SOKOTO — Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal have stressed the need for states to cooperate in tackling the menace of banditry and kidnapping. The two governors took the stand in Sokoto when El-Rufai visited to condole with Tambuwal over the death of Hajiya Aishatu, the daughter of late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello. This is contained in a statement signed by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media...

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked the Federal Government to seek help where needed to regain peace in the country and find a lasting solution without making Nigerians victims. The Nobel Laureate made the call in a statement while reacting to the killings going on across the country by bandits, terrorists, and other gunmen in the country. According to him, these gunmen have sacrificed and traumatized the youths in the country and beyond what...