Tag: Kaduna-Abuja
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Train services continue on Kaduna-Abuja route – NRC
The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has assured passengers that normal train services between Kaduna-Rigasa, Idu Abuja would continue in spite of a derailment on Sunday morning. Mr Yakub Mahmood, the NRC Deputy Director Public Relations,
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Military apprehends mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Punch have apprehended one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022, terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna Train service. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in Abuja.
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‘No kobo was paid’ for release of 23 Abuja-Kaduna train hostages – FG
The Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Sambo said that the Federal Government did not pay any ransom in securing the release of the kidnapped victims of March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Sambo told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that “no kobo was paid
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Fear of bandits: After losing 5 students Greenfield University relocates
Greenfield University, Kaduna has relocated to its city campus inside Kaduna metropolis after bandits attacked the school’s permanent site along Kaduna-Abuja highway in April 2021. About 23 students and staff members were abducted during the attack while five of the students were killed in captivity. The university, Vice Chancellor, Professor Simon Daniel Katung during the…
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BREAKING: Terrorists finally release abducted Kaduna-Abuja train passengers
The Terrorists who attacked Kaduna-Abuja bound train on March 28, have finally released some of the captives after almost three months in captivity. TheNewsGuru.com recalls the terrorists bombed parts of the rail track, forcing the train to derail, and opened fire on the passengers, killing nine and whisking away 62 persons including children and 82…
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Relatives deny release of abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers
Relatives of abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have dismissed reports on social media about the release of the passengers as false. The denial is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by leaders of the “Relatives of AK9” Group, Dr AbdulFatai Jimoh, and Dr Ba’aba Muhammad.
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Train attack: 14 missing passengers found alive, 8 dead – NRC
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that 14 of the 21 passengers abducted on board Ak9 train on the standard gauge rail from Kaduna to Abuja were found alive and safe. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Okhiria in an update on the attack…
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Kaduna-Abuja train attack; troubling times for a nation – By Dakuku Peterside
Each passing day, terrorists and bandits are getting bolder and more strategic in their attacks in Nigeria. Nigerians are so used to the terror that it takes a terrorist’s act of great intensity and maximum impact to get our attention. Recent events mark a watershed in terrorists’ activities in Nigeria. Terrorists invaded Kaduna International Airport…
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Bandits kill soldier, police, kidnap Emir, others on Kaduna-Abuja highway
A soldier has been reported killed and four persons abducted by bandits who attacked Milgoma, a community near the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State. Those kidnapped by the gunmen in the Monday night attack weer a woman, her daughter and two sons. In another development, Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara state…
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JUST IN: Gunmen attack Kaduna-Abuja train
A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Thursday, attacked an Abuja bound train with ‘ballistics’. The supposed train left the Rigassa station in Kaduna at about 10 am before it was attacked by the gunmen at Katari, about 70 kilometers from Abuja. According to reports, the gunmen came into the train with…