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Bandits now use babies as dog food – Lawmaker cries out
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, has made a chilling revelation about the level of brutality unleashed by bandits in Zamfara State, saying newborn twins were fed to dogs by their captors.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Jaji—who represents Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency—said the twins were born to a woman who had been abducted while pregnant in Zamfara.
“She was kidnapped while she was heavily pregnant,” he said.
“After she gave birth, the bandits threw the twin babies to dogs, and the animals devoured them. That is where we are now. That is the level of inhumanity we are facing.”
The lawmaker further narrated another distressing incident involving a young boy with epilepsy. He said the boy had a seizure, which led to his death at the hands of the bandits.
“The bandit demanded the boy be brought to him to be executed,” Jaji explained.
“The father, out of desperation, begged his son to surrender to save the rest of the family. The boy agreed and was shot dead.”
Jaji expressed deep frustration over the deteriorating security situation in the state, suggesting that governance has collapsed in several parts of Zamfara.
“We are facing a total collapse of governance in many parts of the state. Our people can’t access their farms. Their economy has collapsed. We have many internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are not even recognised by the federal or state governments,” he said.
He recalled that during the 2023 general elections, he was part of the North West campaign team for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and had promised voters that security would be prioritized.
“Now, we are failing those who believed in us,” he said. “Zamfara, my state, used to be the most peaceful in Nigeria. Today, we are among the most ravaged. The constitution guarantees the protection of life and property, but that promise is not being kept.”
Jaji said he has tried to engage federal authorities, including the Minister of Defence, but lamented that little has come out of those efforts.
When asked about the possibility of arming residents to defend themselves, he responded with caution.
“We are legislators, not vigilantes,” he said. “We cannot encourage people to take up arms illegally. But the truth is, the people feel abandoned.”
The lawmaker’s remarks come amid rising reports of mass abductions, killings, and displacement in Zamfara and other parts of northern Nigeria.
An X user has sparked conversation online after sharing confusion about their genotype.
In the post, the user wrote: “My Dad is AA and my Mom is also AA but I’m AS. Can someone make this make sense to me, please.”
The question quickly drew reactions from other users who tried to explain how genotype inheritance works.
Many pointed out that if both parents are truly AA, a child would typically also be AA, since both parents can only pass the “A” gene.
Some users suggested that the situation could be due to an earlier testing error or that one of the parents might not have been accurately tested.
Others advised the user to consider repeating the genotype test in a reliable laboratory to confirm the result.
A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Adepoju Babtunde Salako, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to wire fra¥d conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.
The sentencing was announced on March 4, 2026, by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
As part of his plea agreement, Salako, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also agreed to plead guilty to seven additional counts of wire fra¥d in Alaska. He was further ordered to pay $2,581,002.50 in restitution to victims.
According to court documents, Salako was part of a criminal network that stole more than $5 million in funds from U.S. COVID-19 relief programs in 2021. The schemes targeted the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and over 30 state unemployment benefit systems.
Investigators said Salako and two accomplices used stolen identities to fra¥dulently obtain PPP loans and unemployment benefits while submitting fake applications for EIDL loans.
In another scheme, co-conspirators, mostly based in Nigeria, used stolen identities and manipulated romance sc+m victims to obtain government funds.
Authorities said Salako acted as the key contact in the United States, receiving money from victims and government agencies before laundering the proceeds to China and Nigeria. He reportedly took about 25 percent as his commission.
U.S. Attorney Peter McNeilly said Salako and his associates exploited innocent people and defra¥ded American taxpayers of millions of dollars.
Officials from the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation also described him as the U.S.-based operative for an international criminal network.
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FFK gets Germany, Omokri Mexico, Yakubu Mahmud gets Qatar as President Tinubu posts ambassadors
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the postings of 31 career and 34 non-career ambassadors to various countries and the United Nations.
In the list which was released by Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, on Friday afternoon, March 6, a total of 65 ambassadors and High Commissioners were posted across the country.
The Senate confirmed the ambassadors-designate last December last year.
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, was posted to Qatar, Femi Fani-Kayode was posted to Germany, while Reno Omokri was posted to Mexico.
Senator Jimoh Ibrahin was posted to the United Nations; former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau was posted to China, while ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is the new ambassador to Spain.
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