FACT-CHECK REPORT: Nigerian Soldiers, Not Zamfara Footballers Wielded AK-47 Rifles in New Video   A video of some young men in Football Jersey all clutching to AK-47 rifles is currently circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and social media platforms claiming that they were players of a football...

Zamfara Commissioner, PRNigeria Discuss Collaboration on Reputation Management   The Zamfara State Government has signified its intention to partner with the Image Merchants Promotion (Limited), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, in changing the narrative of the State. Zamfara Commissioner of Information and Culture, Alh. Mannir...

Bank Customers, PoS Operators Groan As Telcos Block 47 LGAs In 4 States   Telecommunication service subscribers in 47 local government areas in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna states have been affected by the ban on telecom services in the areas by the Federal Government, findings...

Customs Intercept N1.9bn Drugs, Goods In Port, Others     The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth N1.9 billion at Apapa port and areas around its Kaduna zone. The Apapa Area Command yesterday, said it intercepted 28 container loads of pharmaceuticals valued at...

Insecurity in North West Nigeria: Armed Banditry or Jihadist Expansionism?  By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim       North West Nigeria has for the past four to five decades suffered from waves of crisis and violence. The trajectory of such violence started with ethno-religious clashes and moved through electoral violence,...

Katsina, New Haven of Terror-Banditry in Nigeria? By Yushau A. Shuaib Was it not strange that the abduction of Kankara boys occurred on the day President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Daura, his hometown, in Katsina State, on a private visit? It is even more curious that the...