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The Kano State government has further reviewed the 24-hour curfew, now imposing it between 6pm to 6am. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Government House, Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Dogo Salman, said the decision was reached after a security council meeting with the state government. Commissioner Salman stressed the government’s commitment to maintaining…
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Violence, and particularly sexual violence, is happening “daily” in and around displaced persons camps in part of east DR Congo, a survey from an MSF research group said on Tuesday. The M23, which had lain dormant for about a decade, launched an offensive in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at…
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 47 rounds of live ammunition. The public relations officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told journalists in Kano that on August 5, 2024 at around “2am, a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State reported…
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A coalition of Northern social movements has asked President Bola Tinubu to hold members of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the destruction and looting of public property during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano. The movement, under the platform of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), faulted the president’s national broadcast for failing…
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The Katsina State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the university town of Dutsinma in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Director of Press to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Abdullah Yaradua, in a statement on Tuesday, announced that the acting governor, Faruk Lawal Jobe, approved the review of the 24-hour restriction…
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