By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A terrorist group known as Ansaru militants has reportedly banned political activities in some communities in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Kasai, confirmed the development in a statement issued to newsmen on...
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A Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kaduna, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo, has been killed by bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The victim until his murder was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – The campaign organization of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Hon Isa Ashiru has condemned the recent sacking of over two thousand teachers in the state by Governor Nasir el-Rufai. Tge PDP also challenged the governorship candidate of the ruling...
The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), on Sunday confirmed that bandits attacked worshippers, killing three persons and injuring two others in Kajuru Local Government Area in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said,...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – Stakeholders in the education sector, the leadership of Kaduna Basic Education Mechanism (KADBEAM), in collaboration with the media on Tuesday met in Kaduna to scale up implementation of strategies towards addressing barriers to girl education in the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that girl education...
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has urged Christians to get their Permanent voters card while reacting to the killing of 32 persons by bandits who allegedly used helicopter. The tragic killing happened in Southern Kaduna. Suleman said the alleged use of helicopters by terrorists in Southern Kaduna shows that...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has dismantled 14 illicit drug joints and arrested 100 suspected peddlers in the last four weeks in Kaduna State. The State Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
One ‘generous’ and ‘caring’ party delegate, Tanko Rossi Sabo, has shared about N7 million to less privileged in Sanga local government area of Kaduna State. The 7m Sabo distributed was part of the money he got from presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at last weekend’s convention...
Nigeria needs continuity in government – Osinbajo*_ With about a week to its presidential primaries, commendations have continued to pour in from state governors, their deputies, and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who is running for president. On Sunday, in Kebbi...
A community leader in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna state Zubar Abdurra’uf has revealed how Ansaru terrorists have taken over some communities and are protecting the residents from attacks by armed bandits. He made the assertions on Channels Television’s breakfast programme Sunrise Daily while speaking on the security situation...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says he has a blueprint to transform Nigeria, if he becomes president in 2023. Fayemi said this on Thursday when he addressed APC delegates in Kaduna to solicit their support and share his vision...
The Kaduna State Government has raised an alarm about the activities of terrorist groups in the State. Speaking during the presentation of the first quarter security report for 2022 to the state’s security council, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said members of the Ansaru and...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has visited Kaduna in furtherance to his campaigns, seeking delegates and peoples support in actualising his ambition of becoming Nigeria’s president in the coming 2023 elections. Abubakar, interacting with the Peoples Democratic Party’s delegates on Tuesday at the party’s secretariat, promised to address issues...
Gov. Nasir El-rufa’i of Kaduna State has called for sustained operations into terrorists’ enclaves to ensure the end of banditry and other security challenges in the state. El-rufa’i made the call at the opening of the Nigerian Army 2022 Combat Arms Training Week at Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna....
A suspect paraded by the NDLEA in Kaduna on Saturday for being in possession of Indian hemp seeds says they were for the consumption of his poultry birds. “I have a poultry farm and was told that if I feed the chickens with Indian hemp seeds, they would grow...
Bandits who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja bound train on March 28 have paraded their victims in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest. The gunmen were seen in the video putting on military camouflage and uniforms. The bandits made their captives call on the government to come to their...
A group of pastors under the umbrella of Interfaith Alliance have staged a peaceful protest against the incessant attacks and killings by bandits in Kaduna State. The protesters are asking the Federal Government to step up actions against banditry with the aim of wiping them out. The protest comes...
A large number of soldiers would have been killed by suspected gunmen in Kaduna State, if not for the intervention of aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), a video clip obtained by PRNigeria has shown. The gunmen who were bandit-terrorists launched an attack on a military base at...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a haul of 1,399kg of drugs in Kaduna in March. It sealed a shop and four houses in the process. Commander of the NDLEA in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, gave the breakdown of drugs seized as 997.121kg of Indian...
At least 10 soldiers have been reportedly killed and some others injured by bandits proscribed as terrorists who attacked a military base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened at about 6:30pm on Monday, security sources told Channels Television. However, the military authorities have yet...