, were killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits on motorcycles who launched a fresh onslaught on Tsauwa village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Many other residents sustained gunshot wounds in the incident that lasted for an hour, while many survivors have fled the area, according to reports. Some houses, food items and shops as well as motorcycles were also burnt during the invasion....

KADUNA — Out of 180 pupils of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi in Kaduna kidnaped on Monday morning, 28 of the abductees have returned after escaping from their abductors However, about 152 were still missing. Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state condemned the abduction of the pupils. The governor, in a statement by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, described the development as “unfortunate and an untold evil to...