Vice President Namadi Sambo's Home Attacked By Gunmen.

Gunmen on motorbikes attacked the country house of The Vice President Namadi Sambo in Zaria in northern Kaduna state on Monday, but he was not in the building at the time, police said.One civilian was killed in the attack, police added.The policemen on guard and the assailants were engaged in a gun battle around 11:30, however, a cobbler was hit by a stray bullet and died instantly," police spokesman Balteh Abdulrazaq said.

Islamist sect Boko Haram are behind almost daily killings in the north  in an insurgency against. .Source Reuters.