No fewer than three persons have been killed and over 20 abducted, after suspected bandits raided Ungwar Maiduniya and Ungwar Bulus communities of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. However, the Councillor representing Sabo Ward of the local government, Hon. Makama, who confirmed the incident, said the number of abducted persons were likely to […]
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A village, Unguwan Bulus, in Zaman Dabo community, Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State was on attacked by suspected Fulani militias on Monday night, killing about six persons, injuring others and set houses as well as valuables ablaze. The suspected Fulani militias were said to have invaded the village in […]
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The Government of Kaduna State has confirmed the terrorist attack on the Kaduna International Airport on Saturday. According to reports the terrorists numbering over 200 took over the airport thereby preventing the take-off of an aircraft. The terrorists also shot and killed a security operative attached to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA which forced […]
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Suspected gunmen have reportedly attacked passersby in front of a Government Secondary School located in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. An eyewitness, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the gunmen came on motorcycles and wreaked havoc on those they could sight. The source said six persons have been confirmed dead as a […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, 20th January visit Kaduna for a two-day working visit. The development was made known on Wednesday in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, the Spokesman to Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Adekeye said the president “will commission several important projects” during the two-day visit from Thursday to Friday. According to the statement, […]
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The freed 15 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, on Saturday reunited with their parents. The children, who appeared frail, weak and malnourished, reconnected with their families amid tears on Sunday. The parents were prevented from speaking with journalists by officials of the Baptist church. Israel Akanji, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, said 63 […]
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The Kaduna state government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools in the state, over “security threats”. The director-general of the Kaduna state schools quality assurance authority, Umma Ahmed, announced the development in a circular issued to the schools on Monday. According to Ahmed, the decision became necessary following the abduction of students from […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday disclosed that it has restored power supply on most of its 33KVA feeders in Kaduna State. The development comes few hours after the Kaduna State government lamented that power was yet to be restored despite Nigeria Labour congress, NLC, calling off its 5-day warning strike. NAN reports […]
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The Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has faulted the attack on workers by hoodlums in Kaduna. A protest on Wednesday against the mass sack by the Nasir El-Rufai-led Kaduna government was interrupted. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige confirmed that arrests were made and investigation ongoing. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) […]
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Aviation workers have threatened to withdraw their services at the Kaduna airport from Sunday, May 16 to Friday, May 21, 2021. This is contained in a joint letter signed by Ocheme Aba, general secretary of the National Union Of Air Transport Employees (NUATE); Rasaq Saidu, general secretary of the Association Of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANANP); […]
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