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The Taraba State Commissioner for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Habu Phillip, has condemned Monday’s attack on travellers along Wukari-Tsokundu roadTiv militia. Habu, who is the political leader of the Tiv in Taraba State, said the incident is reprehensible. According to him, those behind the attack are criminals and agents of destabilization who do not have…

Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial zone, has said that Kaduna state was  plundered by fraudulent technocrats, thieving consultants and contractors domiciled under the administration of ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai. He said  the humongous amount of money allegedly stolen during the  El-Rufai administration must be recovered. An ad-hoc committee set up by…

Residents of M.I Wushishi Estate Minna, the Niger State capital are living in palpable fear following threats of invasion of the area by bandits. Sources in the estate said the hoodlums had asked residents to vacate their homes or risk being killed. The source said many residents have moved out of the estate following the…

The federal government is set to establish a  joint military theatre command in the Northwest zone to address  the menace of banditry. Mohammed Badaru, minister of defence, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Thursday night during a visit to Governor Uba Sani at the government house, Kaduna. The minster said his visit to the…