Gunmen who abducted the Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Salihu Dovo, have killed him. Family source said. Mr. Dovo had been abducted by the gunmen in the early hours of Sunday from his residence in the Sabon Gari area of Jalingo, the state capital. The source said the gunmen took the LGA  Chairman to an unknown destination and a few hours later called his family members to come to pick up...

The Katsina State Government has constituted a 10 man executive committee to undertake census of victims and orphans of banditry attacks in the 8 Frontline local government areas of the state. Members of the committee include commissioners of Budget and Planning, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Special Duties, and Women Affairs. Other members are Special Advisers on Community Development, Higher Education, Economic Empowerment and Social Intervention, as well as that of Political Matters. The Representatives...

Some Northern elders have condemned in strong terms the burning of the home, livestock, and cars of the Sarkin Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, by some youths in allegedly instigated by an ethnic bigot, Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as Sunday Igboho. While describing the action of the youths as provocative and senseless, the elders charged both the state government and security agencies to ensure that perpetrators of the heinous act were arrested and...

The Adamawa state government will strengthen community policing, hunters and other civilian security outfits in the state, to help the security agencies fight criminality. Governor Ahmadu Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state gave the assurance when he received in the audience the new Police Commissioner Adamu Aliyu Alhaji on a courtesy call in the Government House Yola, Tuesday. “My administration will make the state free of crime and continue to support the security commands in...