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Katsina govt arms community watch, vigilantes to fight bandits

Nigeria, Sept. 26 -- The Katsina State Government has approved the procurement of 5,000 cartons of ammunition for community watch corps, vigilante groups, and hunters to strengthen the fight against b... Read More


Resident doctors decry insecurity, poor welfare as migration drains Nigerian hospitals

Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- Nigerian resident doctors have warned that worsening insecurity, poor remuneration and stalled career progression are driving a collapse of the country's healthcare system. The d... Read More


UNICEF launches vaccination drive, targets 2.3 million children in Katsina

Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it will vaccinate at least 2.3 million children under five years in Katsina State under an integrated polio and measles-rubella ca... Read More


Katsina revives wind farm with additional 10mw of solar power

Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, on Tuesday, commissioned renewable energy projects, including the revival of the long-abandoned 10MW Lambar Rimi Wind Farm, as part of act... Read More


Wanted banditry kingpin attends peace talks in Katsina as state opts for negotiations

Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- Local communities in Katsina State have reportedly entered into negotiations with armed groups, raising fears of a repeat of a sequence whereby the collapse of peace agreements le... Read More


Yahaya Bello betrayed me for Ododo in Kogi succession battle - Edward Onoja

Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, said ex-Governor Yahaya Bello assured him for years that he would succeed him, only to back current governor Usman Ododo, on the e... Read More


Gunmen kill three police officers, steal rifles in Kogi-Kwara boundary ambush - Police

Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- Gunmen have killed three police officers after ambushing a security checkpoint in Kogi State. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in Egbe, a town in Yagba West Local Gover... Read More


Bandits ambush bus in Kogi, abduct three passengers, kill one

Nigeria, Sept. 9 -- Armed men have attacked a passenger bus in Kogi State, killing a bystander and abducting three travellers in the latest incident of highway violence to hit the state. The incident... Read More


Sokoto sets up recruitment committee

Nigeria, Sept. 9 -- The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has inaugurated a committee to oversee recruitments into the state civil service, in what he described as a strategic step to tackle unemplo... Read More


Bandits kill seven, abduct three in Katsina attack

Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- Seven people have been killed and three others abducted by armed men at the Magaji Wando community in the Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents and local autho... Read More