Sixteen people have been reportedly abducted in yet another attack on Angwan Pa community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the area said the incident occurred on Monday at about 7:30 pm. The incident occurred barely 24 hours after Christmas Day attack on Angwan Aku, also in Kajuru LGA, where…
One person was reportedly killed while 45 others were said to have been abducted in an attack by bandits on Angwan Aku community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident of the community who spoke on telephone said the incident occurred at about 10am on Christmas Day when the villagers were preparing for church…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested a suspected bandit with four AK 47 rifles and 344 rounds of ammunition. Mohammed Jalige, spokesman of the command said in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna that the suspect was arrested on his motorcycle. Jalige said the suspect was arrested on Friday by operatives attached to Tudun…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lamented the worsening poverty, insecurity and uncertainty among Nigerians. The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in a Christmas message, said the precarious situation in the country can be likened to the sufferings, helplessness and hopelessness of the Israelites as recorded in the Bible. He said: “This year, we…
The programme manager of Resilent and Dialogue Initiative (RADI), a non-governmental organisation, Mr. Reuben Buhari, has called on the Kaduna state government to come to the aid of over ten thousand people displaced by terrorists in the state. Buhari made the call on Wednesday in Kaduna while distributing food stuffs and clothes to hundreds of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. This was contained in a circular on Wednesday signed by the Director of Banking Supervision Department, Haruna Mustafa. The development comes two weeks after the CBN…
