Six schoolgirls and two of their teachers have been abducted by gunmen at the Engraver’s College in Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have invaded the school around midnight by breaking the…
Police raid Kaduna home, free 300 people in chains (Punch)
The police in Kaduna on Thursday raided a home with over 300 people in Rigasa in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The cops freed about 300 people who were chained in the house, including children. They were…
Enrol your children in school, court orders man (Punch)
A Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Thursday ordered a civil servant, Mr Bello, to enrol his two children in school within seven days. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, ordered that the children must be enrolled in…
13 persons kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway (Punch)
At least, thirteen persons have been reportedly kidnapped in two villages along Abuja-Kaduna highway between Saturday and Monday by gunmen. According to a source, seven persons were abducted on Saturday at Begiwa and six others on Monday at Dutse village,…
Female military officer killed, corpse dumped in well (Punch)
A Naval Commodore based in Jaji, near Kaduna, has been murdered. It was learnt that the senior officer was murdered by yet-to-be-identified men who dumped her corpse in a well in a village near the military cantonment. It was gathered…
Kidnappers abduct members sent to deliver ransom – Kaduna CAN (Punch)
Two persons, who went to deliver ransom for the release of two children of a Kaduna-based bishop, have been abducted by the same gunmen, who had earlier kidnapped the children. The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph…
Armed men kidnap five persons in Kaduna – Police (Guardian)
The Police in Kaduna has confirmed the kidnap of five persons by armed men on Friday at Danbushiya Village, at the outskirt of Kaduna metropolis. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday…
Presidency: El-Rufai wants zoning dropped for competence (Punch)
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has made a case for the abandonment of zoning arrangements for political offices as currently obtainable in the country. He said the arrangements needed to be de-emphasised and ultimately abandoned in favour of competence. Some…
500 Kaduna Christians kidnapped, N300m paid — CAN (Punch)
The Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State said on Thursday that over 500 of its members were kidnapped in the last two years, adding that the body had paid over N300m as ransom. The State Chairman of CAN, Rev.…
Kaduna gives conditions for El-Zakzaky’s medical trip (Punch)
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday gave seven conditions to the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, known as Shi’ite, Shiekh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, for their travel to India for medical treatment. A Kaduna State…