On his way to a meeting, popular activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Suni Igboho was said to have been attacked in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State by men of the Department of State Security(DSS). The armed DSS was said to have attacked Sunday Igboho at Guru Maraj’s area in Ibadan on Friday, but his arrest was halted by his men who put up resistance. Sunday Igboho, while speaking with newsmen, lamented that he was disappointed that he was attacked without committing any offence by men of DSS who on…
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Bandits raid dormitory, kidnap school girls in Zamfara
Armed bandits raided a school dormitory in Zamfara overnight, raising fears of another mass kidnapping in the Northern region. Reports say more than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a headcount of remaining students, said a teacher at the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe. He said the attack happened around 1:00 am (midnight GMT) on Friday, but did not provide details on the number of students present in the school at the time. Heavily-armed criminal gangs in northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping…
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