The Adamawa State Police command has confirmed the killing of its officer by hoodlums in Lafiya. According, to Press Statement by the command’s image maker DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the hoodlums numbering about 60 armed with dangerous weapons killed Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP Ibrahim Abdullahi and injured three other Policemen while trying to effect the arrest of the wanted Criminal in Lafiya. Part of the statement read “On 24/4/2021 between the hours of...

Security agencies, on Thursday evening, quelled an attempted jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison, located within the precinct of Emir’s Palace, Kano. Sporadic gunshots were heard within the centre as most residents settled to break their fast Thursday evening. The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Correctional Center, DSC Musbahu Lawal Kofar Nasarawa told reporters in Kano that there was an attempt by some condemned prisoners to cause pandemonium in the prison.  “We have put down...

Kano State Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi says it has received 276 cases from January to March 2021 in Kano State. Abdullahi who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Kano said out of the 276 cases, 203 cases have been completed while 73 are still ongoing. “Some of the cases include abandonment, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence, rape, indecent assault, neglect of...