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Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. At least 30 children have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.   Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. ...

It was gathered that the terrorists stormed the town in the early hours of Tuesday and abducted a yet-to-be-confirmed number of Muslim worshippers who were observing midnight prayers in a mosque. Terrorists on Tuesday morning attacked Gusau town in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State and kidnapped several Muslim worshippers.   It was gathered that the terrorists stormed the town in the early hours of Tuesday and abducted a yet-to-be-confirmed number of Muslim...

A video of the incident seen by SaharaReporters captured the moment some of the shop owners were mourning as they watched their properties destroyed by the fire.  Several shops were razed by a fire outbreak which started in the early hours of Tuesday at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State.      A video of the incident seen by SaharaReporters captured the moment some of the shop owners were mourning as they watched their properties...

Nigeria finished second at the Games behind Egypt, surpassing her previous record with a total of 47 gold, 33 silver and 40 bronze medals. The Chairman House Committee on Sports Honourable Ekene Adams has expressed disappointment over the delay in the payment of allowances of Team Nigeria athletes at the recently concluded Africa Games in Ghana.   Nigeria finished second at the Games behind Egypt, surpassing her previous record with a total of 47 gold,...

SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that the students were said to have been kidnapped by a group of unknown gunmen on Friday along the Evwreni axis of the East-West road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The Delta State Police Command has said its operatives have rescued nine students who were abducted along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that the students were said to have...

Nwachukwu explained that no casualty was recorded in the incident, even as he noted that there are concerns among the general public as a result of the historical antecedent of explosion within the Cantonment.  The Nigerian Army has called on residents and the general public not to panic over with it described as “minor explosion” that occurred within its Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday.   A statement by the Director Army Public Relations,...

Describing the latent behaviour of the government on violent crimes, the global rights organisation, stated that the consistent failure of the Nigerian government to tackle violence in the name of religion has effectively sent the message that anyone could commit murder and get away with it. Global human rights body, the Amnesty International, has decried the failure of the Nigerian authorities to hold to account killers’ of Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy more than one...

Asabe Waziri, Lawyer Threaten Media Platforms With Lawsuit Over Factual Report On Illegal Invasion Of Property

A civil servant and staff of the Nigerian National Petorleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Ms Asabe Waziri has threatened two media platforms with lawsuit for publishing a factual report on the illegal invasion of a property in Maitama District of Abuja. Asabe, through her lawyer, Victor Okwudiri, Esq., threatened two online media, The Nigerian Lawyers and BarristerNG with lawsuits, if they fail to pull down the report or publish a retarction of the report. The two...

SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has explained why one of its personnel, CPL AI Garba was arrested and subsequently detained.   SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   A relation of Garba had revealed...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), ranked Jigawa State among the six poorest states in Nigeria with 4.3 percent. The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has approved N1 million as a subsidy for each of the state’s intending pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj fare.   This was made known to journalists in Dutse, the state capital by the Director-General of the Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ahmed...