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BREAKING: 287 Abducted Kaduna Schoolchildren Regain Freedom

It would be recalled that the students from Kuriga's Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School were kidnapped on March 7, 2024, and taken into the forest by thugs. The kidnappers set a deadline of March 27, 2024, for the ransom payment and demanded

Abuja-Kaduna rail resumes operations Monday

The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, says the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train service would resume on Monday, with only two return services. Managing Director of the NRC, Fidel Okhiria, made this disclosure in a statement on Saturday. The statement explained

17 killed in Kaduna multiple road crashes

Seventeen persons have died in multiple crashes that occurred along the Zaria-Kaduna highway. It was gathered that the first accident occurred on Saturday, March 12, when a Toyota Carina car with registration number KTL 251QG, lost control around Nuhu Bamalli

Kaduna government sacks 65 'illegally recruited teachers'

The Kaduna state government terminated the employment of 65 teachers who were said to be "illegally" recruited. According to the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Mr. Tandat Katuma who confirmed the sack on Friday January 22nd, the teachers

Kaduna relaxes restriction for residents to stock food

The Kaduna State government has relaxed its restriction order for about 34 hours to allow residents to stock food and other essentials at home. The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, announced that the exercise will be between 3 pm today (Wednesday

EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Kaduna

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday, June 26, 2019 raided and arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in their hideout at No.15, Giwa Road, Barnawa High Cost area

Update: Catholic priest abducted in Kaduna regains freedom

Reverend Father Emmanuel Silas who was kidnapped from the parish rectory of Saint Charles Catholic Church, Zambina in Kauru Local Government within the early hours of Monday, June 4, has regained his freedom. The incident comes less than two weeks after the

Corps member who survived Kaduna auto crash, dies

A member of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) who survived the motor accident that claimed lives of her two colleagues, has passed away. It will be recalled that two youth corps members, Nazir Muhammad Yahaya and Fatima died on their way back home to

Court convicts young man of Cybercrime in Kaduna

Justice Hannatu A.L Balogun of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on Monday, September 6, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Innocent Arzuka to four months imprisonment on a four-count charge that bordered on cheating by impersonation. The convict was arrested

Plight Of IDPs Amid Hunger In Kaduna Camp

Although there are several IDP camps in Kaduna State, a visit to one of the camps in Maraban Rido in Chikun local government area will in no doubt leave you in tears over their pathetic situations. The said IDP camp which houses displaced persons from over

Troops Capture Murderer of Dorathy Jonathan in Kaduna

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have captured the murderer of one Mrs Dorathy Jonathan in Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State. Dorathy was murdered on Friday 1 September 2023 in cold blood while fetching firewood at Afana village in Zango Kataf Local

House Of Assembly Member Abducted In Kaduna

Inset: File photo According to Punch Metro, a lawmaker from Kaduna State has been reportedly kidnapped in the state. It was gathered that the kidnap took place along the Kaduna- Zaria Road. As of the time of filing this report, the identity of the lawmaker

Kaduna beggars disappear as Naira scarcity persists

Beggars along the popular Kano Road, Kaduna Central Market, and some elderly foreign nationals with their children plying the popular Ahmadu Bello Way, begging for alms, have disappeared since the new currency issues began. Although in 2021/2022, the Kaduna

Residents barricade Kaduna-Abuja highway over kidnapping

According to newsmen, Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State took to the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Thursday, barricading the road in protest against the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area

Troops kill three terrorists in Kaduna villages

The Nigerian Army has said its troops have successfully neutralised three terrorists during clearance operations conducted in the vicinity of Maidaro, Ngade, Ahla and Rikau villages in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the 1st

Court jails four 'Yahoo boys' in Kaduna

Justice N.U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court on Monday convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to five years imprisonment. The convicts, Chinedu Prince Omeka, Adamu Eric Mendos, Daniel Andrew, and Elom Vincent Prince, were convicted on one-count

Bayelsa State To Test Teachers' Quality Like Kaduna

The issue of competency tests for teachers has divided opinions for the past few weeks after 21,780 primary school teachers in Kaduna State who failed a competency test organised by the state government were sacked by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Of the 33,000

Fani-kayode Reacts As Gunmen Invade Kaduna School

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Thursday reacted to reports that unknown gunmen abducted six schoolgirls in Kaduna State. NAIJALOADED reports that unknown gunmen had on Friday abducted six girls and two teachers from Engravers College in Chikun