The Police Command in Kaduna State on Tuesday said it had rescued eight kidnapped victims and recovered an AK-49 rifle in Galidamawa, Kidandan, Giwa Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson for the command, ASP Muhammad Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Kaduna. Jalige said,“On March 29, at about 0600hrs Men […]Read More
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Gunmen in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from the Federal College of Forestry college late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a state government official said on Friday. The college is located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State. As reported by ReportersB, […]Read More
Kachalla had been on the run for masterminding several criminal acts, including kidnappings, killings, cattle rustling, and banditry in parts of the state. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement on Monday. He said human intelligence networks reported that criminals from the rival sides were […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend expressed shock and grief over the death of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris. A statement by one of the president’s media aides, Malam Garba Shehu, said the president sent a condolence message to Kaduna State’s Governor Nasir El-Rufai, the government and people of Kaduna State over the […]Read More
Motorcycle-riding gunmen in northern Nigeria have killed 11 people, local government and community leaders said Wednesday, in the latest violence in the area. The attack on Monday came a day after assailants gunned down 18 wedding guests in a nearby village. The gunmen stormed Gora Gan village in Kaduna state after dark and opened fire […]Read More
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, under Exercise Harbin Kunama III, have rescued 13 farmers, who were kidnapped while working in their farm in the outskirts of Kuyelo community, Birnin Gwari Local Area of Kaduna State. Eleven rescued persons have also been handed over to Zamfara State Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle by Commissioner of […]Read More
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that Kaduna-Abuja Highway is now safe and travelers need not be afraid. El-Rufai says his assurance is hinged on the security measures his administration has put in place, whose details he is not at liberty to discourse. Speaking to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Monday, after […]Read More
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Abdulrahaman, to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force headquarters, Abuja. This was sequel to the rising incidences of banditry and kidnapping along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway and the failure of the Kaduna Police Command under Abdulrahman to […]Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation and two others over alleged fraud and ticket racketeering. The commission has also invited three other officials of the Railway Corporation in Kaduna for questioning. A source in the commission told The Nation that the arrest followed a tip-off […]Read More
Hundreds of Kaduna State residents on Tuesday protested in Abuja against the incessant killings in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state, saying over 10,000 persons had been rendered homeless by the violence. The protesters, led by a group, Coalition Against Kajuru Killings, moved from the Unity Peace Fountain, inward Maitama, asking the federal […]Read More