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No fewer than seven persons were killed during a reprisal on Nono and Gura Namaye communities in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State by bandits. Several persons were also said to have sustained injuries in the attack and are currently receiving treatment in different hospitals in the state. SaharaReporters gathered that the reprisal followed the killing of two Fulani herdsmen by local vigilante group, popularly known as Yansakai in Maradun.  Following their killing, scores of bandits were said to have launched an attack on the two communities, killing seven persons and injuring others. Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle had asked the Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, to summon the Emir of Maradun, Alhaji Garba Tambari, and the Sarkin Arewan Maradun, Alhaji Bala, to explain how the two Fulani herdsmen were slaughtered. He said, “I have just received information that two Fulani herdsmen were slaughtered to death in Maradun. I have ordered the Emir of Marad...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed worry about the growing herdsmen-farmers’ crisis and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the growing unrest when asked about the issue sometime ago. In an interview Obasanjo granted to the Wilson Centre Africa Programme in October 2019, the former president said the herdsmen, being of the same Fulani stock with the President, required that he should take the matter seriously. Obasanjo was speaking at the interview titled, “Managing Nigeria’s Diversity Amidst Rising Ethno-Religious Tensions: A conversation with Former President Obasanjo”, where he noted that the President needed to take an urgent step. In an excerpt of the interview which is now trending due to the unrest in Oyo and Ondo states following notices to quit given to Fulani herdsmen, Obasanjo said, “When you have a situation where your own tribe is being accused of something, you must be able to look into it and make it transparently clear that the accusation i...

Zakzaky and wife Zeenat The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat are absent in court as their trial by the Kaduna State government resumed on Monday at the state High Court. The prosecuting counsel, Dari Bayero, is expected to bring the remaining witnesses to court, including a General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army. Zakzaky and wife Zeenat According to Daily Trust, the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada had on December 11, 2020 adjourned the case to January 25 and 26, 2021, after the prosecution counsel presented six witnesses before the court. The prosecution counsel had initially presented two witnesses from the Nigerian Army who testified in secret before the court, while a Director from the Department of State Services and three residents of Gyallesu in Zaria were among the four witnesses that were admitted as witnesses. El-Zakzaky and his wife are facing trial on eight counts bordering on alleged culpab...

Yoruba freedom fighter and activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has hailed Yoruba leaders for backing his fight against insurgency in the region. Igboho said he is particularly happy that the leaders are making comments at such a critical time when the security of the region has come under threat. Igboho had been in the news since last week when he gave an ultimatum to killer herdsmen to vacate Ibarapa area in Oyo State.  In a viral video on the internet, he was seen commending Yoruba elders for making submissions on the issue. Igboho said, “I want to use this opportunity to thank all the Yoruba elders who supported us both home and abroad: Dele Momodu; former president Segun Obasanjo; former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Fayode; former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose; all our leaders, Alao Akala; Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka; the Alaafin of Oyo Empire, his imperial Majesty Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III; Oonirisa Adeyeye Ogunwusi; Olubad...

File photo of NAF jet used to illustrate story. Troops under the auspices of Operation Thunder Strike on Saturday conducted a joint ground and air patrols to Chikwale village, along the Polewire-Mangoro-Sarkin Pawa Road in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State as military jets killed several bandits during the operation. The patrols followed credible reports of the bandits’ movement from a neighbouring state, towards Akilbu in the Kachia LGA. File photo of NAF jet used to illustrate story. Vanguard According to a statement by the state Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, on Sunday, the air component conducted armed reconnaissance into forests in the area, and scores of the bandits were sighted on motorcycles around Gidan Sule.  He said, “The bandits scampered for cover as they were engaged by the fighter jet crew. The fighter jets conducted further missions in quick succession, as the bandits were tracked accordingl...