The government of Kaduna State, on Tuesday, condemned the recent killing of some students of Greenfield University kidnapped by bandits in the State. In a statement by Muyiwa Adekeye, the governor’s media adviser, he said the ruthless resort of the kidnappers to murdering young persons was part of their effort to blackmail the government of […]
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Some members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were abducted in Kaduna Friday evening. The gunmen are suspected to be bandits who have been terrorizing the Northwest region. Head, Media and Public Relations of RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the abduction to Tribune. The spokesman said the kidnappers were yet to contact the […]
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Some armed men suspected to be bandits have killed at least 18 people in a series of attacks in Giwa local government area of Kaduna state. The state commissioner for internal security and homes affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the killings and counter-killings happened at Kaya community, which shares a boundary with Hayin Kaura village of […]
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A staff of the Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, has been abducted along with his two children. Reports also show that an official of the school identified as Sunusi Hassan, who escaped being abducted, was shot on the hand and is now receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria. […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has signed into law the amended penal code 2020 which prescribes surgical castration for a rapist upon conviction. The development was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the governor’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, after the amended law was passed by the Kaduna State House of Assembly last week. The state […]
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Two persons are feared dead as yet another clash ensued between members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, and the police in Kaduna State. A crowd of IMN members had held a procession on Sunday in the Kaduna state capital and Zaria, before the unfortunate incident took place. The […]
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The commander of operation safe haven in Kaduna, Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, says the military does not have enough manpower to tackle the violence in the southern part of the state. Okonkwo revealed this to reporters after a security meeting presided over by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna. The commander said more soldiers will be deployed in […]
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has extended the lockdown imposed on the state to check the spread of COVID-19 by 30 days. The decision was announced in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media & Communication on Sunday. It stated that the lockdown was extended following a recommendation by […]
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai for raising the minimum pension in the state from N3,000 to N30,000 monthly. A statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to El-Rufai, said the union’s commendation was conveyed in a […]
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According to military sources, some gun-wielding men suspected to bandits have killed four personnel of the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna. A source noted that the suspects laid an ambush for the security operatives at Unguwan Yako, close, along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari road. Two vehicles belonging to the air force were said to have been […]
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