Communities in the three zones of the North, which have been under incessant attacks by bandits and terrorists are looking up to President Bola Tinubu and the new service chiefs for lasting peace in their areas, ANIMASAHUN SALMAN and JOHN CHARLES write
After a relative calm in the northern part of the country during the electioneering, banditry in the past few weeks witnessed a spike in some states, DIRISU YAKUBU writes on this as a serious task for the new governors in the affected states and the new service chiefs
The Spokesperson, Rivers Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko disclosed that five persons were killed Tuesday by suspected cultists in Odiereke Ubie, Ahoada West LGA while gathering palm fronds, and one victim was killed before dawn Wednesday in Abarikpo, Ahoada East LGA. Iringe-Koko said that the Odiereke Ubie residents were murdered by a dreaded cult gang…
No fewer than 37 people have reportedly been killed and many others injured in attacks on three communities in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State over their alleged refusal to pay the ‘levies’ imposed by the terrorists.