Kaduna State Archives - Page 2 of 2

Mar

2023

Bandits took N2mill ransom, kill chief Imam’s senior wife in Kaduna

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Bandits have shot dead the senior wife of the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu. Mrs. Hulaira Hussaini Ardo was shot dead after the bandits collected 2 million Naira as ransom. The bandits had on February 11, 2023, Kidnapped four wives of Malam Husaaini Ardo, at Rugan Ardo in Kagarko LGA, and killed the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu. The Madaki of Janjala, Samaila Babangida, confirmed the killing and said the community was mourning the killing of their chief’s wife, adding that the bandits refused to release her corpse.…

Nov

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

1,789 persons kidnapped within six months in Kaduna – Commissioner

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About 1,789 persons in Kaduna State were abducted by bandits in six months this year, the state has revealed. Presenting the security situation report for 2022 to the state government on Friday, the state Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, explained that within the same period 161 bandits were killed in various communities encountered by the security agencies. According to the commissioner, the security agents at different locations in the second quarter neutralized 59 bandits. In the same period under review, he explained that 285 persons were killed due to banditry, communal clashes and reprisals. In…

Aug

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bandits kill soldier, kidnap foreign national in Kaduna community

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Suspected gunmen Friday, stormed a farm in Anchau village of Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, killing a soldier who was detailed to provide security to staff members in the company. A source disclosed that after killing the security personnel, they abducted two staff of the company, a Zimbabwean national. Confirming the incident, a member of the vigilante in the area who pleaded anonymity told newsmen on Saturday that the bandits invaded the farm around 1:30 pm on Wednesday. ‎He named the kidnapped foreigner as, Mr. Charles Choko and Yusuf Aliyu Bello from Kano State. He said…

Jun

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Kaduna State Govt sacks 2,357 teachers

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The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) says it has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. Its spokesperson, Mrs Hauwa Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, said the Board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in Dec. 2021. She said that 2,192 primary school teachers including the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Audu Amba, had been dismissed for refusing to sit for the competency test. She said that some 165 of the 27,662 teachers that sat for the competency test were also sacked for poor performances.…