Kaduna State
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.
9 Mar
Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has called for the safe and unconditional release of over 287 students and their principal abducted in Kaduna State. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the Minister described the attack as barbaric and heinous, even as he indicated his willingness to visit the scene of the…
9 Mar
Kaduna State Government on Saturday dismissed a report that it hired a private negotiator to facilitate the safe return of children abducted from Kuriga community on Thursday as false and mischievous.
9 Mar
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years. The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa's most populous country, where heavily armed…
8 Mar
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 280 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a teacher and a local resident said, in one of the country's largest mass abductions. Kidnappings for ransom are common in Africa's most populous country, where criminal gangs have targeted schools and colleges in the past, especially in the…
23 Feb
In preparation for the upcoming local government election in Kaduna State, People With Disabilities (PWD) have advocated a significant 80 percent inclusion in electoral processes, which will allow them to both vote and contest elective positions. They made the demand during a one-day roundtable discussion on disability inclusion in grassroots-level electoral processes, organized by The…
23 Feb
The Kaduna State government has said Lassa fever killed four persons at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in the state.Muhammad Shehu, chief press secretary to Governor Uba Sani, disclosed the development in a statement on Thursday.
23 Feb
The leader of deadly terrorists’ fighters, Boderi Isyaku, has been killed by security operatives in an ambush in Kaduna State, with soldiers carting away arms and ammunition belonging to the bandits.
21 Feb
It is true that most of the members of the highly revered Kaduna Elders’ Forum are well aware of the uncommon intellect of the young and the level-headed Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani. Not a few of the elders were however confounded, albeit positively, on Monday February 5, when the governor hosted the…
14 Feb
To further prosecute the fight against insecurity in Kaduna State, Governor Uba Sani has signed into law the Kaduna State Security Trust Fund Bill 2024.