Many Nigerians live in constant fear of being kidnapped and held for ransom by armed gangs, especially in the north-west of the country, where thousands of people have had to flee their homes. The insecurity means many in the region, which has the country s largest number of registered voters, may not take part in the 25 February elections.
The dead body of an 11-year-old boy was on Saturday found hanging in his family compound at the Federal Housing Estate, Kubwa, in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The deceased was a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil. Daily Trust reports that the father of the deceased, Umar Yahaya told City & Crime that he and the mother of the deceased boy (his wife), were not at home when the incident happened. It was their neighbours who found the boy dangling from an overhead tank.
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alhaji Umar Yahaya as Co-Chairman of the governing council of Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund on Wednesday in Abuja.