…the attack took place while Christian faithful were getting set to attend Church services in celebration of Christmas Bandits on Christmas Day reportedly killed one person and kidnapped no fewer than 45 in Angwan Aku, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the attack took place while Christian faithful were getting
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The Kaduna zone of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on students of respective schools to assemble on the 21st September, 2022, for the total shut down of the Kaduna-Abuja road. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the students’ task force Chairman, Comrade Dominic Philip said the protest would begin from Kaduna expressway
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No fewer than ten hostages were rescued in Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that troops of the Nigerian Army stormed the communities in a clearance operation and killed scores of bandits and rescued the hostages Confirming this development in a statement on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for
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The Government of Kaduna State, publicly confirmed that five people have been murdered and one missing in separate incidents in the state. The government further said unknown gunmen shot three people dead at Golkofa village in Jema’a Local Government Area while one person was injured.Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said
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The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has reacted to the accusation by his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, that he was using the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal Government. Ortom, accused his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir El-rufai of wanting to keep him silent in order to pave way for the expansion agenda
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Suspected bandits on Thursday killed a former councillor and one other person in Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna, said the two victims were killed in Birnin Gawri and Kajuru local government areas of the state. Aruwan said: “Security agencies
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The Kaduna State Government has said that three community leaders in the Atyap Chiefdom of Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of the state went missing after a peace meeting on Sunday. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, adding that the military and the police were currently
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The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said on Wednesday 937 people were killed and 1,972 others abducted by bandits in the state last year. Aruwan stated this when he presented the state’s Annual Security Report to Governor Nasir El Rufai at the Government House in Kaduna. He said the
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Armed thugs on Monday disrupted a meeting on the review of the country security held in Kaduna. The meeting was organized by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and attended by security experts, traditional and religious leaders, civil society groups, opinion leaders and women associations from the 19 northern states. The forum was aimed at
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A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday resumed the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El- Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. The Kaduna State Government charged El-Zakzaky and Zeenat with eight counts bordering on alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace among other
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The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan has said eight students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria were among those kidnapped along Abuja /Kaduna highway on Sunday by Some bandits at Albasi village in Sabon Brinin in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State and killed eleven persons. According to
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The Kaduna State Government has urged residents of the state to come out in mass and participate in the coronation ceremony of the new Emir of Zazzau, Ahmad Bamalli. Mr Bamalli will be installed as the 19th emir of Zazzau today at the Muhammadu Aminu Square, Race Course, GRA Zaria. Mr Bamali who was a
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No fewer than two persons have been reported dead and several homes torched by hoodlums in an attack in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna. This was disclosed in a statement by the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), revealing that gunmen invaded Manyi-Mashin village in the early hours of Friday and killed two
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The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman, Northern Traditional Rulers Council, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar (III), on Monday, in Kaduna, described the killings in the southern part of the state as “madness” that must be stopped immediately. The first class Northern monarch called on those involved in killings in Southern Kaduna to end their evil actions. The
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The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday blamed the killings in Southern Kaduna on reckless statements made by some religious leaders. In a statement, the governor said this when the National Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah wa Iqamatul Sunnah, Sheikh Abdullahi Lau, and other Izala leaders paid him a visit on Saturday.
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