YOLA — After spending a bandit’s den, the Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru, who was kidnapped on September 14 along Kaduna-Abuja highway by gunmen suspected to be bandits, has regained his freedom. It was not clear whether ransom was paid before his release, but reports emerged a few days ago that about N20 million was paid as ransom to his abductors, but the assailants demanded that an additional amount must be...

YOLA — To ensure farmers/herders co-habit peacefully in Ndikong village of Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, the Council Chairman, Mr. Gershon Kasuwa has called on them to live peacefully with one another. He made the plea at the closing of a three-month training on peace and security organized by a non-governmental organization Mercy Corps in collaboration with the Adamawa state Ministry of Information and Strategy held in Ndikong in Mayo Belwa local government area Thursday....

KADUNA — Gunmen attacked a Catholic seminary, St Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy in Kaduna, and abducted some of its students. The incident occurred on Monday night at Fayit community in Kagoma chiefdom, Jama’a LGA. Six seminarians were injured during the attack according to Emmanuel Okolo, chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna. The chancellor confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday. “We announce with unease the kidnap of three...

YOLA — The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration And Control, NAFDAC and Federal Medical Centre, FMC Yola, Adamawa state, Northeast Nigeria have destroyed expired drugs and consumables from the Federal Medical Centre Yola pharmacy store, worth twelve million, sixty-five thousand and fifty-five naira (N12,65,000.55). The expired drugs retrieved from the Centre’s pharmacy store included assorted medicines, injectables, and other consumables, were destroyed using the Centre’s incinerator. The destruction was carried out under the supervision...