Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, on Saturday emerged as the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Nasarawa State, exactly one week after his campaign organisation publicly protested against the publication of Mr Musa Angbazo as the candidate of the party in the state.
More than 80 people have reportedly been abducted in separate attacks by suspected bandits in Niger and Zamfara states, highlighting the continuing threat posed by armed criminal gangs to farming communities across northern Nigeria.