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A senior police officer was among those reportedly killed in Monday’s Shiite protest.

The deputy commissioner of police was killed on Monday.

Monday’s incident comes about two weeks after two Shiites were killed and two police officers injured after a similar protest turned violent.

Some of the victims spent more than seven months in the hands of their abductors.

The Shiite protesters reportedly clashed with security agencies close to the Federal Secretariat in the Nigerian capital.

“My challenge to Siemens, our partner investors in the Distribution Companies, the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Electricity Regulator is to work hard to achieve 7,000 megawatts of reliable power supply by 2021 and 11,000 megawatts by 2023 – in phases 1 and 2 respectively.”

The HPD is the second party to close its case in the ongoing hearing by the presidential election petition tribunal.

Many Nigerians have lamented the security situation with dozens of people killed and kidnapped every week by armed men.

An official says more firms will soon face similar sanctions.

The monarch warns of an imminent retaliation by the Yoruba if checks are not put in place to curb insecurity.

“We have been followed, our home has been watched, people have been standing in corners pointing fingers at our home…” Timi Dakolo says

The abducted expatriates were working at a quarry site located within the area.

A civil servant on the N30,000 minimum wage will have to work for 24 years to earn what an House of Represenatatives member earns as running cost monthly.

Victims of last week’s attacks include two top Zamfara officials, the mother of a former Nigerian footballer and 10 military personnel.

Busola Dakolo accuses Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA of rape.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, proposed that the lawmakers would hold an “all-inclusive” national summit on security.

“This frequent and large scale killings of poor villagers by gangs of mass murderers must be met with the fiercest force the government can mobilise.”

Mr Dakolo had earlier alerted his Instagram followers on Saturday that some police officers forced their way into his Lekki, Lagos home

Spokespersons of the community say the bandits invaded the village around 10 a.m. and shot sporadically in the air

An official says three communities were targeted on Wednesday.

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association says it is different from Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, which urged herders to “defend themselves in a manner that nobody would try such again.”

Algeria won the AFCON 2019 by defeating Senegal in the final.