Kaduna State
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After a ransom was paid and a motorcycle bought by the Muslim community to the bandits that abducted 16 church worshippers on Sunday in Kaduna State, the captives have been released. On Sunday, May 7, 2023, during a church service at Bege Baptist Church in Madala near Buruku, Chikun LGA about 40 worshippers […]
On Sunday terrorists invaded Bege Baptist Church in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State and abducted over 40 members. The incident was disclosed to a journalist yesterday by the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph Hayab, that 15 of the abducted worshippers escaped and have since returned […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that he can arrest the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi if he so desires. Speaking at an interactive forum on Monday, Mr El-Rufai said he had within his disposition a plethora of state security agencies to intimidate political opponents. “In 2013, I went […]
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai says the federal government should privatise the oil and gas sector before it brings the country to its knees. In July 2022 the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company. On October 5, met with scepticism and criticism, the […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has mocked a plan by supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), to hold a “two-million-man march” for him in the state. Supporters of Obi across the country have been holding these marches to show their solidarity with him. There was a march for the LP […]
No fewer than 32 people have been reportedly killed by bandits in separate attacks on four communities within the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The affected communities are Ungwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki, and Maikori. The police are yet to confirm the incident, but the District Head of Kufena, Titus Dauda, […]
The narrow-gauge train traveling from Lagos to Kano has derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. PRO of Northern Regional District of Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC) Zaria, Mallam Abdullahi Alhaji confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. The driver of the train was reported to […]
The government of Kaduna State has released a new resumption schedule for its schools after months of disruption in the school calendar due to violent attacks by bandits in the state. The state’s commissioner for education, Shehu Makarfi, disclosed this on Thursday while taking part in a virtual workshop organised by the Education Writers’ […]
No fewer than 17 kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna have returned, Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalije, has said. It was reported that gunmen attacked the Baptist school, located at Damishi town of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State, and took away scores of students. A teacher at […]
The Kaduna State government has declared the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba wanted. The state Governor, Nasir Elrufai announced this on his verified Twitter handle @elrufai on Tuesday morning. He said the NLC president and others labour leaders are declared wanted for economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure in […]