A group, the Concerned Northern Lawyers Forum, has condemned the recent military accidental bombing at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with a threat to institute legal action against the Federal Government over the incident. The group said the decision to sue the...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has assured that the unfortunate drone incident that killed and injured many people at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State, will not be repeated. Musa gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen at the 4th Edition of the Chief...
The House of Representatives say it will monitor the investigation into the military drone attack that killed over 80 Nigerians in Kaduna State on Nov. 3. Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defence, gave the assurance in a statement titled, “Tudun Biri tragedy elicits profound sorrow”...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Mr Ali Dabigi has assumed duty as the 42nd Commissioner of Police (CP) Kaduna State Command. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansur Hassan, who announced this in a statement on Friday in Kaduna, said Dabigi took over from the immediate past CP Musa Garba...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to build houses, clinics and schools at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State. The Spokesman of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Thursday, said Shettima made this known when he...
Vice- President, Kashim Shettima has just arrived the Air Force Base, Kaduna to condole the people and Government of Kaduna State over the tragic drone attack on the Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government of the state on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
A public affairs analyst and member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof Usman Yusuf, has called for the resignation of military top brass over an accidental bombing that killed 85 villagers and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday visited Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State where a drone attack by troops of the Nigerian Army killed many civilians on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagbaja apologised to members of the community...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command says it has seized 478kilogammes of various illicit substances in November. This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Shuaibu Yusuf-Omale and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Tuesday. Yusuf-Omale...
The Defence Headquarters has said the drone attack on Ligarma community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, was based on information about untoward activities of terrorists in the area. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has ordered for a probe into the bombing of a village, in Kaduna State. The president gave the directive in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Nigerian...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has debunked reports that its aircraft accidentally bombed some villagers in Kaduna State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, dismissed the report in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said...
Many persons have been reportedly killed in an air strike allegedly carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident is said to have occurred around 9pm on Sunday, when villagers gathered for Maulud celebration....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command , has said its operatives have arrested 90 suspects and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna. The NDLEA’s state Commander, Mr Samaila Danmallam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the arrest and the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The remains of Major General Yohanna Yerima Kure (retired) who passed onto glory on 2 November 2023 at the age of 84 has been laid to rest in his home town, Mallam Kure Manchak family compound in Kurmin Musa, Kachia Local Government...
A section of Ahmadu Bello University’s Senate Building at the Samaru Main Campus, Zaria, has been gutted by fire, a statement has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a small room housing an electrical Distribution Board (DB) at the ground floor of the Senate building...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have arrested a suspected thief who specialised in stealing goats In Pasali Konu village of Kagarko Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), ASP Mansur Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel have storm the EFCC office in Kaduna State on Friday, November 17, 2023. The suspects included some serving military personnel. The soldiers arrived at the EFCC office sited at Number 4, Wurno Road in the Kaduna State capital around 10 am in about...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has said it would conduct its annual range classification and introductory shooting exercises for Cadets of 73 Regular Course and urged the residents not to panic. The NDA spokesman, Maj. Mohammed Maidawa, said this in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Bandits and terrorists operating in the forest of Birnin Gwari today 16 November 2023 suffer heavy casualty in the hands of troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army and operation Whirl Punch. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant...