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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a nearby village. Sahara Reporters Media The actual number of the abducted students is yet to be known, but the vigilante groups in the community have already begun a rescue operation. When contacted, the Katsina State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Gambo Isah, said he was out of the state on an official assessment and could not comment on the issue. The attack comes a few days after gunmen invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, kidnapping 344 students. See Also Insecurity Bandits Storm Katsina School, Kill Security Guard, Many Students Missing 0 Comments 1 Week Ago Insecurity Insurgency Breaking News News Reports AddThis :  Original Author :  Sa...

Achike Chude Hurray! Our boys have been brought back safe and sound – all 344 of them. They were suddenly kidnapped by bandits on the 11th of December 2020 from their school, Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, North West, Nigeria. The kidnap was attributed to the bandits, one of the violent set of people plaguing the north.  But Boko Haram is not pleased that we ascribed the kidnap of hundreds of our young secondary school boys to the kidnappers. They feel insulted that ‘ordinary bandits’ would be credited with kidnapping more people than they did in 2014 and 2018 when 276 and 110 Chibok and Dapchi girls were kidnapped. So, to correct this false narrative, they boldly announced that they, and not bandits were responsible for the kidnapping. But the army and the government suggested that they were lying.  And this is rather confusing. Many Nigerians believe that If the Boko Haram people are liars, then the government is also a liar, perhaps a b...

Anthony Okungbowa Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Saturday, kidnapped the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, along Oza Road, in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of the state. They also reportedly killed Okungbowa’s driver. Anthony Okungbowa Okungbowa was said to be on his way to Benin, Edo State capital after attending a social event organised by a politician in Orhionmwon Local Government Area. An official in the Edo State Government House, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident. “He was kidnapped on his way back to Benin City after attending an event in Oza. His driver was killed. It is very sad,” the source told Punch. Another top civil servant, who is close to the kidnapped Head of Service, and worked in the Ministry of Justice where Okungbowa was promoted to the rank of HoS, said, “We just got the information. It is true.”   Insecurity Politics News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable a...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Six children and a woman have been confirmed killed in reprisal on some herders’ settlements in the Kaura and Lere Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Aruwan said Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai was worried by the renewed killings. The attack came barely 24 hours after seven persons were killed in an attack on Gora Gan village of the Zangon Kataf LGA of the state on Thursday night. The commissioner identified those killed in the reprisal attacks as Mustapha Haruna (One-year-old), Ya’u Kada (One-year-old), Sa’idu Abdullahi (One-year-old), Zainab Zakari (One-year-old), Sadiya Abdullahi (Five years), and Aisha Abdullahi (One-year-old), while an unidentified woman was burnt beyond recognition. Aruwan added that two persons were injured during the attacks, while five other persons wer...

Sesugh Akume After years of outcries and calls for the notorious Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) to be scrapped, with the rogue outfit purportedly shut down for the fourth time this year, a final showdown weeks ago brought matters to ahead leading to the fatalities of scores with the murder of unarmed, organised, civil protesters at the Lekki tollgate on 20 October 2020. SARS (which is still lowkey operational, not entirely scrapped as claimed) is a metaphor for Nigeria’s dysfunction characterised by bad governance, gross impunity and lawlessness, unprofessionalism and incompetence, unbridled corruption, low IQ and mental retardation, and everything one would never expect of a police unit, much less the policing system of any real country. Sadly, this is what the court system in Nigeria is, save for the physical murder,  arbitrary arrests and illegal detention, extortion at gun point, etc. But in effect, it is actually the same, if not worse.  The Nigerian court syst...

Fredrick Nwabufo Security is everybody’s business. It is a flawed assumption that issues of security must remain strictly within the orbit of agencies with the lawed responsibility. Even security agencies cannot function without citizens’ alliance and community help. Simply, they cannot operate in vacancy of citizens’ collaboration and the support of stakeholders and other institutions – both formal and informal. The most fundamental ingredient to addressing crime is intelligence. And intelligence does not jump out from the coloured screen of a computer; it comes from people – of all shades and appliances. It is the reason I believe our traditional institutions and socio-cultural organisations can be veritable accomplices in the fight against insurgency and banditry. We are yet to really extract commitment from and forge a partnership with these institutions. Yes, we are yet to give them due recognition as accessories to peace and stability in the country. These institutions are...

