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26 Mar
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) welcomed the sudden romance by the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai with top opposition political figures and parties in the country.
26 Mar
The Police in Kaduna State have arrested a fake soldier allegedly involved in armed robbery and extortion in the state.
25 Mar
The Federal Government has declared that no ransome was paid in the release of 137 school children kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This is even as it has disclosed that it will conduct a census on Nigerian schools. Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, stated this on Monday in Abuja…
24 Mar
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapping gang leader who masterminded the Fadan Kamantan inferno where a Seminarian and a Church were burnt into ashes in 2023.
24 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will ensure that schools become safer and secure for teaching and learning.
24 Mar
The students kidnapped from their schools in Kuriga, Kaduna state, have been released by their abductors, the state governor said on Sunday morning. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, a media aide to President Bola Tinubu, said in a Facebook post that "all the 137 abducted school children" were freed. The students were "unharmed," Governor Uba Sani said in…
Some of the rescued kidnap victims in Kaduna State
19 Mar
Troops from the Nigerian Army have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group in Tantatu Community in the Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday also confirmed that the troops deployed in 1 Division area…
18 Mar
Kidnappers have abducted over 100 people in two new attacks in northwest Nigeria weeks after more than 250 school pupils were seized in the same state, residents and officials told AFP on Monday.
18 Mar
Terrorism in Kaduna State took another turn on Sunday after bandits kidnapped 87 people in a fresh wave of attacks. The latest attack was said to have taken place in Kajuru-Station community in the Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident to journalists…
17 Mar
Again, terrorists yesterday launched a deadly attack on Dogon-noma community in Kajuru Local Council of the Kaduna State and abducted 15 women and a man.
13 Mar
While efforts are ongoing to rescue about 300 residents abducted from Kariga and Goni Gora communities in Chikun Local Council of Kaduna State, bandits have between Monday night and yesterday morning allegedly kidnapped another 30 persons at Buda Village in Kajuru council area of the state.
11 Mar
Security forces yesterday continued to search forests and set up roadblocks in the Northwest of the country in an attempt to find hundreds of kidnapped schoolchildren, as calls for an overhaul of the security hierarchy intensify.

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