A young politician and community mobilizer in Ebubu, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Samuel Obe Ngobe, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be assassins.

DAILY POST gathered on Monday that the incident occurred on May 22 when the assailants invaded a hotel in the community owned by the deceased and shot him dead.

The two suspects, who were masked, invaded the area on a motorbike and went straight to the politician and opened fire on him.

It was also gathered that the assailants carted away cell phones from the hotel workers to prevent them from raising an alarm.

When contacted by DAILY POST on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Command, Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, confirmed the killing.

The PPRO said, “Investigation is ongoing on the matter”.

Bandits have reportedly abducted Auwal Mas’ud Shitu, a 300-level Pure and Industrial Chemistry student at Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina State.

The incident was disclosed on Monday in a post on X by Bakatsine, a journalist who reports on conflict and insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest.

Bakatsine wrote that Shitu was kidnapped on Sunday, May 17, 2026, while travelling from Charanchi to Dutsin-Ma. 

According to the report, the abductors are now demanding N20 million ransom, an amount the family reportedly cannot afford.

He wrote: “Bandits have abducted Auwal Mas’ud Shitu, a 300-level Pure & Industrial Chemistry student at Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina State.

“He was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday, May 17, 2026, while travelling from Charanchi to Dutsin-Ma. The abductors are demanding ₦20 million ransom, an amount the family reportedly cannot afford.

“Friends and relatives are appealing for prayers as insecurity continues to tighten its grip on communities across northern Nigeria.

“How many more students must be taken before authorities confront the worsening kidnapping crisis?”

The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has arrested 17 persons during raids on suspected hubs of immoral activities in different parts of the state capital.

According to a statement issued by the board on Sunday, May 24, 2026, the operation was carried out under the ongoing “Operation Tsaftace Birnin Shehu” campaign aimed at sanitising the state.

The statement said the acting Commander of the Sokoto State Hisbah Board and Director of Da’awa, Imam Sirajo Abubakar, led the operation.

The raids were conducted in the Minannata, Rijiyar Shehu, Majema, Sokoto Silame, and Mabera areas of Sokoto metropolis.

The board said the exercise was part of efforts to curb activities considered immoral and contrary to the cultural and legal values of the state.

Authorities, however, did not disclose the identities of those arrested or whether charges would be filed against them.