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Gov. Sani in Kuriga, Pledges Rescue of Abducted Students
Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pledged to get back all the students abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. The governor pledged, when he visited the community, to commiserate with them over the incident. He, however, said that the total number of those kidnapped has not…
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Tinubu Orders Security Agencies to Rescue Abducted Victims
President Bola Tinubu has directed security and intelligence agencies to immediately rescue the abducted vulnerable victims, internally displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State. The President, who condemned the abduction, also ordered all relevant government agencies to ensure that justice is served against the perpetrators of the abominable acts. President Tinubu in…
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Tinubu Departs Abuja for NDA 60th Anniversary
President Bola Tinubu has departed the nation’s capital, Abuja, to attend the grand finale of a week-long activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. “President Bola Tinubu departs to attend NDA Anniversary in Kaduna,” read an update from the State House media office Saturday morning. On February 5, the Academy…
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Court Orders Labourer Be Given 12 Strokes for Stealing
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered a 21-year-old labourer, Shuaibu Haruna to be flogged with 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a wallet. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, made the pronouncement after Haruna, a resident of Badiko, Kaduna, pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of theft levelled against him. Haruna prayed the court…
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Police Deploy Personnel on Abuja-Kaduna Road
By Tijjani Ibrahim (Abuja) The police have deployed its officers on the Abuja-Kaduna road to stop a resurgence of kidnappings along the road. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun said he increased the deployment of police officers and security equipment that will leverage on advanced technology and strategic resources to bolster the overall security infrastructure…
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Tinubu Tells Security Chiefs ‘Avoidable Errors’ in Kaduna Bombing Cannot Be Repeated
President Bola Tinubu has described the recent bombing in Kaduna State as a series of avoidable errors, saying it cannot be repeated. Addressing security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies at a Presidential Security Briefing at the State House, in Abuja, on Friday, Tinubu warned the military against failing in their responsibilities. “The success you…
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VP Shettima on Condolence Visit to Kaduna
Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited Kaduna to condole the state over the recent bombing of civilians in Tudun Biri, which the military has described as a grave combat error. Vice President, Alhaji Kashim Shettima is currently meeting with religious and traditional leaders as well as some leaders of the affected village at the Chamber…
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BREAKING: Tribunal Orders Rerun of Kaduna Guber Polls
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has declared the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna state inconclusive. According to report from Vanguard correspondent, the tribunal, during its resumed proceeding on Thursday, in a split decision of a ratio of 2:1, declared the election inconclusive and directed that a supplementary election should be held by…
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Security Alert: DSS Warns of Imminent Attack on Abuja-Kaduna Train
The Department of the State Services, DSS, has in a leaked memo to the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, warned against bandits attack along Abuja-Kaduna Train. The secret service in memo titled: Security Alert: ‘Impending Threat By A Coalition Of Banditry Syndicate To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Along AKTS Corridor’, advised other security agents to deploy…
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Ministers: El-Rufai, Okotete, Danladi Yet to Scale Through Senate
After seven days of screening, the Senate has confirmed 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees presented by President Bola Tinubu. Those who were denied confirmation, yesterday, over security report or pending security checks are immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai; former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Senator Abubakar Danladi; and Stella Okotete,…
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35 Abducted Victims in Kaduna Regain Freedom
35 persons kidnapped three weeks ago at Millennium City, Cikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The victims returned on Friday evening and were received by hundreds of people. An eye witness told Radio Nigeria that one other victim is still in captivity as the bandits have demanded two motorcycles before…
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Bandits demand N20m, Threaten to Kill More Victims
Residents of the Angwan Bulus community in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State are in great fear, following threats by bandits to kill some of those kidnapped recently because of the failure of their relatives to pay the ransom demanded. There has been so much fear, due to the killing of three out…
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Terrorists Abduct 2 in Kaduna
