Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people,” the police spokesman for Zamfara state, Muhammad Shehu, told AFP.

The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested four suspects in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 589 bags of imported rice concealed in a petrol tanker.

The Comptroller of NCS in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara Command, Mr. Nasir Ahmad, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto.

Ahmad said the smuggled items, which were intercepted on Sunday along Koko-Yauri road in Kebbi State, had N11.1m Duty Paid Value.

The Nigeria Customs Service, Sokoto state Command said it has intercepted a truck load of 525 bags of smuggled rice believed to be in the region of about N11m. The Customs Area Comptroller in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Mr. Mr. Nasir Ahmed made this known while briefing newsmen yesterday in Sokoto.

Abraham Badru

Abraham Badru, the 26-year-old son of Hon. Dolapo Badru, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, representing Lagos Island, was shot dead in London on Sunday night around 11 p.m., the Daily Mail (UK) reports.

The younger Badru is said to be only the tenth person to be murdered in 12 days in the U.K. capital.

Badru was shot dead “near his family’s home in Hackney,” the Mail reports.