Donatus Anichukwueze

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Two persons were feared killed and another abducted after suspected bandits attacked Faruruwa village market in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State on Thursday evening. The attack occurred as traders were closing their stalls for the day, according to local sources. The assailants reportedly targeted a prominent businessman whose wife had previously been kidnapped by bandits and later released after a ransom was paid.

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The Kogi State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into the alleged attack on the family house of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Obeiba-Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya, the investigation follows a report that the property was targeted by unidentified hoodlums in the early hours of Tuesday, April 16, 2025.

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Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been hospitalized for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack from some armed men during a raid operation in Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday night. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement made available to Channels Television on Friday.

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Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has confirmed the killing of 5 people in Ukum Local Government Area while also reacting to the suspected herdsmen attacks on the Sankera axis of the state, which the police said claimed 17 lives. Addressing journalists after the Good Friday Mass at Holy Ghost Parish in Makurdi, the state capital, Governor Alia cautioned communities against resorting to self-help.

1 week ago | channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has dismissed the widely discussed coalition of opposition political parties aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027, describing it as a waste of time. Fayose, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, said no prominent Nigerian is part of the coalition talk.