Special forces of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on anti banditry operations in Zamfara State have killed two bandits and injured several others who fled with gunshot wounds. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement today. Naija News understands that the ongoing anti-banditry operations is not limited to Zamfara state but also, Katsina, Kaduna, and other troubled states. According to Daramola, the bandits were killed following intelligence report that high-profile armed bandits were gathering around Rafi and Doka villages in Mada district in Gusau Local Government Area of the state.

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Former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has opened up on why and how he supported Muhammadu Buhari (then as the APC candidate) to emerge President of Nigeria. The former Senate President said he believed the change agenda been championed by Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) then. However, he added that it soon became obvious that President Buhari had no meaningful change to offer Nigerians and hence the need to cut ties with him and his party.

The Niger State Chairman of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATV), Mohammed Katcha, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, to dialogue with aggrieved members of the party and Nigerians. Katcha while speaking with reporters on Thursday in Minna said that such dialogue would assure Nigerians that there is no ulterior motive behind his decision to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. He said that dialogue would douse the tension already created in the minds of the people in a part of the party and some Nigerians.

An explosion rocked several buildings across from the offices of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) building in Abuja at about 3:00 p.m., December 5, 2013, Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, a petrol tanker discharging gasoline exploded at the Conoil gas station opposite the NNPC building in Abuja. The huge fireball could be seen in areas around Abuja. There is no immediate report of casualty caused by the explosion. The fire raged for several hours, especially as the NNPC initially refused to use their firefighters to assist in ending the fire.