The tenure of the 8th substantive Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun, will end on 11th January, 2021. However, there are a number of Professors who have been shortlisted for interview, which is scheduled to take place on Monday 21st December, 2020. Among the five already shortlisted candidates, there are clear two frontrunners, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello and Professor Olumuyiwa Odusanya both of the College of Medicine, Lagos State University. The other three contestants are not pushovers. They include Professor Senapon Bakre and Professor Kabir Akinyemi, both of the Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, and Professor Muyiwa Awofolu, Namibian University of Science and Technology. Prof. Olatunji-Bello is not new to the game. This is her 3rd attempt at the goal, and the chances that she will be appointed as the 9th Vice-Chancellor are quite bright. She is a Professor of Physiology, an astute academic and an administrato...

Boko Haram At least 35 commuters were on Friday abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. According to TheCable, the insurgents attacked a large convoy of commuters near Garin Kuturu in Jakana at about 5 pm on Friday. Boko Haram Google The insurgents, who reportedly appeared in military uniforms, were said to have mounted a roadblock on the highway with five Hilux vans before taking away the passengers. “The passengers first sighted a burning fire, but they thought it was bush burning, not knowing that they had already ambushed a Dangote’s truck driver and set it ablaze,” the newspaper quoted a military source as saying. “But while they were approaching the scene, they sighted the insurgents storming towards them on trucks mounted with heavy weapons, before they could turn their vehicles to run, the insurgents had already caught up with them. “Many of the passengers fled to the bush, 35 were abducted, two private vehicles and one truck were set abla...

Theophilus Irogbo, a survivor of the shooting at the peaceful #EndSARS protest held at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State, has cried out to the public for financial assistance over gunshot injuries he sustained on the leg.  Hours before the curfew was scheduled to begin, soldiers had stormed the Lekki toll gate on the evening of October 20 where protesters gathered and started shooting, killing and injuring an unconfirmed number of people. The incident has received widespread condemnation within and outside Nigeria. Speaking to SaharaReporters, Irogbo said he could not initially come out to the public after the incident as a result of security threats. He added that he had to come out because he could no longer bear the pain. He appealed to Nigerians to rise financially for the treatment of the leg which he feared may be amputated if not treated soon. He said, “I was shot at Lekki Toll Gate. I’m so sorry I could not grant an interview earlier because of security rea...

A number of Nigerians have reacted to the gruesome killings of two people in Ibadan, Oyo State, by the South-West security outfit, Amotekun, saying the officers should be deployed in the forests, and not residential areas.  SaharaReporters had reported on Friday that the operatives of Amotekun shot dead Afeez Lotto and Akin Owoaga, residents of Asaka area on Thursday. See Also Sahara Reporters Amotekun Officers Open Fire In Oyo, Two Killed, Scores Injured 0 Comments 17 Hours Ago Saheed Apanpa, the official who allegedly pulled the trigger, also shot an old man, Matthew Owolabi, who reported at the Mapo and Iyaganku police stations.   However, the incident has generated reactions on social media, as Nigerians condemned the despicable acts of the regional militias. “What was supposed to be a good idea is now a menace,” Realist @efeCamilus tweeted. “Monsters have been given weapons to entrench the modus operandi of the police, so unfortunate. The original secur...

Amaju Pinnick As the wind of discontent blows from north to south, it’s not farfetched to assert that Nigerian football has seen better days. From the national teams to the various leagues, the state of affairs fails to inspire confidence in fans and stakeholders. As it is prevalent in several parastatals, mismanagement, allegations of corruption, lack of transparency and accountability have dogged Nigeria’s football industry – particularly in recent years. Since the Amaju Pinnick era began in 2014, financial discrepancies, misappropriation and series of anomalies have been the order of the day in the operations of the Nigeria Football Federation so much so that stakeholders and even members of the NFF have written several petitions to FIFA but these actions have failed to change much. KOLAPO OLAPOJU takes a deep dive into the reckless use of funds and wanton disregard for due process that have tainted the NFF. Amaju Pinnick MISUSE OF FIFA DEVELOPMENT FUNDS In 2015,...