Two chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state have been reportedly abducted while three others were injured following an attack by bandits along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have occurred Thursday night at Tashar Icce, near Kujama, headquarters of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The party…
The Kaduna state government has said that 13 kidnapped people have been rescued by troops following a fierce gun battle with bandits in Gwagwada community, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. The commissioner said…
Chris Piwuna, a professor of medicine and a consultant psychiatrist, has been elected president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Pinwuna, a former dean of student affairs at the University of Jos was declared winner AIT the election which held during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress at the University of Benin (UNIBEN),…
Security forces operating under the Nigerian Army’s Operation Whirl Stroke have disrupted an alleged arms trafficking ring in Taraba State with the arrest of two suspects. The Nigerian Army announced the development on Monday via its official X handle, explaining that the arrests followed a carefully planned intelligence operation involving troops of 6 Brigade, Sector…
The Kaduna state government said it has constituted the Institutional Development Council to ensure the sustenance of its reforms. The deputy governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe stated at the annual general meeting of the Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Kaduna. She said the reforms which were…
Residents of Otukpo in Benue State on Tuesday staged a protest against the incessant cases of kidnappings and killings by suspected herdsmen. The protesters, mostly youths, occupy the Otukpo-Enugu federal highway, calling on the government to address the growing insecurity in the state. There has been a surge in cases of killings and kidnappings allegedly…
