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  Second KDSG Security Update: Tuesday 4th May 2021. Armed bandits kill one, injure three in Chikun local government area - One killed and three injured in Kajuru LGA. Security agencies have reported that armed bandits invaded Mazari, a community close to Buruku in Chikun LGA. According to the report, one Mariya Sale was killed in the attack. Three others were injured, identified as - Ladidi Abdullahi - Zubaida Balarabe - Hauwa'u Ayuba In another reported incident, armed bandits attacked Doka village, Kajuru LGA. One Bitrus Luka was shot dead, and three others were injured. The injured are: - Kings Andy - Danladi Audu - Titus Friday. Governor Nasir El-Rufai noted the reports with sadness and prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain victims, while offering his heartfelt condolences to their families. He also wished the injured a quick recovery. Signed Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State.

  Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Shiekh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi has disclosed that bandits use proceeds from kidnapping to purchase arms and their settle informants. gumi The controversial cleric also stated that Nigerian elites and government officials were not behind the activities of bandits in the north despite a repentant bandit claiming that they have the backing of the federal government in a viral video. Sheikh Gumi told Daily Post in an interview that bandits are now independent and not being influenced or sponsored by anyone. He said: “That was a small metamorphosis in the process, but now the bulk of the money they collect is used to buy weapons. Bandits are independent now, and nobody influences them. In fact, they buy informants now, and they are fighting an ethnic war which makes it easier because they are not fighting for ideology.” He also dismissed insinuations that Nigeria security issues is so bad that the country would be paralyzed. “There is a high state of insecuri...

  Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has performed beyond the 16-year achievement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bello, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said his party has delivered good governance to Nigerians. “Largely, APC has performed beyond what PDP has achieved in their 16 years of governance in Nigeria,” Bello spoke from the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja. “APC’s successes today within six years outweigh the successes of 16 years that they ruled. The statistics are there. We will remind Nigerians of where APC inherited Nigeria and where we are today.” Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, the PDP has held sway at the helms of affairs, until 2015 when it was sacked by the APC. The then APC presidential candidate and incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari had swept to power on three cardinal promises – Fighting insecurity, fixing the economy and tackling co...

  Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence of the state and Federal Government in securing the release of the children. They chanted songs of solidarity and displayed placards demanding prompt rescue of the students. “Education is our right! Safety is our right! Freedom is our right!, Free Afaka 29! ” the parents and students chanted as they marched to the National Assembly. Parents and members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka during the protest. The protesters joined by the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and Deji Adeyanju had earlier gathered at the Unity Fountain before proceeding to the National Assembly complex. The main entrance of the National Ass...

  The police in Kogi said it was yet to get proper details of the incident as it has not been officially reported at the appropriate police division. Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and Kogi CP, Ede Ayuba Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and Kogi CP, Ede Ayuba The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Wakili Damina, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The state secretary of MACBAN, Adamu Abubakar, told reporters in Lokoja on Tuesday that Mr Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said witnesses said that the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus at about 12 noon to “forcefully” take away the chairman from his house at Chikara village, Kogi Local Government. Mr Abubakar said that he was informed of the incident about an hour later by the younger brother of Mr Damina who claimed he witnessed the incident. The secre...

  Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of agencies. The government will also remove some unnecessary items from the budget as a move to cut the cost of governance in the country. Zainab disclosed this at the ongoing ‘National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria’ held in Abuja on Tuesday. The programme was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission. The government had approved a N13.88trn budget with a deficit of over N5.6trn. The government projected a revenue of N7.98trn to fund part of the 2021 budget. “We still see government expenditure increase to a terrain twice higher than our revenue,” Ahmed said. The Finance boss said all agencies must come together to trim its cost amid the country’s dwindling revenue. She said, “We need to work together, all agencies of th...

  In preparation for the forth coming Local Government elections, the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has amended the earlier released timetable, as party primaries have been increased from five to 22days, starting from Wednesday, May 5 to Thursday, May 27, 2021. Political campaigns are now to end midnight on Thursday, July 22, 2021, as against the earlier slated time, while the election date remained Saturday, July 24, 2021. Chairman, OGSIEC, Mr. Babatunde Osibodu made this announcement at the official flag-off ceremony of the political activities leading to the 2021 Local Government elections, at the June 12 Cultural Center kuto Abeokuta, urging the political class and aspirants to embrace stipulated guidelines. Osibodu said the Commission would waive the payment of a non-refundable deposit by intending candidates for female aspirants, adding that it was a gesture to encourage more women to participate in the election.More photos below.