Boko Haram demands ransoms for surviving Chadian hostages
Jihadist group Boko Haram has called for hefty ransoms for six Chadians abducted in Niger last month, having already killed a seventh person they captured, several sources told AFP Saturday.
NDDA backs existing firms in Niger Delta’s pipeline surveillance contract
The Convener of the Niger Delta Development Agenda (NDDA), Mr Iteveh Ekpokpobe, has cautioned against the demand for the balkanisation of the Niger Delta’s pipeline surveillance contract.
Real Madrid lose to struggling Mallorca ahead of Bayern clash
The defeat leaves second-place Real Madrid four points behind leaders Barcelona, who visit Atletico Madrid later on Saturday.
Bayern stage late comeback at Freiburg before Real Madrid showdown
Trailing 2-0 and without injured talisman Harry Kane, Tom Bischof scored twice before Lennart Karl grabbed the winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time.
Police repel cattle rustling, neutralise one bandit in Kebbi
Kebbi State Police Command has killed a member of Lakurawa terrorists group and thwarted their attempt to rustle 33 cows along Kamba–Kangiwa road in Dandi Local Government Area of the state.
US arrests relatives of slain Iranian general Soleimani
Both “are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” the statement said, without specifying their whereabouts.
