The Nigerian Army has detained a soldier who killed a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed while attempting to stop hoodlums who were causing mayhem in Samaru, Zaria in Kaduna State on Tuesday. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said...
Kaduna State
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has debunked the rumour that its Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was hijacked by protesters in the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, made the denial in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has detained 39 suspected hoodlums, including the tailor producing Russian flags during the ‘end bad governance’ protests in the state. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incidents in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government on Monday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities. The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “The Kaduna State Security Council under...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says hoodlums have vandalised the offices of the State Traffic and Law Environmental Authority (KASTLEA) and the Investment Promotions Agency (KADIPA) in the guise of protest. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incidents to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Police in Zaria Kaduna State have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who blocked the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gwargwaje junction, a section of Kaduna -Zaria- Kano expressway, thereby causing a gridlock of trucks travelling to Kano. Policemen who tried to...
An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Gandu with criminal trespass and theft. Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State:”hunger pushed me to steal...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has welcomed the release of two Kaduna-based journalists who were abducted from their homes last weekend. Idris also commended the efforts of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, for the speedy recovery of the victims....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said the Air Component of Operation Whirl Stroke has eliminated scores of terrorists in recent airstrikes in their enclaves at Giwa and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM...
Former leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang, who was abducted by kidnappers on July 5, has been freed. The abductors had invaded his Biniki village in Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State and took away the 78-year-old former unionist. One of his daughters, Mrs...
The Kaduna State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday announced the release of the journalists and their families who were kidnapped on July 6 . The council’s Chairman, Asma”u Halilu ,made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered a 30-year-old teacher, Josiah Alkali, to be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly kissing and romancing four boys. Alkali was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with defilement on four separate charge sheets....
The Nigerian Defence Academy(NDA), on Tuesday honoured and unveiled the monument of the first female Maj.-Gen. in the Nigerian Army, late Maj.-Gen. Aderonke Kale. The commandant of NDA, Maj.-Gen. John Ochai, in his welcome address said the academy would continue to accord priority to gender equality. The News...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen have kidnapped two journalists and their families in Kaduna State on Saturday night. The victims were identified as Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Kaduna State NUJ Council, and his three family members, and Abdulraheem Aodo, a correspondent for Blueprint Newspaper,...
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now National Union of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four suspected vandals who were caught destroying transmission towers installed in some parts of the state. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone, crash in Kaduna on Monday morning and not its helicopter as earlier reported. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in...
The 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna said its operatives have arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals. The division’s acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Lt.- Col, Musa Yahaya, made the disclosure on Saturday in Kaduna. Yahaya said , “The arrest was made by the troops while on...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Friday, graduated 271 of it’s personnel trained in different specialties to enhance its operational capability. In a remark at the ceremony in Kaduna, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, said that NAF would continue to place high premium...
Six students of Government Secondary School, Fadan Chawai, Kauru Local Government in Kaduna State, drowned on their way home after writing the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSE), on Wednesday. The students, all from Ribang community, were on their way back home after writing the ongoing JSSC examination...