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File Photo Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday night reportedly killed Mallam Ummaru Balli, leader of a vigilance group in Maigora town in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to PUNCH, the bandits also allegedly abducted eight persons during the attack which took place in Rimi village in the Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. File Photo It was learnt that Balli had led other vigilantes to Rimi to tackle the bandits operating there that night. Residents further disclosed that the group engaged the bandits in a gun duel which led to the death of Balli. The bandits reportedly left for the forest with the eight abducted victims. Balli has since been buried according to Muslim rites. The spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, had yet to react to the incident as at the time of filing the report. Governor Aminu Masari’s Special Adviser on Security, Mallam Ibrahim Katsina, did not answer his phone and had yet to respo...

Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has inadvertently dismissed speculations that he is not a Yoruba man. Obasanjo in his book titled ‘My Watch Volume 2: Political and Public Affairs,’ said his two parents were from Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun State. See Also Politics Obasanjo Is From South-East, Senator Adefuye Claims, Afenifere Reacts 0 Comments 4 Days Ago A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Anthony Adefuye, recently claimed that the father of the former Nigerian leader was Igbo but that he was born of a Yoruba woman. Adefuye had in an interview with a national daily said among other things, “Some people may argue that what about Obasanjo? Obasanjo is not a Yoruba man. He is an Igbo man from the South-East. His father was from Anambra while his mother was a Yoruba woman. And that was why during his tenure, he completely ignored the South-West. For example, throughout his eight years, he did nothing on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.” Some Yoruba ...

Ohirenua Giwa-Amu A Nigerian lady, Ohirenua Giwa-Amu, who wrote an open letter to her father and popular pastor, Femi Giwa-Amu, for allegedly repeatedly raping her when she was seven years old, has committed suicide. Ohirenua’s death was confirmed by her friends who also wrote several tributes on her social media pages. Ohirenua Giwa-Amu Twitter/OHIRENUA The lady’s uncle, Ozolua Giwa-Amu, also confirmed her death in a Facebook post. He said, “On behalf of the SIO Giwa-Amu family and specifically the Obafemi Ehimigbai Giwa-Amu (my elder brother), family of Evbiobe (Sabongida-Ora) Edo State, I state the following; it is with the utmost regret it falls on me to announce that our most beautiful daughter, Ohirenua Giwa-Amu, youngest daughter of Femi and Ngozi, passed away last night. This is a most heartbreaking day for us all. “On behalf of her parents, my mother, brothers, sisters, and the whole family, I ask that you kindly say a prayer, light a candle, sing a worship song f...

Illustration A 25-year-old graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Alfred Adebayo, said he planned to commit suicide after he was defrauded by a forex trader, Eseka Chuckwutem Gospel, popularly known as ECG. Speaking to SaharaReporters, Adebayo said he lost over N100 million to ECG. Illustration According to the Microbiology graduate, he was introduced to the forex trader by a friend on WhatsApp. He said, “I actually got introduced to Gospel around March, I joined his group through someone I know on WhatsApp. So, when I joined the group, this guy used to give us 40 per cent of our investment every week. So, I started investing in it; you invest in a group, he doesn’t have a website or nothing. “It’s a WhatsApp group, he drops the account number to invest in, so you send money to the account. You send the payment receipt and he would confirm. Then the following week, you get 40 per cent interest on your capital. “There was a day I asked him what he d...

Wunmi Ogunlola A member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, Wunmi Ogunlola, has faulted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s claim that the National Assembly lacks the powers to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to address security issues in the country. Ogunlola, a member of the All Progressives Congress representing Ijero/Efon/Ekiti West Federal Constituency of Ekiti State, said Malami was being ‘clever’ by half to hold such a claim at a time Nigerians were being ravaged by insurgents, kidnappers, and bandits. Wunmi Ogunlola Facebook/Wunmi Ogunlola According to Vanguard, the APC chieftain said this in Ijero Ekiti on Monday while empowering hundreds of her constituents. The House of Representatives had invited President Buhari to speak about the worsening security situation in the country. But Malami said the National Assembly lacks the power to invite the President to speak on security matters. In a statement tit...