Five heavily armed Gunmen have kidnapped a chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya in Kaduna State around 1,00 am Tuesday morning. The gunmen stormed Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna State around where they forced their way into the residence Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya a former State Treasurer of PDP […]
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At least seven people have been killed by gunmen suspected be herdsmen in an attack on Kaguru village, in Chukun local government area of Kaduna state. Several villagers are believed to have sustained injuries while several fled into the bush. According to a resident of the area who chose to remain anonymous, the attack took […]
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No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sunday night. The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Monday that the accident occurred around 7 p.m. at Dutse U-turn, 22 kilometres from Kaduna […]
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The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) shut down operations on January 15 due to the non availability of crude oil. Abdullahi Idris, executive director, services, of KRPC, disclosed this to NAN in Kaduna. He said the refinery, whose fuel plant was commissioned in 1980, was functioning at 60 percent capacity “but shut down on […]
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The four foreign nationals abducted along the Kwoi– Jere road in Kaduna state on Tuesday have been released. Two Americans and two Canadian businessmen who were on their way from Kafanchan, Kaduna state, to Abuja, were ambushed along the Kwoi-Jere road, around 7pm on Tuesday. The two police escort attached to them were killed during an exchange of […]
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The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has suspended its strike. The union had gone on strike on January 8, to protest the sacking of of 21,780 of their colleagues who failed a competency test conducted by the state government in 2017. Adamu Amba, the state NUT chairman, who announced the […]
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A gang of suspected kidnappers have killed two policemen and abducted two foreign nationals on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, NAN reports. NAN gathered that the victims had visited Kafanchan and Kaura but were ambushed on their way back around 7pm on Tuesday. Competent police source said the two policemen […]
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At least 10 persons were killed when gunmen suspected to be herdsmen Dangaji and Ungwan Gajere villages in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, on Friday night. Apart from the fatalities, several persons reportedly sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. The villagers were said to have fled for safety as the gunmen razed […]
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Teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike action over job security and welfare issues. The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The government on Sunday threatened to sack any teacher that joined the strike. In some of the […]
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Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says there are vultures flying over the heads, villages and communities of our people and that attack carried out herdsmen erodes the credibility and integrity of the Buhari administration. The lawmaker said the mass murder in southern Kaduna, Taraba, Benue, Numan and other affected places are “unpardonable and despicable […]
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