Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Twelve soldiers were feared killed on Tuesday night when bandits attacked them at Kampanin Doka Village in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The soldiers were said to part of a special force deployed in the area to protect expatriates and people working on a new road linking
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NAF trains 500 Special Forces on counter-terrorism, aircraft anti-hijack
By Mohammad Tijjani The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday said it had trained no few than 500 Special Forces from 2015 to date. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal, Sadiq Abubakar, disclosed this at the graduation of 150 Special Forces at the Regiment Training Centre, Kaduna. Abubakar was represented by
Army denies demolishing APC Secretariat in Kaduna
•Issues 3-day ultimatum to retract statement Jude Johnson The Nigerian Army has denied the report that their personnel were used to enforce the controversial demolition of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Secretariat in Kaduna State. The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Brig-Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement on Wednesday, said the
Armed Gunmen Kidnap PDP Chieftain in Kaduna
Five heavily armed Gunmen have kidnapped a chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya in Kaduna State around 1,00 am Tuesday morning. The gunmen stormed Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna State around where they forced their way into the residence Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya a former State Treasurer
Army to conduct Exercise ‘Ayem Akpatuma’ in six States
Babatunde Abiodun The Nigerian Army has concluded plans to conduct Exercise Ayem Akpatuma to be in 1 and 3Divisions including HQ CAR, Guards Brigade and 707 Srike Force Brigade Areas of Responsibility, covering (Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states) from Thursday 15 February to Saturday 31 March 2018. Maj-Gen. DD
Kidnappers kill 2 policemen, abduct 2 Canadians, 2 Americans
By Moses Kolo/Mohammad Tijjani Kidnappers have killed two Nigerian policemen and abducted two Americans and two Canadians in Kaduna state. The foreigners were kidnapped on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko Local Government Area on their way to Abuja from Kafanchan and Kaura. They were ambushed around 7:00 PM on Tuesday. Kidnapping is rife in the Kaduna axis of
HURIWA calls for arrest of Miyetti Allah officials over Benue killings
•Condemns APC governors over 2019 Buhari's endorsement Babatunde Opalana The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a civil rights organization and pro-democracy group has asked the federal government to order the arrest and prosecution of the national officials of the Fulani Herdsmen's union- Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association for the alleged threats
Sheikh Zakzaky critically ill, needs urgent medical attention-IMN
Babatunde Opalana The Islamic Movement In Nigeria (IMN) has raised an alarm on the health condition of its leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, who was said to be critically ill and in urgent need of the best medical attention possible. The Movement claimed that the almost 67 years old Zakzaky’s health is deteriorating as
Court discharges, acquits IMN members standing trial for protest in Kaduna
Babatunde Opalana The Kaduna State High court presided by Justice Esther Lolo today discharged and acquitted members of the Islamic Movement standing trial for protest in Kaduna following the brutal Zaria massacre of December 2015. Delivering judgment in the “no case” submission put in by the defense lawyers in the matter, Justice
NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna, pilot confirmed dead
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Beetle Aircraft crashed in Kaduna on Thursday while on a mission , killing the pilot in the process. The Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Cdre Olatokunbo Adesanya, who confirmed this development did not state the kind of operations being undertaken by