Bandits again have abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of students after attacking Kaya Day Secondary School in Zamfara State. The attack happened at about 11 am on Wednesday, September 1, in the Maradun Local Government Area of the State. According to Channels, a source within the government, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the attack on the school and the abduction of the students. However, the police authority in the state has yet to confirm the abduction...

MAIDUGURI — The Borno state government on Monday convened a one-day extraordinary stakeholder’s engagement to critically examine the recent mass surrender of Boko Haram insurgents and their families with a view to managing the situation. Since the recent wave of surrendering by Boko Haram fighters and their families to Nigerian troops, people have been commenting on the genuineness of their action or otherwise. According to the report, about three thousand insurgents have so far surrendered...

About six illicit drugs traffickers have been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with wraps of hard drugs to be moved abroad. The traffickers who were arrested at different airports across the country had methamphetamine and cocaine, cannabis among others. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. According to him, one of the traffickers was arrested in Lagos, having concealed about 4.15kg of methamphetamine in tins...