The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has said that its Kogi State’s Chairman, Wakili Damina, was arrested and not kidnapped. The Secretary of the Association, Adamu Abubakar, confirmed the update to newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital. Barely a week after the whereabouts of the Chairman of the group became unknown, the Secretary disclosed that Damina returned on Friday last week. Abubakar explained that it was not a kidnap as...

One of the 27 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna handed over to their families on Friday has disclosed that some of the bandits who abducted them are foreigners. The student identified as Pamela Ibrahim while speaking to newsmen at the Government House Kaduna that the bandits told them they would not stop threatening the peace of Kaduna State until the government settles them. Ibrahim while recounting her experience with the...

Several gunmen, suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have been reportedly killed in an encounter with the police in the Orlu area of Imo State. A police source confirmed to journalists that members of the proscribed group were on their way to attack the Orlu Police Station. The gunmen were, however, ambushed and killed on Thursday, in a joint counter-attack by the military and police operatives. The security sources...

The leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa State has declared fasting and prayers to seek God’s intervention for the release of its member, Mrs. Amrah Ahmed Diska. Mrs. Amrah, who is a News Editor with Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola, is also a nursing mother who was kidnapped on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. It was gathered that abductors of the female editor have established contact with her family and have demanded huge...