A large number of bandits invaded a mosque at Saya-Saya village in Ikara local government area of Kaduna State and killed seven worshippers on Friday night, according to information gathered yesterday. The attack took place when the Muslim worshippers were observing their Isha’i (sunset) prayers in a mosque in the area. Sources in the village said five worshippers including a …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued at least four kidnapped victims and destroyed bandits’ camps in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a statement on Wednesday, acting Deputy Director, of Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt. Colonel Musa Yahaya said the kidnapped victims were rescued by the troops on Monday. “In continuation of its …

The Chairman of Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph Hayab has urged Nigerians to ignore the state’s immediate past governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai over the latter’s alleged Islamisation claims. He also said that the ex-governor’s recent alleged statement on the Muslim/Muslim ticket and that the victory of President Bola Tinubu silenced his critics and …

Bandits have reportedly abducted two women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along the Manini flashpoint in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened when the women leaders, Hajiya Lami Awarware and her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu, attended the inauguration of the state governor, Uba Sani. The Chairman, Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Ishaq Kasai, …

Jibrin Sawuta in Kaduna State on Thursday dragged a middle-aged woman, Hassana Yohanna before an Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan for allegedly calling him impotent. Yohanna was docked on three counts of intentional insult, defamation and criminal intimidation. The offence runs contrary to sections 312, 371 and 376 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. In a direct criminal complaint …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday inaugurated the Kaduna State 2023 Transition Committee. The committee is chaired by the Secretary to the State Government, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who served in the same capacity 2015 and vice-chairman in 2019. Also appointed into the committee was the Permanent Secretary Cabinet and Political Affairs, Nuhu Isyaku Buzun, who will serve as secretary to the committee. …

No fewer than 10 students have been kidnapped by bandits in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In a statement on Monday, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said that the students were from the Government Secondary School, Awon (day secondary school). The commissioner also explained that the exact location of the …

The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa communities in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state following the killing of two persons. According a short statement by the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, the curfew is with immediate effect. Aruwan also said the decision was reached following …

The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr Donatus Mathew, an okada rider, has been declared the winner of the Kaura federal constituency of Kaduna State. The returning officer, Prof. Elijah Ella, declared the result on Sunday and said Mathew polled 10,508 to defeat the incumbent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Gideon Lucas Gwani, who came second with 10,297 …

Two Catholic priests have been abducted in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The priests, identified as John Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas, were said to have been abducted on Friday at Gure parish. The Chancellor of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Emmanuel Okolo said in a statement that the priests were kidnapped shortly after they arrived the parish rectory of …