The General Assembly of the Tangale Community Development Association (TCDA), the umbrella socio-cultural body for the seven clans of the Tangale nation, Gombe State, has inaugurated a caretaker committee to serve for a period of six months. The TCDA, in a statement by Richard Yusuf, its Public Relations Officer (PRO), said the committee was inaugurated…
Troops rescue 13 kidnap victims in Kaduna, recover arms By John Shiklam in Kaduna Troops of Sector 4 Operation Whirl Punch have rescued 13 hostages from kidnappers’ den in Chigulu village, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, the Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement…
Troops of the Operation Safe Haven (OSH) have rescued the abducted traditional ruler, Mr. Gyang Balak, the Da Gwom Rwei, Vwang district , Jos-south Local Government Area of Plateau state. AmazingTimes had reported that the traditional ruler was abducted on Sunday night on his way home, near the main gate of the National Institute For…
The eight female students of Government Secondary School, Awon, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state have escaped from captivity. The students were abducted by terrorists on Monday, April 3, 2023. In a statement on Monday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal security and Home Affairs, said the students escaped from a thick forest bordering Kaduna…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has granted pardon to 110 prisoners and convicts to mark Democracy Day. The governor announced this on Tuesday when he visited the Kaduna Correctional Centre. He said he granted the pardon in the exercise of power of prerogative of mercy conferred on him by Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution…
Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called for more security deployment to stop the killings in the state. In a statement on Sunday, signed by Gyang Bere, his spokesman, Mutfwang said he was saddened by the coordinated attacks, killings and destruction of property by bandits in Plateau communities. The statement said some of the affected…
