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Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching homes, the local government said on Tuesday.
“As we speak, about 40 people have been confirmed dead. Zurak is a popular mining community,” he said.Wase has deposits of zinc and lead, while Plateau as a whole is known for its tin mining industry. Parts of northwest and northcentral Nigeria have also been terrorised by heavily armed criminal gangs, who raid villages to loot and carry out mass kidnappings for ransom.
Abducted residents of the Dawaki area in Abuja are still in the hands of their kidnappers, The Guardian has learned. A resident of the area who confided in The Guardian noted, “The kidnap victims have not been released. They are still being held. It happened in my area.” In a new wave of kidnappings in…
The Deputy Senate President, Dr. Barau I. Jibrin, has unveiled empowerment initiative with 107 brand new buses for Constituency Transport Service. Senator Jibril, who is also the first Deputy Speaker of the Economic Community of West Africa States Parliament unveiled the empowerment scheme yesterday on the sideline of ECOWAS second extraordinary session holding in…
The military has handed over 350 people rescued in Sambisa forest to the Borno Government for rehabilitation and reintegration. Speaking at the handing over on Monday in Maiduguri, Deputy Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Chigbu, said they were rescued during the 10-day clearance operation in Sambisa. “The people…
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