Tag Archives: Kaduna

Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted a large quantity of ammunition being conveyed to bandits by a courier around Polewire in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.  The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, April …

The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has allegedly served Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, with a disconnection notice.   According to KEDC, ABU is owing an outstanding balance of N931,479, 317.84.   The power distribution company ‘issued the notice’ on April 4, 2023,  and threatened to disconnect the institution’s power lines. It …

The Kaduna State Government has approved the reinstatement of 1,288 public primary school teachers sacked in June 2022 after the conduct of competency test.   In June 2022, the Kaduna government sacked over 2,000 school teachers in the state for failing a competency test, while 165 teachers were sacked for …

The Kaduna State Government has said that eight and not ten of its students were abducted in Kachia Local Government Area of the state on Monday, April 3, and that the students kidnapped were on their way home and not in school.   This was disclosed in a statement released …

About 10 students have been kidnapped from a school in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.    This was disclosed by the Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Tuesday, April 4.   According to the preliminary reports, the students of Government Secondary School, …

Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army have neutralized 11 bandits in a fierce battle which took place during fighting patrols in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.    The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on …

Nigerian troops have killed five bandits and recovered four AK-47 rifles, six AK-47 magazines, 24 rounds of 7.62mm in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.    Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 31, …

Bandits have killed a pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Rev. Musa Mairimi, and kidnapped his wife in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.      The incident happened on Thursday night, March 23, 2023,  at ECWA Church Buda (2) Kasuwa Magani DCC in Kajuru.      …

The party chairman in Kaduna assures PDP members in the state that the party would reclaim its mandate. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the result of the just concluded gubernatorial election in Kaduna State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Senator Uba Sani, as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.   The INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, who announced the result said Sani polled 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Isah …