Nastura Ashir Shariff, Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Coalition of Northern Groups, has been arrested and currently being detained at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, the DAILY VENDOR reports. He was arrested and moved to Abuja shortly after the peaceful protests in Katsina State demanding action from government over the rising
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Katsina residents block highways, protest against incessant bandits attacks
Some residents of President Muhammadu Buhari’s homestate of Kastina State on Saturday blocked the highway passing through Jibia community to Katsina, the state capital, and other parts of the state to protest against daily attacks, kidnappings and rape by bandits. Many of the people who were speaking in Hausa said they are living in fears
Read morePolice Arrest One Suspect in Connection with Katsina Attacks, Recover Nine Motorcycles
The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on Saturday evening confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man in connection with the Friday terrorists’ attacks on two Katsina villages where thirty people were officially confirmed killed and several houses and animals burnt. The police spokesman also said nine motorcycles suspected to belong to
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