Tag Archives: Kaduna

Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch have neutralized three terrorists in Birnin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.      Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 6, 2023.   …

Following a clearance operation conducted by troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch in the general area of Kampanin Doka village in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State, 4 bandits who have been terrorizing the locals finally met their waterloo on 1 November 2023.      Acting …

Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Operation HAKORIN DAMISA IV have arrested 34 suspects in connection with kidnapping, criminal attacks, cattle rustling, gunrunning, murder, farm destruction, theft as well as recovered arms/ammunitions and illicit drugs.      The suspects were arrested from 22 to 29 October 2023, in Kaduna, …

No fewer than 20 people sustained various degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion at a petrol station in Rigasa area of Kaduna.   Mr. Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, October 26, …

An Islamic cleric and two others have been killed after bandits attacked a mosque at the Ga Allah Babba village,  near Sabon Layi in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state in the early hours of  Tuesday, October 24.   According to reports, the bandits attacked the mosques while …

Bandits have killed a local hunter, Bashir Unguwar Shekarau, and two commercial drivers, Mustapha Adamu and Malam Muktar, well known as “Teacher” along the Kaduna-Birnin area of Kaduna State.    The two commercial drivers were returning to Birnin Gwari around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2023, when the bandits …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed three bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State following actionable intelligence on 17 October, 2023.     Director, Army Public Relation, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, October 18, said one soldier paid the …

A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Grace Chalya Silas, was brutally murdered by some yet to be identified assailants suspected to be armed robbers in Kaduna State.   Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was …

Bandits have killed a villager who delivered a ransom in Kidandan village, in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.   The victim, Abdullahi Haruna, who was a member of the First Aid of Fitiyanul Islam, had volunteered to deliver the ransom to secure the release of a villager …

Bandits have killed a student of the Federal College of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State, Bashir Sadisu.      Bashir was among 5 people killed when bandits raided Ungwan Dankali in Zaria Local Government Area of the state on Friday night, October 6.       The President, SRC FCE Zaria, …