Terrorists have launched yet another attack on Gwantu Kurmi Community, the headquarters of Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and kidnapped a student of the Kaduna State University and a passer-by, while one other person sustained injury from gunshot. The president of Gwantu People’s Progressive Union, Prince Bala Audu, who confirmed the incident on…
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One dies as Lagos-Kano Train derails in Kaduna
A narrow gauge train conveying soft drinks from Lagos to Kano has derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing the train driver. Public Relations Officer, Northern Regional District of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Zaria, Mallam Abdullahi Alhaji confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria…
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Ilésẹ́ Ìrìnà Ojúrin Nílẹ̀ Nàijírìa, NRC, Fòfinde Ìrìnà Láti Abuja Lọ Sí Kaduna
Ilésẹ́ tón rísí ìrìnà ojú irin ti fòfinde ìrìnà láti Abuja lọ sí Kaduna, tí kò sì ní gbèdéke. Ilésẹ́ náà ló jẹ́ kọ́rọ̀ yí di mímọ̀ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ tó fi síta lójú òpó abẹ́yẹ fò twitter rẹ̀ lóòrọ yi. Ó sọ pé ìfòfindè náà ló wáyé fún àwọn ìdí tí wọ́n kò lérò, tó…
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Gov. Oyetola Assures Nigeria Airforce of His Administration’s Support
As part of efforts in achieving its vision, the Nigeria Airforce is seeking the collaboration of the Osun State government concerning its Research and Development Centre being built in the state. The centre is to carry out research into manned and unmanned aircraft, missiles, rockets and other war items. The Principal Director, Airforce Research and…
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Troops Rescue Major Abducted By Bandits
Following the directive of the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs for 1 Division Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and all security agencies to conduct decisive operations to rescue Major CL Datong who was abducted at Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Permanent Site on 24 August 2021 and find the…
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Nigerian Troops Eliminate Bandits, Repel Attacks in Kaduna Communities
Nigerian army troops have killed four notorious bandits as part of ongoing operations to rout non state actor kidnapping and terrorizing residents of Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by the state’s Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan The statement says following painstaking human intelligence checks, the four notorious…
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FCT, 6 States On Red Alert Over COVID-19 Delta Variant
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, PSC, has put six States and the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau and the FCT, on red alert as part of preventive measures against a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of the Delta Variant and the rising number of infections and…
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Embrace skill acquisition: FG tells youths
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Thursday, asked Nigerian youths to embrace the various skill acquisition programmes of the government in order to reduce restiveness and unemployment among them. The development, the ministry noted, remained the only way designed by the Federal Government to pull 100 million Nigerians, mostly…
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Baptist President Reacts To Bandit Attack On Kaduna School
We received a distress call in the early hours of Monday, 5th July 2021, that bundits had attacked Bethel Baptist High School, Dumishi, Kaduna. We immediately contacted security operatives and mobilized other stakeholders for a rescue mission. To the glory of God, Twenty eight (28) students have been re-united with their families, while 125 students…
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Insecurity: Kaduna Govt Orders Closure Of 13 Schools
Following the abduction of over 100 students from the Bethel Baptist High School in the early hours of Monday, July 5, the Kaduna state government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools in locations vulnerable to bandit attacks. According to a statement released by the Director-General of Quality Assurance Authority in the Ministry of…
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NLC Strike: Kaduna in Total Blackout
There is total blackout in Kaduna as electricity workers join a strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, to protest the sacking of civil servants by the state government. Kaduna Electric Distribution Company (KAEDCO), Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, in a statement explained that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has knocked off all…
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Bandits Threaten To Kill 17 University Students
Kidnappers of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna have threatened to kill the remaining students in their custody, if a ransom of N100m is not paid on or before Tuesday (today). A leader of the bandits, who abducted the students, Sani Jalingo, spoke to the Hausa service of the Voice of America on Monday. He insisted that…
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Gunmen Attack Kaduna Hospital, Kidnap 2 Nurses
Two nurses were kidnapped on Thursday by Gunmen at the General hospital in Idon of Kajuru Local Government. The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Shingyu Shamnom, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, disclosed that the bandits stormed the general hospital through the fence with deadly weapons. According to him, while the bandits shot sporadically…
