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Shehu Sani Condemns Murder Of ECWA Pastor In Kaduna

Shehu Sani Condemns Murder Of ECWA Pastor In Kaduna

December 12, 2021 12:05 am

Former Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th National Assembly, on Saturday frowned at the gruesome killing of Reverend Dauda Bature of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA).

Bature’s abductors had demanded a ₦10 million ransom but he was killed after the payment was delayed.

Sani, on his verified Facebook wall, wrote:

‘The gruesome killing of Reverend Dauda Bature of the ECWA Church Nariya, Igabi LG Kaduna State by bandits is tragic, unfortunate and condemnable.

‘This is another horrible chapter in our history. It’s now clear that everyone lives at the mercy of terrorists. For how …

Bandits Raid Kaduna Hospital, Abduct Babies

Bandits Raid Kaduna Hospital, Abduct Babies

July 5, 2021 1:22 am

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped babies from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that at least five staff of the hospital, including female nurses, were also abducted.

According to eyewitnesses, the bandits, who were said to have stormed the place in large numbers, engaged officers from a nearby police station in a gun battle.

A staff member of the hospital, who pleaded anonymity told newemen there was a heavy shootout during the operation.

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Southern Kaduna Killings: Sheath Your Swords – Army To Residents

Southern Kaduna Killings: Sheath Your Swords – Army To Residents

August 22, 2020 3:18 pm

The Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau, Kaduna and Bauchi States, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo has urged residents of Southern Kaduna to sheath their swords and embrace peace.

Okonkwo gave the advice at the Atyap Peace, and Reconciliation Summit organised to foster peaceful coexistence among residents of the Chiefdom on Saturday in Zangon Kataf.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State is one of the worst hit by the recent killings in southern Kaduna.

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Former Kaduna Lawmaker Dies While Waiting For Doctors

Former Kaduna Lawmaker Dies While Waiting For Doctors

May 16, 2020 12:49 pm
Dr. Yakubu Bityong, a former member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly is dead.

Bityong who represented Kaura Constituency in the Assembly from 2011 to 2019, died on Friday night in Kaduna at the age of 56.

A political associate of the deceased, Yakubu Umaru-Spider, told NAN on Saturday in Kaduna.

Umaru-Spider, a former Secretary of Kaura Local Government, said that Bityong was two weeks ago diagnosed with lung complications and placed on treatment.

“He became normal and continued with his life until yesterday (Friday) when he became ill again.

“He was taken to General hospital Unguwan Boro, around

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Four-Month-Old Baby Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Kaduna

Four-Month-Old Baby Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Kaduna

May 16, 2020 12:47 pm

Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed that a four-month-old child was among the 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the state on Friday.

A statement issued by the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said that the father of the infected child had a travel history to Kano.

“The infant, who had been brought to the hospital for respiratory issues, was tested in accordance with the updated guidelines which advise that persons presenting with such symptoms be tested,” she added.

Mohammed-Baloni further said that the child’s ‘’parents have also been tested and their results are being awaited.’’

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One Reported Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna

Bandits Set 16 Family Members On Fire In Kaduna

February 12, 2020 3:38 pm

A family of 16 have been allegedly locked up in a room and set on fire leading to their death when angry bandits launched coordinated attacks on a community in Kaduna State.

The bandits in their numbers, according to eyewitness account invaded Bakali village, Fatika District in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday’s evening, razed all they could including farm produce, vehicles and motorcycles among others.

In what appear to be a revenge mission, after setting ablaze farm produce and property, the bandits locked up 16 members of the same family in a room and set the …

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Bandits Kill Seminarian After Three Weeks In Captivity

February 3, 2020 5:59 am

One of the four students of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, kidnapped  by gunmen about three weeks ago, has been killed by his abductors.

The four students were abducted on January 9, when the bandits invaded the school, located at Kakau, on the dreaded Kaduna-Abuja road, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The bandits, dressed in military uniforms, shot sporadically upon arrival at the school.

In the wake of their abduction, the state police command had called on all private school proprietors within the state to liaise with the nearest police formation for security advice/coverage and to …

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Woman Gives Birth To Conjoined Twins In Kaduna

February 2, 2020 8:28 am
A housewife in Tudun Wada, Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has given birth to a set of conjoined twins.

The babies were born at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Kaduna State

An aide to the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance, Anas Soba, who visited the family, identified the mother of the twins as Hajia Ramatu.

Speaking to DAILY POST late Saturday evening, Hajia Ramatu, who has two other children, said she didn’t know that she was pregnant with conjoined twins until she gave birth.

According to Ramatu, even her pregnancy scans did not reveal that there

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PDP Wins Kaduna Assembly Seat

January 26, 2020 4:47 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Mrs. Comfort Amwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the rerun election for Sanga constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
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NAN reports that the Returning Officer, Salihu Kargi of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria announced the results in Gwantu on Sunday.

He said Amwe polled 19,815 votes to defeat Haliru Gambo-Dangana of the APC who scored 19,688 votes.
The rerun election was conducted in 14 polling units in the local government.

NAN

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NDA Kaduna Expels Cadets, Demotes Others For Indiscipline

January 24, 2020 9:13 am
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, said on Friday that it has expelled some cadets from the Academy and demoted others found wanting in discipline and general conduct.

The Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Abubakar Abdullahi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Kaduna, however, did not state the number of cadets affected.

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Abdullahi said that the relegation and withdrawal of the cadets, followed the conduct of the Academy’s periodic dossier on all cadets aimed to preserve discipline and improve general administration.

He said the mission of

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NSCDC Seize Over 1,900 Expired Gas Cylinders In Kaduna

January 23, 2020 10:38 am
In a bid to forestall disasters arising from further explosion of gas cylinders, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kaduna State command in collaboration with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on Thursday, commenced evacuation of decommissioned LPG gas cylinders in the state.

So far, the exercise has witnessed the retrieval of 1,931 decommissioned cylinders and eight suspects have been arrested from three different locations in the metropolis.

According to a statement issued and signed by NSCDC Kaduna Command Public Relations Officer, ASC Orndiir Terzungwe, investigation of the suspects have commenced while all the exhibits are entrusted in the

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Kaduna: Police Kill 2 Bandits, Rescue 20 Kidnapped Victims

January 23, 2020 5:23 am
Some passengers numbering about eight abducted on Wednesday afternoon along Kaduna-Zaria highway have been rescued by the police.

Also rescued were three workers of Airtel Communications Company abducted on Tuesday, and nine others kidnapped on Jan. 14 when bandits attacked the convoy of the Emir of Potiskum.

THISDAY had reported that gunmen attacked Alhaji Umaru Bubaram, killing five of his aides along Kaduna-Zaria highway.

Umaru was on his way to Zaria when the attack occurred, but was, however, released.

The police, however, said that in the Wednesday’s attack, two of the bandits were shot dead and all the eight abducted

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