Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one person and abducted many women in a fresh attack. EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one villager and abducted about seven persons, including three women in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the fresh attack occurred in Birnin Gwari … Read more
We call on all Nigerians to speak up against this. It started in Southern Kaduna, it can reach your doorstep tomorrow. Youths from the southern part of Kaduna state, on Saturday morning, took to the streets to express their displeasure at deepening security crisis in the state under the watch of the governor Nasir … Read more
Southern Kaduna Youths are currently protesting over the spate of killings and kidnappings in the region. EKO HOT BLOG reports that youths from the southern part of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, protested against insecurity bewildering the region. The youths, who expressed grievance over the worsening security under the watch of the … Read more
A total of 774 persons have been kidnapped in Kaduna State in Q2 2021 The Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has launched a Rapid Response Squad (RRS) as part of efforts to secure schools vulnerable to bandits attack. Speaking at the inauguration and deployment of the special forces … Read more
The Kaduna State Government has revealed the number of persons killed and abducted by bandits in the state in the last three months. No fewer than 222 persons have been killed while 774 were abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits in the last three months in Kaduna State, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. … Read more
A former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State is dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Arch Barnabas Bantex, is dead. The former Deputy Governor, EKO HOT BLOG gathered, died after a brief illness on Sunday. Bantex was Deputy to the incumbent Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, during … Read more
It is gathered that some residents have now subjected themselves to rigorous exercises in order to reduce their weight and to escape any form of suspicion by bandits and other criminals. As Kidnappers continue to go on a kidnapping spree in Kaduna and its environs, some residents have discovered a new means of hiding their … Read more
Saidu Musa, the grandson of the Emir and traditional title holder of Dan Kajuru, confirmed the abduction. Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered It was gathered that the Emir was abducted at his residence in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna … Read more
Baba said the defendant, lured the boy into his room and sodomised him. A 75-year-old man, Umar Isah, who allegedly sodomised a 10-year-old boy has been remanded in a correctional centre by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The police charged Isah who resides in Kingshasha Road Ungwan Rimi Kaduna with an unnatural offence. … Read more
“When the phone rang, the bandits first spoke to the member of the management. They said a senior student was directed to count the students in their custody and the boy confirmed that 121 students were being held. They also asked for food such as rice and beans as well oil to feed the students. … Read more
Jangado said that the total number of students in the school hostel was 154, out of which 28 were recovered… The management of the Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna State has confirmed that a total of 125 students were taken away by the bandits who attacked the school on Monday. The Proprietor of the school, … Read more
…it is impossible to determine the number of those abducted until those who have gone into hiding are back. Kaduna State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Joseph Hayab, has revealed that his son was among students of the Kaduna school earlier attacked by bandits but he narrowly escaped. EKO HOT BLOG, on … Read more
Kaduna has been at the epicentre of series of attacks by bandits, with educational institutions considered as easy targets Monday’s attack was the fourth mass school kidnap in Kaduna state since December 2020 Following Monday’s bandits attack on Bethel Baptist School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the State Government has ordered the … Read more
“Tactical police teams went after the kidnappers. We are still on the rescue mission.” 17 students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, who were abducted earlier on Monday, have regained freedom, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. This was disclosed by the Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalije, on Monday. EKO HOT … Read more
While they abducted students at Bethel School, the attack on Faith Academy was foiled by the soldiers. EKO HOT BLOG reports that soldiers in the early hours of Monday thwarted an attack on Faith Academy, a secondary school owned by Living Faith Church Worldwide, founded by Bishop David Oyedepo. The school is not far from … Read more
As of the time of filing this report, security personnel have cordoned off the area, as parents and relatives of the kidnapped students gathered at the entrance of the school in a sorrowful mood. Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Monday morning, stormed Bethel Secondary School, Maramara Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna State … Read more
“I immediately turned down the bike with my passenger to the nearby military forward base barracks of the Operation Safe Haven where I saw people that escaped from the scene.” Unknown gunmen have invaded Katsit Community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. No fewer than three persons … Read more
The victims were however rushed to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital for treatment, where one of them died owing to injuries he sustained from the explosion. The Police have said that the Improvised Explosive Device that exploded in Kaduna was concealed in three empty yogurt containers. Recall that EkoHotBlog had earlier reported that the incident, … Read more
“Those kidnapped were our staff living at the staff quarters, some were abducted alongside their children.” EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted babies from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the bandits who were said to … Read more
Eko Hot Blog Group under the aegis of Doctors’ Time-out Family, DTOF, Kaduna State Northwest Zone in collaboration with the Association of Resident Doctors, Kaduna State chapter has called on corporate organizations and well-meaning Nigerians to always assist the needy with food and medical care to improve their living condition. The President and Convener of … Read more