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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. The 287 abducted Kuriga schoolchildren in Kaduna State have been released by their abductors after about 16 days in captivity. The state governor, Senator Uba Sani, announced their release on his verified Facebook page in the early hours of Sunday.

2. A fresh tragedy has hit the nation’s security community following the killing of six policemen in an ambush in Delta State. Six other officers are still missing, the Nigeria Police confirmed on Saturday.

3. The governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti on Saturday debunked the claim that the decision of the Abia State House of Assembly lawmakers to outlaw the payment of pensions to the past governors and deputies of the state was targeted at his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu. In a statement issued by Otti’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma, Governor Otti maintained that his predecessor was not targeted.

4. At least two police officers were killed when gunmen attacked their patrol vehicle along old Gariki Road Okigwe in Imo State on Saturday. The incident which took place in the early hours of Saturday, occurred when the personnel of Mopol 18, Owerri, were ambushed while on patrol duty.

5. Worried by the worsening insecurity situation in Benue State occasioned by continued bandits and herdsmen killing, the Benue State government has set up Mining Marshals. The mining marshals are drawn from mainly personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The primary duty of the mining marshals is to safeguard lives and property around sites and communities within the state.

6. Bandits struck in Mairuwa village, Faskari local government area of Katsina State, on Saturday night, killing worshippers observing Ramadan prayers. At least two persons were shot dead, while another person sustained injury during the attack.

7. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has vowed that all perpetrators of the deadly attack at Crocus City Hall in northern Krasnogorsk, Moscow, where more than 100 people were killed on Friday evening will be punished. Putin said this during his address to Russians on the concert hall attack where about 140 people were critically injured.

8. The personnel of the Nigerian Army have killed no fewer than five terrorists during clearance operations in Borno State. The clearance operations by the Combat Team on Friday resulted in the rescue of 78 kidnapped victims, comprising 35 women and 43 children.

9. Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday apprehended a suspected notorious kidnappers’ gang leader, Saidu Yakubu, also known as “Ismail.” The gang was said to be behind the September 7, 2023 attack at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fadan Kamantan, Kafanchan Diocese, in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, razing the parish house together with a seminarian, Na’aman Danladi, to death.

10. Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 16 Twansgira (Almajiri) children kidnapped by bandits/terrorists in Sokoto State working jointly with local authorities and government agencies. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) made this known in a statement on Saturday.

 

Damilare Kayode

Reporter & Editor

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