Gunmen on Monday night stormed Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Anchuna village in Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, abducting the Catholic priest in the community. Sources said the bandits came to the community at about 8pm and whisked away Rev. Fr. Luka Yakusak who is in charge of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church,…
Twelve people have been killed following an attack by suspected fulani herdsmen on Apiyejim village, near Kibori, Atyap Chiefdom, Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The attack came less than 24 hours after the murder of Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali, a pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the same community. Ali…
The chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, has accused the government for allegedly abandoning the remaining 31 abducted students of the Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna. In a statement on Sunday, Hayab said government’s over the 31 students still being held in captivity by bandits…
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), has said that the persistent killings and destruction of property by bandits is pushing the country to the brink. In a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in Akwanga, Nasarawa state, the forum warned that henceforth, the people of the middle belt region…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Amao has charged personnel of the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) to sustain the current onslaught against terrorists and insurgents in the North East. He gave the charge on Saturday when he visited frontline troops of 105 Composite Group, Maiduguri and 103 Strike Group,…
Zamfara state governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle said bandits have been begging for peace following the military operations against them. “According to him, the recent raids by security agencies against hoodlums prompted them to seek dialogue with the government. “They sent committee to us, begging that we suspend the ban on transportation of food items and…
