Sokoto

Bandits attack govt grain silo, face NSCDC in two hours gun battle

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The Agro Rangers of the NSCDC have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on the federal government’s grain silo in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.Buhari Hamisu, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said in a statement in Katsina on Sunday that the attack occurred on 6 April at … Read more

ICPC arrests suspected vote buyers during Sokoto, Adamawa re-run elections

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Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Saturday, arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in Sokoto State during the by-elections monitoring exercise. The suspects – three males aged 48, 37 and 38 – were caught at Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency in Sokoto State with the sum of N3,105,400 within … Read more