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Breaking: Northern Group Faults Zamfara State Over Escalating Insecurity
A northern advocacy group, the Northern Front for Peace and Accountability (NFPA), has criticised the Zamfara State government over what it described as worsening insecurity across the state.
In a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group accused the administration of Governor Dauda Lawal of failing to effectively address recurring attacks on highways and rural communities.
The organisation cited recent security incidents, including a reported explosion along the Yar’Tasha–Dansadau road in Maru Local Government Area, which it said targeted travellers and heightened fear among residents and commuters.
While official casualty figures were yet to be confirmed, the group claimed several persons were feared dead.
Speaking on behalf of the group, its president, Musa Abdullahi Kaura, said armed groups were operating with increasing confidence, leaving residents vulnerable to killings, abductions and displacement.
Kaura said insecurity in the state had persisted despite repeated assurances by authorities, adding that many farming communities had been forced to abandon their farmlands due to safety concerns.
He warned that continued violence could further erode public confidence in state institutions and allow armed groups to entrench themselves in rural areas.
Kaura called for an emergency security meeting involving traditional rulers, community leaders, security agencies and federal government representatives to develop a coordinated response to the situation.
He also urged the federal government to pay closer attention to developments in Zamfara, warning that failure to act decisively could allow armed groups to establish long-term strongholds in the state.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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