At least four persons including a newly married woman were killed when a truck loaded with sand ran into a motorcycle and tricycle waiting for traffic light at Kaduna Refinery Junction along Kachia Road under Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Though the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, eyewitness accounts,
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Officials of Hisbah in Kaduna State have banned girls and ladies in Kuriga Village under Chikun Local Government Area from using or possessing mobile phones and sunglasses. A resident of the community, who spoke to newsmen, raised the alarm over the increasing repressive activities of the religious police in the region. He alleged that Hisbah
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Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia have reportedly killed one Rev. Yohanna Abashiya in Kaduna and kidnapped his daughter.The incident took place on October 1, in Agui, Maraban Rido in Chikun Local Government Area. The deceased was the resident pastor of Baptist Church in the community.Facebook user, Gideon Sarki John, stated that the gunmen stormed
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Caretaker Chairman of Kaura Local Government Area, Dr. Bege Katuka, has been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that the Local Government Council boss was seized by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at his farm in Juji Village, Chikun LGA on Sunday. It was also gathered the gunmen killed the man who rode the chairman to
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The Kaduna State Government has declared three days mourning for the late Emir of Zazzau , Alhaji Shehu Idris . The Special Adviser to the Governor Nasir el – Rufai on Media and Communication , Mr Muyiwa Adekeye , announced this in a statement on Monday . Adekeye said public offices would open on September
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Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 16 farmers, including children and women at Uduwa Village along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that those abducted were going to farm when the incident occurred on Saturday at about 7am. It was also gathered four of the
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The Defence Headquarters says the military has killed several Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and bandits and also arrested their collaborators in the Northwest and Northeast zones during an operation. This was achieved through separate airstrikes carried out on the heels of intelligence reports indicating that the two locations were being used as staging areas by the
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Two members of the Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky- led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites, were reportedly killed during a clash with Police in Kaduna on Sunday. It was gathered that gunshots rented the air around the popular Ahmadu Bello Way as Police made efforts to disperse the protesting IMN members. The sect
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Kaduna State on Thursday set free two of the three suspected killers of Nigeria’s first female flying officer, Tolulope Arotile, while the prime suspect, Nehemiah Adejor, is to be charged for culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy. Adejor is to be arraigned at the State High Court on September 3, 2020.
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NASIR El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State says Southern Kaduna leaders are responsible for the killings in the state because his administration has refused to grease their palms, a practice he disclosed has been ongoing for 20 years. El-Rufai made the accusation while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, where he announced that he ‘has no
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, says on Tuesday the state government has spent about N16 billion on security in the last five years. El-Rufai, who made this open at a meeting with the Council of Emirs and Chiefs, on Tuesday in Kaduna, explained that the money was used to support security agencies and acquire technology
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Salahatu Haruna, a 30-year-old farmer has given shocking revelations on the role he played in the kidnap of his half-brother, Yakubu, during which his seven-year-old son was shot dead. Haruna reportedly masterminded Yakubu’s abduction to raise some money having become broke and reluctant to seek help from him. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent gathered that the
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Bandits have abducted four persons that included three JAMB candidates who sat for the Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Joint Matriculations Examination in Kaduna State. Police in Kaduna, on Monday, confirmed the incident. The police said the four were kidnapped at Ungwan Yako Village, Birni Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The fourth person was said
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Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday apologised to the people of the state, and especially the communities that were attacked at the weekend for his failure to fully protect them. He made the apology when he visited communities that were attacked by bandits in Igabi and Giwa councils, saying there would be no negotiation with
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Nigerian Army troops have arrested a suspected bandit, Zainab Abubakar, at the Ungwan Salaha, Mararaban Jos community, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The military stated on Thursday that preliminary checks into the suspect’s phone “revealed a video clip of her dancing with an AK-47 rifle hung on her neck.” It was
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