VETERAN ACTOR SADIQ DABA IS DDEAD

   Sadiq Daba 

Veteran Nollywood actor, Sadiq Daba, is dead. It was gathered that the actor died on Wednesday at about 8:30 pm. According to his close friend, Joe Odumakin, the actor had been ill for a while before his demise. She said, "We have lost Sadiq. It is so painful because I spoke to him a few days ago when his wife became a permanent secretary.  

However, I called his number some hours ago but his son picked it. I told him to give the phone to his father but he told me that his father is gone. I had to ask; gone to where?

ABDUCTED ZAMFARA SCHOOLGIRLS REGAIN FREEDOM

Schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State last Friday have regained their freedom.

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, who confirmed the news on Tuesday, said the girls were released with the help of repentant bandits without any ransom paid.

The Governor put the number of girls recovered at 279, although the police had earlier said 317 girls were kidnapped.

The released girls arrived at the Zamfara State Government House in Gusau early on Tuesday wearing face masks and light blue and brown chadors.

The girls’ kidnapping on Friday was the latest in a series of school abductions that has rocked the country in the past three months.