Amidst unabated banditry that has continued to frustrate activities in North-west zone, the Daura Emirate council in Katsina state, the country home to President Buhari has suspended all festivities for the next week Sallah celebration.

The leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has countered claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that there are attempts at West African fulanization and African Islamization following growing insecurity in the region, especially in Nigeria.

The Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has revealed that as part of his effort in fighting the menace of drugs in the state has directed that all the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in his cabinet to visit the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to undergo drug test to ascertain their state of mental Health before assuming office.

President Muhammadu Buhari will later today hold a crucial meeting with the 19 northern state governors in Abuja to find solutions to the problems facing the region.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday arrives Abeokuta, Ogun State capital to commission some projects of the outgoing Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The projects inaugurated were tagged “Legacy Projects”.

Amidst the spree of kidnapping that has bedeviled the North-West part of this country, the Katsina state government has come up with stiffer penalties to curb the reoccurrence of the menace.