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  Armed bandits killed 22 people including a village head in separate attacks on Sunday and Tuesday in Rabah and Sabon Birni local government areas of Sokoto State. The victims include 21 members of a vigilante group who were killed in Yartsakuwa village of Rabah local council during a shootout with the bandits on Sunday. The village head of Sabon Birni, identified as Umar Sanda, was killed in the Tuesday attack. The bandits, on Tuesday, reportedly blocked the SabonBirni-Shinkafi highway, robbed local merchants of millions of naira and rustled many cows. The governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, who visited one of the attacked communities, on Monday, confirmed that 21 persons were killed in Rabah council. He sympathised with the residents and families of the deceased vigilantes and pledged to restructure vigilante groups in the state. In a statement, by his media aide, Muhammad Bello, the governor said: “We are going to restructure and reposition the vigilante groups in Sokoto Stat

 Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru, Seven others die in Kaduna Plane Crash. A military Beachcraft 350 aircraft has crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday, claiming all eight souls onboard including the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. The ill-fated aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm. Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria, Akin Olateru, confirmed that the eight souls died onboard.

 FG declares Wednesday, 12th and Thursday 13th Public Holidays The Federal Government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays to mark the 2021 Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. This was disclosed by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday afternoon. Aregbesola called on all Nigerians, at home and abroad to use the period of this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration to pray for peace, stability and economic transformation in the land. The minister also called on all security agencies in the country to “be more courageous and patriotic to surmount the ongoing battle against resurging insecurity and activities of criminal elements in Nigeria”.

 Baba Ijesa risks life imprisonment as Lagos moves to file charges Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James aka (Baba Ijesha) could be sentenced to life imprisonment as the Lagos government moves to charge him for sexual assault by penetration, among other crimes. In a statement on Tuesday, Moyosore Onigbanjo, the state commissioner for justice, said the state’s directorate of public prosecutions has recommended five charges “after due consideration of the facts in the case file.” According to the statement, “ Olanrewaju James also known as Baba Ijesha to be charged under  section 135 – indecent treatment of a child- punishable by seven years imprisonment; section 137  – defilement of a child – punishable by life imprisonment; section 261- sexual assault by penetration – punishable by life imprisonment; section 262- attempted sexual assault by penetration – punishable by 14 years imprisonment and  section 263 – sexual assault- punishable by three years imprisonment. “While the state would ens

Veteran Nollywood actor, Bolaji Amusan aka as Mr. Latin has stated why one of his colleagues, Olanrewaju James alias Baba Ijesha cannot be banned from Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPPAN). Amusan, who is chairman of TAMPPAN, was reacting to the ongoing alleged child molestation case against Baba Ijesha  TAMPAN had in a statement, earlier condemned the defilement allegations levelled against Baba Ijesha, vowing to support the government to ensure that ignoble acts are checked within the society.   In a recent three-minute video shared on Amusan’s Instagram page obtained by The Nation, the veteran Yoruba actor condemned the alleged actions of Baba Ijesha. Amusan stated he has been inundated with calls from different persons to ban Baba Ijesha from TAMPPAN. He however stated categorically that Baba Ijesha was never a member of the association and so cannot be banned. He stressed as a colleague in the industry, the best he could do is to condemn t