Tag: Katsina State
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Flash: Fire razes Katsina Central Market [PHOTOS]
Properties worth billions of naira have been destroyed by fire at Katsina central market. Firefighters are still battling to contain the inferno which started around 8:30a.m on Monday. See photos below: Details later…
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CAN reacts on release of Kankara schoolboys
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna chapter, says the release of Kankara school children abducted by gunmen in Katsina State is cheering news to all. Rev. John Hayab, Chairman of the chapter gave this commendation in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hayab however said that the spirit and tempo that government and…
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Police rescue 80 students abducted from Islamic school in Katsina
Gunmen on Saturday night abducted students of Islamiyya schools in Mahuta town, Dandume LGA, Katsina State. But they have now been rescued, according to the Nigeria Police Force. This is coming two days after the release of 344 students of Government Secondary School in Kankara LGA of the state. The Islamic students were on their…
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BREAKING: Finally Katsina Govt confirms release of Kankara schoolboys
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) has it that the schoolboys kidnapped by bandits from Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State at the weekend have been rescued. A senior Spokesperson to Governor Aminu Masari confirmed the release of the schoolboy abducted at the Government Science Secondary School Kankara on Thursday evening. Also, according to several sources…
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Protest rocks Katsina over abduction of schoolboys
There was a protest in Katsina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the State. The protesters demanded the prompt rescue of students abducted by bandits on Friday night. The protest was led by a woman who identified herself…
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Police kill 5 suspected bandits in Katsina State
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had killed five suspected bandits in Safana Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the command, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. Isah said that the suspects were killed on Oct. 27 at about 04:00 hours at Tsaskiya community…
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Police arrest notorious kidnapper in Katsina, rescue 3 victims
The police in Katsina State on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a notorious member of bandits and kidnap for ransom syndicate, Abubakar Ibrahim, 19, at Rugu forest. SP Gambo Isah, the police spokesman, who disclosed this in a statement in Katsina, said that the syndicate, have been terrorizing people in Batsari, Safana, Damnusa and Kurfi…
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Police kill 8 bandits, recover 30 cows in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command says it has killed eight suspected bandits in Batsari local government area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah.disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Katsina. He said that on Aug. 6, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Batsari, led Operation Puff Adder to Zamfarawa village…
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As Obasanjo Speaks on restructuring the Nigerian security architecture: Will Buhari come out of the Fulani enclave to do something positively for the sake of himself and Katsina State? – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Before former President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke last week Friday, June 26, 2020, in Abeokuta – Ogun State, on reorganization of security architecture in Nigeria, in a lecture titled “COVID-19 and Nigeria security Issues: The Way Forward”, all Nigerians are fully aware, without any iota of doubt, that security of lives and properties…