Five kidnap victims have regained their freedom after Police in Kaduna State nabbed suspected gunrunners in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, Mohammed Jalige, who made this known said the police operatives through intelligence information intercepted the bandits numbering about ten at Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road where they were … Read more
A priest, Reverend Father Anthony Dawah of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, has been abducted by gunmen in Dogon Kurmi in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the priest was abducted together with the wife and child of a catechist and a domestic staff of the church. A priest, Reverend … Read more
The Judicial Panel of inquiry looking into police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Kaduna State, says approximately 80 percent of cases filed are still at the hearing stage. The panel, which began sitting on Jan. 5, had received 64 complaints. This is contained in a document signed by the Secretary of the panel, Hajara Abubakar, … Read more
The arrested suspects sustained severe bullet injuries. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the operation Two suspected gunrunners who have been supplying firearms to bandits terrorising Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina and Niger state have been arrested, the Nigerian police force has said. Another suspect, Justine Oruadem, was killed during the operation that was carried out between … Read more
“The command wishes to inform the general public of its relentless effort to curb the menace of banditry, kidnapping, rustling and armed robbery in the state and the successes recorded in the process,” Jalige said. The Police Command in Kaduna State said on Sunday that its operatives foiled kidnapping attempt and rescued five victims. The … Read more
The National President of Southern Kaduna People’s Union, SOKAPU Mr. John Asake has called on Governments and other spirited individuals to intensify their support for the internally displaced persons, IDPs across the country. Mr. Asake made the call during the inauguration of the first phase of the southern Kaduna Resilience Fund, SKARF Project and Musical … Read more
No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG) evangelism team, Trinity Sanctuary in Kaduna have been kidnapped by gunmen. An eyewitness revealed that the evangelists were kidnapped on Friday on their way for evangelism in the Southern Kaduna axis. No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church’s evangelism team, Trinity … Read more
The Area Commander Jere, ACP Umar Faruk and the Command Spokesperson (right), ASP Muhammad Jalige with recovered rustled cows at Jere in Kaduna state on Friday. The Police Command in Kaduna State on Friday, said it had arrested seven suspected rustlers and recovered 427 livestock. The Spokesperson of the Command, ASP Muhammad Jalige revealed this … Read more
The Kaduna State Ministry for Health has said that 51,447 persons have so far received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed-Baloni disclosed on Friday in Kaduna. She said 71 percent of health workers have so far been vaccinated as of March 25, while 54 percent of the … Read more
Using force to rescue the students will be disastrous Any plan to use force should be after negotiation Parents of abducted students of Federal College Of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state have implored government to negotiate with bandits holding their children. Sani Friday, a parent of two of the abducted students, says he and other … Read more
We are pushing for the creation of state judicial councils. High court judge handles about 250 cases. Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says having unitary judicial system in a federation is an aberration. El-Rufai, who spoke when he hosted Olumide Akpata, national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said there was need to … Read more
The Kaduna State Government, says bandits have killed four persons in separate attacks in Igabi and Jema’a Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said that three persons were killed by bandits in Ungwan Lalle … Read more
Wife claims she had miscarriage due to bike accident A woman in Kaduna has been docked following allegation of abortion levelled against her by her husband, Salisu Ibrahim. NAN reports that Basira Adamu was arraigned before a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, by Ibrahim, 45, on Tuesday.  Represented by his counsel, M.M. … Read more
The Fulani leader was grisly murdered by the assailant on Sunday night. A Fulani community leader in Doka general area of Kajuru Local Government in Kaduna, Alhaji Lawal Musa, popularly known as Alhaji Maijama’a, has been assassinated by armed bandits, the state government has disclosed. The Fulani leader was grisly murdered by the assailant on … Read more
Parents of the 39 students kidnapped at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have given the Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to rescue their sons and daughters that were kidnapped 12 days ago. The spokesman of the parents, Comrade Friday Sanni, while talking with newsmen, said they … Read more
At least two persons were killed when bandits attacked villages in Kaduna, authorities in the state said on Sunday. According to a statement by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, one of the deseased was killed in Chikun local government area of the state. He disclosed that troops rescued a kidnapped … Read more
No fewer than 13 Persons were killed and seven others injured when rampaging bandits wreaked havoc in three local government of Kaduna states. In a statement on Friday, the the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said the monstrous bandits attacked communities in three local government areas of Zango-Kataf, Kauru, … Read more
Kaduna is mostly affected by the scourge of banditry bedeveling states in the Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria Police operatives in Kaduna state have killed two suspected bandits during an operation in the Lere local government area of the state. The Bandits according to a statement by the spokesman of Kaduna Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, … Read more
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says farmers-herders crisis still persists in Nigeria because the migratory and itinerant cattle rearing method is still practised in the country. Speaking at an expanded meeting of the state security council on Tuesday, El-Rufai said transhumance has become an archaic practice due to urbanization and population growth. On religious leader … Read more
The Kaduna government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in Kajuru LGA of the state. The order was contained in a memo signed by Abigail Adze, commissioner of schools’ quality assurance authority, and issued by the zonal education office, Sabon Tasha. Adze said the decision became imperative in light of … Read more