…13 abductees were rescued, says Commissioner A gang of bandits attacked Mahu village in Gwagwada ward of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two and kidnapping scores of the people of the area. Confirming the incident the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Mr Samuel Aruwa said the bandits also attacked and
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Bandits have attacked a private institution – Greenfield University, located along Kaduna – Abuja road in Kaduna State. According to reports available to the DAILY VENDOR Newspaper, the bandits attacked the institution on Tuesday at about 8:15pm and abducted some students. Greenfield University is the only privately owned university in the state, and is located
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Police operatives have arrested 50 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, and other criminals across the country. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mbah, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the operation was carried out by men of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation
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The military and other security agencies have reported the killing of 10 residents in Zangon Kataf and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. This was contained in a statement issued by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Monday. The statement disclosed that Kurmin Gandu village was attacked in Zangon
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Suspected bandits on Saturday killed at least 12 persons and injured several other persons in Na’ikko village, Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attack to journalists on Sunday, urged the victims to take recourse in the law and shun
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The Kaduna State Task Force on COVID-19 has rescued 60 Almajiri children from unauthorized premises operating as schools in the state. The Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the children were from 13 states in the country. He added that other
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Gunmen, suspected to be bandits struck again on Sunday along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Highway killing nine travellers, including infants in Zankoro village, Kaduna State. Also, the bandits were said to have kidnapped 11 people on the same day at Dan Kungi village in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of Birnin
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The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday granted pardon to 12 inmates of the state’s correctional facilities. The Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the pardon granted the inmates was in exercise of the powers conferred on El-Rufai by Section 212 of
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An angry mob of villagers have killed six bandits in Sanga and Lere local government areas of Kaduna State, according to the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Friday. In the statement, Aruwan said the bandits stormed the communities from a neighbouring state to attack the people
Read moreTragedy struck in Galadimawa in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, when heavily armed gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on people in the area killing five traders and two vigilantes in the process. The incident was confirmed on Thursday by Samuel Aruwan who is the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers killed a Kaduna student union leader, Comrade Auwal Rabiu. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers attacked motorists on the road linking the Kaduna international airport and the Rigasa station of the Kaduna-Abuja train. The gunmen also injured one Umar Bn El-Khatab while one other person identified as Sani Digana
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The Air Force has on Thursday neutralized several bandits and suspected cattle rustlers during raids on their hideout in the Kwiambana Forest area of Kaduna State The airstrikes which took place on November 12, 2020, were carried out following reports that close to a hundred bandits armed with high-caliber weapons on motorcycles had rustled a
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Suspected gunmen, on Tuesday evening, reportedly killed a pregnant woman and kidnapped her husband from their residence at Rigachikun area in Kaduna State. The source said the wife was killed by the suspected kidnapers when security operatives engaged them in gun battle in an attempt to rescue the victims. Details of the incident were still
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The Federal Government last night said that it will commence the distribution of free meters with the target of getting 30 million consumers. The National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP, is expected to commence today, Friday, October 30, 2020, and to be simultaneously launched in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja DISCO franchise areas. The free meter
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Operatives of the Kaduna State Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested fourteensuspected rapists in the State. Among the 14 suspects, NSCDC said they had confirmed two as culprits involved in transformer vandalism. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) commandant in the state, Nuradeen Abdullahi, disclosed to newsmen yesterday. Recall that
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