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Emperor Simon     Five women and one child have been killed in a road crash at Jipan village along Bida-Mokwa road in Bida Local Government Area of Niger state. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger State Command, Joel Dagwa, confirmed this to Channels Television via a statement issued on Friday. He said four other persons also sustained varying degrees of injuries and were receiving treatment at the General Hospital Kutigi. Although he did not give details of the cause of the accident, Dagwa said preliminary investigation revealed it could have been as a result of o...

A resident of Ogu, Kamal Mamman Wayam, said the gunmen stormed the community on Sunday morning and shot sporadically into the air. Wayam said: “The gunmen in their large numbers arrived Ogu on motorcycles. Before we knew what was happening, they started shooting into the air. They ransacked people’s houses and carted away whatever valuable they could lay their hands on. They also abducted six persons from Ogu, including two visitors.” The attack on Tegina was said to have happened at about 12:30 am on Monday. A resident of the community, Sani Gamachindo, said thirteen persons were abduc...