Maiwada Danmallam, Director-General, Media and Communication to Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, confirmed the to reporters on Wednesday that bandit commanders around Batsari have voluntarily surrendered to the military following a peace initiative facilitated by a local group in the Katsina.
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has raised alarm and expressed a complete rejection of a proposed bill which recently passed its second reading in the House of Representatives on the conversion of 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, into Local Government Areas in Lagos state.