Reverend Father Joseph Shekari who was kidnapped by gunmen has regained freedom after 48 hours in captivity. The Chancellor of Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo, who confirmed the release, said Fr. Shekari was released at about 10:00 pm on Monday night. Rev. Okolo however, did not state...
Kaduna State
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, has confirmed the abduction of one of its priests, Rev. Fr. Joseph Shekari of St Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikulu Parish in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Okolo, who confirmed the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has revealed that no fewer than 1,192 persons have been killed by armed bandits in Kaduna State in 2021. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in an annual report on security which was presented...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Kabir Muktar, has charged officers and men of the division to be diligent in the discharge of the 2022 training activities. Muktar gave the charge on the occasion of the year 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA), held at...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Kaduna State residents of the resolve of the Nigerian Armed Forces, under his watch, to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the State and other parts of the country. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday, said the...
BY DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the 800-metre long flyover in Kawo, Kaduna State, recounting how he narrowly escaped a targeted bomb attack in the vicinity in 2014. Reminiscing on the unfortunate incident, which claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians, the President said...
President Muhammadu Buhari is in Kaduna to commission some projects in the state. The President was received by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, among other dignitaries. See Photos Below: Meanwhile, the President inaugurated three road projects in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News...
The people of Kaduna State are set to receive President Muhammadu Buhari, who is expected in the state Thursday on a two-day working visit, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). A statement issued by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, indicated that...
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian Bird Flu, with an estimated population of 107,807 birds, in farms in three Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ibrahim Hussaini, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting with the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 16 kidnapped victims have been rescued by operatives from The Kaduna State Police Command in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, who revealed this in a statement issued on Monday, said the bandits tried...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a member of the 8th Senate from Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has backed a rotational presidency for equity and balance. He stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm amid debate over who would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed no fewer than seven people in separate attacks on villages in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, identified the affected Local Government Areas are Igabi, Chikun...
The Kaduna State Government has earmarked N6.8 million for the procurement of HIV diagnostic kits and consumables in 2022. This is contained in the budget of N278.6 billion signed by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Dec. 22 and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday....
Over 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. The incident occurred around Udawa village after Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. According to an eyewitness account, the vehicles conveying the travellers, mainly traders, were attacked...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, the governor said he updated the president on security development in Kaduna state where about 40...
The Kaduna State Government has banned all social events, weddings, shows and entertainment in public school premises. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Yusuf Saleh, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said that the move was to protect school...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has said the death toll in an attack by suspected bandits in Giwa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday has risen to 38 from 20. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the new...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome nature of Saturday’s killings in Kauran Fawa, Marke and Ruhiya villages in Idasu Ward of Giwa Local Government Area The terrorists also killed citizens in Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Birnin Gwari, Igabi and Kauru Local Government Areas of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna + The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mudassiru Abdullahi has ordered a thorough investigation over the killing of a lawmaker in Kaduna. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. ASP Jalige said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 305 suspected bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers have been arrested by the operatives of Kaduna State Police Command between January and November 2021. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement...