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The Police Command in Niger announces the killing of about 100 bandits by the Joint Security Task Force, days after a series of attacks.

‘Provincial police to run own election operations’

There is palpable tension over increasing Boko Haram infiltration of Niger, a State that shares border with Nigeria's capital, Abuja. A number of

Adelowo Oladipo with Agency report AUTHORITIES of the Niger State Police command, on Monday disclosed that four personnel of the Nigeria Security and

Boko Haram landmine kills 4 officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in Galadiman Kogo axis of Shiroro LGA of Niger State

The terrorists also ransacked the armoury and took away the military patrol van during the attack that happened on Thursday night.

An unconfirmed number of villagers were also reportedly killed by the gunmen in the attack, as corpses littered some areas in the communities.

At the resumed hearing of the trumped-up amended 15-count charge against the IPOB leader by the Nigerian government on Tuesday, some supporters had converged on the Federal Ministry of Justice premises as early as 8am in solidarity with their leader.

Romanian transport workers in wildcat strike against pay cuts joined by striking teachers and public sector workers over same issue; workers at Fiat Plastic in Kragujevac, Serbia, form own union and continue year-long indefinite strike against pay cuts; teachers protest across Iran over pay and conditions in 50 cities including Tehran; 5,000 South African dairy workers continue nine-week strike over attacks on pay and conditions, other workers threaten to join action

The incident occurred on Monday at about 4:00pm when the Joint Security Task Force comprising of police and local vigilantes were on a routine patrol of the area.