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Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
March 21, 2012 by Segun Olatunji 9 Comments Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa | credits: File copy SEGUN OLATUNJI examines incessant attacks on Southern Kaduna villages and notes that the area has not known peace since the last April presidential poll Although the tension generated by the last April post-presidential election violence in Kaduna and […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Unknown gunmen on Thursday night attacked Kafuru village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing about 10 residents. Among the dead were a pastor whose wife was also shot and left for dead. The Assemblies of God Church where the pastor was ministering was razed by the gunmen along with about nine other […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Two unidentified gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday afternoon killed a policeman and made away with his gun. A tyre vulcanizer who was said to be working on the motorcycle belonging to the policeman was also shot when he raised the alarm. The incident took place at 5:00pm along […]
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Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, February 20th, 2012
THE Director of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Information, Kaduna State, Pastor Isua Kiforo, who was shot by armed soldiers and police who mistook him for a Boko Haram suspect at the Government House, Kaduna, last week has died. Pastor Kiforo was said to have died on Sunday morning, after an operation described […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
February 16, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Kaduna The Air Officer Commanding, Nigerian Air Force Training Command, Kaduna, Air Vice Marshall Ibrahim Salihu, is dead. The air force general died on Thursday morning as arrangements were being made to fly him to Bahrain for medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment. The Public Relations Officer, NAF Training […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
THREE days after their breadwinner, Pastor Isua Kiforo, was shot at the Kaduna State Government House by security operatives, who took him for a suicide bomber, life has become miserable for the family. His wife, Charity, who spoke yesterday on the incident and the plight of the family since the incident occurred, raised a […]
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Boko Haram, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
February 15, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Kaduna Double explosions on Tuesday rocked the Angwar Sarki area of Kaduna metropolis, killing a policeman and injuring two persons. The explosions occurred barely a week after Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked military formations in Kaduna. The dead policeman, Sunday Badang, attached to the Anti-bomb Squad was on the […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
February 14, 2012 by Segun Olatunji SECURITY personnel manning the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House residence of the Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa, on Monday afternoon shot and wounded a director in the state service for “driving dangerously in a suspicious manner.” The victim, Pastor Isuwa Kiforo, who is the Director, Finance and Administration at the […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
February 14, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Kaduna A policeman attached to the anti-bomb squad was on Tuesday morning killed in a bomb blast in Kaduna. The bomb, which was hidden in a parcel tied to a streetlight pole by the pedestrian bridge near Sultan Bello mosque at Angwan Sarki area, shook parts of the city. The police anti-bomb […]
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Gombe, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
In continuation of its humanitarian assistance to victims of the post-election violence, the Dangote Foundation, on Monday, commenced the disbursement of money and relief materials to 187 families in Kaduna and Gombe states respectively. The Dangote Foundation had earmarked about N350million for victims of the post-election crisis in some parts of the North. The latest […]