The Nigerian Army has arrested 53 suspected criminals and extremist group members during coordinated raids in Plateau State, recovering drugs and weapons.
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Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that his successor, Uba Sani and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu met and decided his abduction.
El-Rufai made this allegation on Friday when he featured in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
Recall that the Department of State Services, DSS, attempted to arrest the ex-governor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Thursday.
“The National Security Advisor, the governor of Kaduna State and the Chairman of ICPC met, and they have decided that I must be abducted today.
“Abducted because people use arrest, they don’t know that arrest has a legal meaning.
“Arrest means a lawful activity with a warrant, the police have. Under the Police act, they can arrest you without a warrant, but every other agency must go to a judge and seek warrant.
“So when you try to take a person without a valid order, it is abduction,” he said.
Logging and other biodiversity-threatening activities are prohibited under the National Park Service Act and relevant state forestry laws, except where expressly permitted by park authorities. But for about five years, logging has thrived in the Kainji forest reserve.
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To prevent a recurrence of the December 2023 massacre, in which over 200 people were killed in simultaneous attacks across 17 rural communities in Bokkos […]
