The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed seven persons died in a fire outbreak that engulfed a Petrol station at Al-Masfa in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa.
Laleye Dipo
Bandits in the early hours of yesterday killed one person and injured another in Yakila village of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
The bandits also abducted five villagers and rustled unspecified number of cows.
Those injured during the sporadic shooting by the bandits were reported to have been admitted at the Wushishi General Hospital.
THISDAY was informed that the villager killed was Hamza Boka, while his brother, who was injured, is Jibrin Boka.
Those abducted, according to the eyewitnesses, are Dada Jatau, Idris Adamu, Mai- angwa Rimi, Mallam Mamba, and an unnamed villager.
It was gathered that the rustled cattle belonged to Alhaji Jatau Gora and Buba Mohammed.