At least 28 people were killed in separate attacks by unknown gunmen in MalagumI and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State (LG.A), yesterday. Giving the estimate during a press conference in Kaduna, today, Chairman of Kaura LG.A, Mathias Siman, said the figure could be higher because residents are […]
The Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, was on Saturday killed by suspected bandits on the farm on Kaduna-Kachia Road. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Emmanuel, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in […]
John Shiklam in Kaduna and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
In separate incidents, suspected gunmen have abducted 18 businessmen from Kano State who were on a commercial journey to Abia State, and another 18 villagers in a community in Kaduna State.
The Kano incident occurred when the abducted victims, who were businessmen from the Kano’s popular textile market of Kantin Kwari were traveling to Aba in Abia State to buy goods.
Multiple sources disclosed that their vehicle was attacked by the armed men who moved them to the bush. President of Arewa Youth Traders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Kabiru told journalists in Kano yesterday that the businessmen were on their way to Aba, in on Sunday night when kidnappers shot the tyre of their luxury bus and abducted them.
24 killed as bandits, cultists go on rampage
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By Wole Mosadomi, Peter Duru, Ndahi Marama, Emma Una, Luminous Jannamike & Ibrahim HassanWuyo
No fewer than 24 persons were killed in different parts of the country weekend, as insecurity in Nigeria rages.
The killings resulted from banditry attacks in Kaduna and Benue, cultism in Bakassi, Cross Rivers State, and clash over prostitutes in Borno State.