No fewer than seven children were said to have lost their lives in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, in a boat mishap while returning from their water search. The relatives of the children said they went in search of water as a shortage had hit the state. They claimed water vendors sold the essential commodity at N100 per jerrican and …

Bandits operating in Zamfara and Katsina States who abducted 85 women and children in Wanzamai community of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have finally agreed to collect N20,000 from each of the victims amounting to N1.7 million. The bandits also demanded that military operatives deployed to Wanzamai village should be relocated to another axis, vowing that they would …