The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have arrested a suspect who allegedly abducted a 10- year-old girl and hid her inside a refrigerator. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in...
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The Kaduna Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, said one person died and three others were injured in a road traffic crash on Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Wednesday night. The Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna that N8.7...
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Zaria Division, CSP Kasimu Abdul, has attributed the moral decadence and societal decay bedeviling the society to too much love parents have for their children. He disclosed this on Sunday at the formal handing over of a Vigilante Office donated by a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna has urged residents of Mando, Tsamiya, Kauya and Afaka general areas not to panic over its scheduled shooting exercise. The NDA spokesman, Maj. Mohammed Maidawa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Maidawa, said the...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered firearms in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Hassan, the arrest is a major blow...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – In a recent successful counter terrorism operation, Nigerian Army troops have neutralized a group of terrorists in an ambush operation in Kaduna State. A statement via the Nigerian Army’s X (formerly Twitter) handle, @HQNigerianArmy, said the troops, who acted on credible intelligence, targeted...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said Nigeria will continue to witness improved peace and stability across all its theatres of operations across the country. Lagbaja said this during the graduation of 545 Army personnel of Exercise Restore Hope VI at the Nigerian Army...
Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said its operatives have rescued a kidnapped victim in the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the rescued in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Hassan said the Command, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police...
Kuriga kids: Where is Lágbájá of Kaduna By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB Nigerian afrobeat musician Bisade Ologunde is better known by his stage name, Lagbaja. His signature face mask denotes him as the country’s everyman—the faceless individual. As a Yoruba word, Lágbájá means a person whose name and identity are...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a fake soldier allegedly involved in robbery and extortion. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement he issued on Monday in Kaduna. ASP Hassan stated that police arrested the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a notorious kidnapping gang leader who masterminded the Fadan Kamantan inferno where a Seminarian and a Church were burnt into ashes in 2023. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
Police operatives in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on Buruku-Kaduna highway on Thursday. Police spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan said in a statement on Friday in Kaduna, that the bandits were forced to retreat by the firepower of the personnel. He said: “On March 21, at 1300hrs,...
The Federal Government will soon fish out and prosecute kidnappers of school children, information minister Mohammed Idris has said. Idris spoke in Kano on Wednesday in an interactive session with media executives and practitioners organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. He said President Tinubu had...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Tijjani Bala in Correctional Centre over alleged sodomy. Bala, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, is being tried on a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the suspect’s...
Members of the Northern Governors’ Forum have gone into closed door meeting with the National Security Adviser and Service Chiefs in Abuja. The meeting, holding in the Office of the National Security Adviser, opened at about 2pm, and may not be unconnected with the recent mass abduction of...
President Bola Tinubu has further directed the immediate release of the abducted children in Kaduna State and Borno. He insisted that the Federal Government would not succumb to the payment of ransom to kidnappers and terrorists in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made...
Troops have arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of Alhaji Saleh Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru, Dutsen Bako community in Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The assailants abducted and killed Alhaji Umar after collecting N2 million ransom. Troops of Operation...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Police in Kaduna State have arrested one Bulus Danladi, a suspected human trafficker. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said “On March 1, at about 0900hrs a complain was lodged by...
No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead following Lassa Fever outbreak in the Katsina State. The state Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Ahmed, confirmed the outbreak of the disease to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna. She stated that an initial six samples were collected to confirm...