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Police Spokesperson, Gambo Isah. The Katsina Police State Command says eighty students of Islamiyya schools in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of the state, abducted by bandits on Saturday have been rescued. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a nearby village. Police Spokesperson, Gambo Isah. Maulud Nabiyyi is Prophet Mohammad’s birthday.  This is coming two days after the release of 344 students of Government Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of the state. Police Spokesman, Gambo Isah, in a statement on Sunday, said the students were rescued by a combined team of policemen and local vigilante group in the area. Isah said the students were accosted by the bandits, who had already kidnapped four (4) persons and rustled twelve (12) cows from Danbaure village in Funtua Local Government Area of the state while trying to escape into...

Justice Ishaq Bello, the only Nigerian nominated for election to the International Criminal Court jury in 2020, has fluffed the country’s chances after a poor performance in the election exercise on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari had in June 2020 nominated Bello, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, for the contest. According to the election results made available on the ICC website, the Nigerian nominee polled 12 votes – the second-lowest – only after Milandou Prosper, the nominee from The Republic of Congo, out of 117 in the first round of the election. For candidates to be elected, they must garner two-thirds of the votes from the state parties. In the second round, Bello garnered only five votes out of 110 votes. The ICC advisory committee, on the nomination of judges, had earlier ranked Bello low in October, indicating that he may not be selected in the final election. Only Korner Joanna and Lordkipanidze Gocha, nominees of the United Kin...

Party jollof rice photo used to illustrate story. A child christening party on Ojuwoye Street in the Mushin area of Lagos State has turned bloody after some attendants stabbed a guest to death on the claim that he collected food more than three times. The Lagos State Police Command, which confirmed the incident, said it had launched a manhunt for the killers and would do everything possible to bring them to justice. Party jollof rice photo used to illustrate story. SaharaReporters learnt that the deceased, 21-year-old Saheed Adesina, on December 12 went to the child naming ceremony at about 6 pm, which was the party time. It was gathered that while at the party, trouble ensued when a collection of food started as the caterer, whose name could not yet be ascertained, accused Adesina of collecting food for up to three times, while others had yet to be served. The action reportedly angered some of the party attendants, and it led to a brawl during which Adesina was stabbed to ...

Mike Ozekhome Mike Ozekhome, a constitutional lawyer, says that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has lost its legitimacy for abdicating its duty and functions in securing Nigeria. Ozekhome, who spoke this weekend in Abuja while reacting to the news of the release of abducted Kankara students, said Buhari has no moral justification for remaining in office since he could no longer perform the essential duties of protecting lives and property.   Mike Ozekhome He said the government had continued to use propaganda to create an impression that the war against Boko Haram terrorists and bandits was being won without considering the reality on the ground. Ozekhome described the abduction of over 300 school children from Kankara in Katsina State as a sad commentary on the security situation in the country. He said it was evidence that the government has lost its relevance and credibility for leaving the citizens to their fate and at the mercy of bandits and Boko Haram. ...

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...