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August 25, 2021 Nigerians Sell Homes, Land To Free Kidnapped Children

Nigerians Sell Homes, Land To Free Kidnapped Children

As the spate of kidnappings and killings continue to spiral out of control, investigations have shown that some Nigerians have been selling their lands, home and other prized valuables to secure the release of their loved ones, mostly children from the hands of their abductors.

After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free

He sent his 3 million naira ($7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his town of Tegina. 

The kidnappers took the money, seized one of the men delivering it and sent back a new demand for more cash and six motorbikes.

“We are in agony,” the 40-year-old tyre repairman told Reuters, still waiting for any sign of what happened to his children three months after the mass abduction. Honestly I don’t have anything left.”

August 10, 2021 Katsina Witnesses Highest Rainfall In A Single Day In 100 Years

Katsina Witnesses Highest Rainfall In A Single Day In 100 Years

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has announced that more than 100 millimetres of rain fell in Katsina in a single day, the highest in 100 years.

Speaking at the sideline of the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF)-African Swift Workshop on the pre-tested 3 users and co-production workshop organised by Organised by NIMET, and SWIFT in Abuja, NiMet Director-General/CEO Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu said the north is experiencing its peak of raining season which will be characterised with flashes of floods.

He said;

“We have previously predicted between July and September 2021,  there will be an intensity of the rain and enhancement of soil moisture, we will have a lot of overland flow leading to flash floods or riverine foods. The climate change events is also helping to induce and increase the intensity of extreme weather events. 

“For instance, recently in Katsina state, in our stations we witnessed 100mm of rain in just a single day. It has never happened in over 100 years. It shows that these extreme events are being driven by climate change. 

“The average rain is usually not more than 30mm in a day.  This is 1/3 of the annual rainfall in Nguru and 1/6 of rain that Katsina receives in an annum that it received in a day.  This tend to lead to high flashfloods, erosion, and segment generation which now causes siltation in the rivers and also affecting supplies.”

On the possibility of floods in the north, Matazu said; “Weather moves in zones and Zone C categorized into C1, C2, C3 is lying over the northern part of the country. This is why we have a lot of rain in north right now. We have been witnessing a lot of rain in Katsina, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Abuja, Niger and other parts of the north.  Most of the northern states are receiving their peak rain now. We are more vulnerable in the north now."

August 9, 2021 Military Neutralises 4 Notorious Bandits Kaduna State

Military Neutralises 4 Notorious Bandits Kaduna State

Troops of the Nigerian military have neutralized four notorious bandits in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State.

The success follows the ongoing military operations against armed bandits, and human intelligence checks carried out by the troops in a valley popularly known as 'Maikwandaraso' in Igabi area of the state.

According to the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, SAMUEL ARUWAN, the four bandits were neutralized through air interdictions, when the military engaged them at the location, as part of combined ground and air assaults on identified bandit enclaves.

ARUWAN gave the names of the neutralized bandits as, ALILI BANDIRO, DAYYABU BALABALA NAGWARJO and SULELE BALA.

He said several other bandits were also eliminated in the same cycle of air interdictions and ground offensives.

Maikwandaraso is close to Karshi village, and shares boundaries with the infamous Kawara and Malul forests in the same Igabi LGA, which have been identified as the hub of several armed bandit camps and hideouts.

July 29, 2021 Kaduna State Government Vows To Appeal The Release Of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky And His Wife

Kaduna State Government Vows To Appeal The Release Of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky And His Wife

After spending over five years in custody, it was freedom at last for the embattled leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh IBRAHIM EL-ZAKZAKY and his wife, ZEENAT.

They were set free yesterday by a State High Court in Kaduna.

In a ruling that lasted over eight hours, the presiding judge, Justice GIDEON KURADA upheld the no-case submission filed by EL-ZAKZAKY and his wife.

The ruling was delivered behind closed doors and journalists were not allowed inside the courtroom.

The defendants were taken to court by officials of the Nigerian Correctional service amid tight security.

The couple has been standing trial in the court for the past five years on an eight-count charge of culpable homicide, disruption of public peace and unlawful assembly among others levelled against them by the Kaduna State Government.

They were accused of being responsible for the death of a soldier during a confrontation with Shiites members in Kaduna in December 2015.

The event also led to the killing of high number of protesting Shiites members.

Counsel to EL-ZAKZAKY, MARSHAL ABUBAKAR and that of Kaduna state government, DARI BAYERO spoke to newsmen on the ruling.

A Public Affairs Commentator, Barrister LIBOROUS OSHOMA spoke with Inspiration FM on the travails and eventual release of the duo.

 

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