Kaduna State
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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 […]
The Kaduna State Government has said one person was killed and four others abducted in the attack on Haske Baptist Church at Manini village, in Chikun Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the gunmen attacked the church at about 9.a.m on Sunday. The government said Dr Zechariah Dogonyaro was shot […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Government of Kaduna State have been given a 48-hour ultimatum to rescue the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Mando, Kaduna State. The ultimatum was issued on Monday by the parents of the abducted students at a briefing in Kaduna. In a statement by […]
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to petrol subsidy and COVID-19 vaccines. The governors made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs […]
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