07 Feb, 2026
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Gombe governor sacks aides over attack on councillor

Gomber governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has sacked four of his aides over physical assault on Hon. Abdulrahman Abubakar Sheriff, the Councillor representing Shamaki Ward in Gombe Local Government Area of the state. The attack on Sheriff captured on video had gone viral on the internet some days ago. Yahaya sacked the aides based on the […]

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Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow

Three people – including two police officers – have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian authorities have said. Two traffic police officers saw a “suspicious individual” near a police car on the city’s Yeletskaya Street, and when they approached the suspect to detain him, an explosive device was detonated, Russia’s Investigative Committee has […]

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Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow

Three people – including two police officers – have been killed in an explosion in Moscow, Russian authorities have said. Two traffic police officers saw a “suspicious individual” near a police car on the city’s Yeletskaya Street, and when they approached the suspect to detain him, an explosive device was detonated, Russia’s Investigative Committee has […]

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Fintiri pardons Adamawa farmer sentenced to death for killing attacker in ‘self-defence’

Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa state, has pardoned Sunday Jackson, a farmer sentenced to death for killing a man said to have attacked him on his farm. Jackson was among three inmates granted a state pardon by the governor, while the sentences of five others were fully remitted as part of activities marking Christmas and […]