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 Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, said his government would not tolerate anyone hiding under the guise of ethnic interest to perpetrate crisis in the state. Governor Makinde said the war to be waged by the state and the security agencies is against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed. Makinde added that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting against the law,...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Bandits have killed seven soldiers from the 177 guards battalion Shitu Alao barracks, Keffi, Nasarawa State in an ambush. The soldiers were gruesomely murdered by the bandits during a rescue operation in a forest along Mararaba Udege road in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. AIT reports that the slain soldiers were part of the team of 13 soldiers led into the forest by Felix Kura, a captain....

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo has chided the Ondo state governor said that nobody can chase the herdsmen away from the forest reserves in Ondo state. The governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday ordered herdsmen to vacate the forest reserves due to the “bad elements” who have turned the forest reserves into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating ransom and carrying...

There had been repeated reports of killings and kidnappings for ransom being on the rise on Nigeria’s highways and farms. In many states in Nigeria, there are several allegations that this crime had been committed against the backdrop of the herdsmen who herd livestock in different forests across the states of the country. The Southwest states and Ondo state, in particular, are also major victims of the rising crime. In Ondo state, Olufunke Olakurin, the...