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Tag: Kaduna State

Helicopter Shot At Natives, Spared Attackers – Kaduna Villagers
11Jun By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Helicopter Shot At Natives, Spared Attackers – Kaduna Villagers

Some villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have fled their homes following Sunday’s attack that left no fewer than 32 people dead while others were injured. The Kaduna State Government through its Commissioner for International Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack. It was gathered that the bloodthirsty terrorists attacked Ugwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki, and Maikori villages near Maro in Kajuru LGA on Sunday, June 5, 2022. This came less than 24 hours after terrorists abducted 14 persons at Iri Station, about 8km from Idon town, Idon Ward of the same Kajuru LGA. It was learnt that the terrorists on Friday killed 25 locals but “as villagers comb surrounding bushes for corpses, seven decomposed bodies were found Monday morni...
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Bandits Attack Kaduna Airport, Stop A Lagos-Bound Aircraft, Kill One
27Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Bandits Attack Kaduna Airport, Stop A Lagos-Bound Aircraft, Kill One

Terrorists prevent aircraft’s take-off, kill one at Kaduna airport Suspected terrorists invaded the Kaduna International Airport located in Igabi Local Government Area the Kaduna State on Saturday. The attackers, numbering over 200 were said to have taken over the airport. The development caused panic at the airport as the suspected terrorists reportedly killed one security official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency. The attack, it was gathered forced the authority to temporarily shut down activities while the military battled the suspected terrorists. A source who confided in our correspondent said the terrorists insisted on shutting down the airport. Following the presence of the terrorists on the runway area of the airport, workers attached to the airport...
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Bandits Contact Kaduna School, Confirm Abduction of 121 Students
7Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Bandits Contact Kaduna School, Confirm Abduction of 121 Students

Bandits who invaded Bethel Baptist High School Kaduna have confirmed having 121 students in captivity barely 30 hours after they struck. President Kaduna Baptist Conference and Proprietor of Bethel Baptist High school, Kaduna Rev. Yahaya Jangado disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday evening after a meeting of the management and parents of the abducted students. Rev Jangado said though the bandits called and allowed the school management to speak with few of the abductees, they were yet to demand for ransom. He said on Monday morning they received a distress call bandits invaded the school and on hearing the news they alerted security agencies to come to their rescue and they responded.
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Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead
5Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Bandits Kidnap Students in Kaduna, Two Soldiers Feared Dead

Bandits in the early hours of Monday attacked another school in Kaduna, whisking away an unspecified number of students. They attacked Bethel Secondary School in Maramara, Chikun Local Government Area on the outskirts of the Kaduna State capital. Kaduna Police Command could not immediately confirm the number of students abducted. It however said a joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others rescued 17 of the abducted students. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Muhammed Jalige said: “Yes, I can confirm to you that there was an incident at the school but the joint security team comprising the Police, Army and others have rescued 17 students. “We cannot say this is the number of students kidnapped for now. As soon as that information is av...
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El-Rufai Dismisses 19 Aides
27May By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria

El-Rufai Dismisses 19 Aides

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approved the sack of 19 political appointees in line with his administration’s ongoing downsizing of the workforce. The governor said the 19 workers are in the first batch of those to leave the state’s public service in continuation of the government’s downsizing of the workforce. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, said the affected officials include two Special Advisers, a Deputy Chief of Staff and several Special Assistants. “Malam Nasir El-Rufai has thanked the departing officials for their services to the state and wished them well in their future endeavours,” the statement said. It listed the affected workers as Bala Yunusa Mohammed (Deputy Chief of Legislative Staff, DCOSL...
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Parents of abducted Kaduna Students protest at NASS
4May By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Parents of abducted Kaduna Students protest at NASS

Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State were denied entry to the National Assembly complex, Abuja on Tuesday during a protest. The protesting parents were joined by members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution as well as civil society organisations. They lamented negligence of State and Federal Government in securing release of their children. They blocked the entrance to the Federal Secretariat axis of the complex as they were not allowed entry through the one kilometer drive way leading to the main gate of the National Assembly. They carried placard and chanted songs of solidarity for the immediate rescue of the students “Education is our right! Safety is our right! Freedom is our right!, Free Afa...
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BREAKING: Kaduna Orders Immediate Closure Of Schools Over Attacks
17Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security, Terrorism

BREAKING: Kaduna Orders Immediate Closure Of Schools Over Attacks

The Kaduna State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. According to a memo signed by the zonal education office, Sabon Tasha, all schools should close due to the prevailing security situation in the area. The memo, dated March 16, was addressed to all principals of public and private schools. Gunmen had on March 11 stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna state, kidnapping 39 students. The Kaduna college was said to have about 300 male and female students, mostly aged 17 and older at the time of the attack. Kaduna state commissioner for internal security, Samuel Aruwan, said 39 of the students were missing. Aruwan disclosed that “further checks in the w...
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Covid-19: El-Rufai Goes into Isolation
12Dec By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety

Covid-19: El-Rufai Goes into Isolation

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has gone into isolation following reports that an immediate family member and senior officials of the State Government tested positive for COVID-19. Mr El-Rufai is one of prominent Nigerians who tested positive for the virus in the earliest stages of the pandemic, which broke out in Nigeria in February. On Friday evening, Mr El-Rufai said he has been notified of more positive COVID-19 test results of persons close to him, including an immediate family member and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. In the video broadcast shared via his verified social media pages, the governor said he is currently in self-isolation and hope to be tested by Sunday. “This is purely a precautionary move that complies with the standard COVID-19 pro...
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BREAKING: Seven Killed As Gunmen Attack Kaduna Community
29Nov By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

BREAKING: Seven Killed As Gunmen Attack Kaduna Community

Not less than seven people have died after gunmen stormed Ungwan Bido village in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday morning. Two children are also said to be missing after the attack. Samuel Aruwa, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the story to ChannelsTV, stating that the attackers burnt down four houses. The attack follows the alleged killing of a Fulani herdsman, Isiyaka Saidu, of Ungwan Pah village on Saturday. Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said he had directed the State Emergency Management Agency to, as a matter of urgency, provide relief materials to citizens whose houses were burnt as well as those injured in the attack.   Source: SaharaReporters
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