Tag: Katsina
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Security operatives rescue 17 abducted passengers in Katsina
A combined security force has rescued 17 abducted passengers mostly males from the clutch of violent extremists in the Solar General Area of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. A military source said the success followed a distress call received on May 11, 2024, at about noon. He said the Nigerian Army Team…
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Eid-el-fitr: Katsina governor, Radda pardons 22 inmates
Governor, Dikko Radda the governor of Katsina state has secured the release of 222 inmates from various correctional facilities in the state by settling their fines. The chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed made this known via a statement on Tuesday in Katsina
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Scores of passengers reportedly kidnapped as bandits attack 18-seater bus in Katsina
Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State was on Thursday morning thrown into pandemonium when scores of passengers were reportedly kidnapped by bandits. It was gathered that the hoodlums intercepted an eighteen-seater bus with the registration number (14B-300-KT), loaded with passengers, belonging to the Katsina State Transport Authority.
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Police place N50m bounty on 2 Katsina bandits
The Police Command in Katsina State on Sunday promised a N50 million reward to anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of two bandits – Modi Modi and Jan Kare. The Police, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer,
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Police, army foil kidnap attempt, rescue 10 victims
The Police Command in Katsina State in collaboration with the army has foiled a kidnap attempt and rescued 10 victims on Kukar Babangida/Yan Gayya feeder road. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with NAN in Katsina.
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Coalition cautions FG over recommendation to relocate Katsina aviation project
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has expressed concern over alleged plans by the Federal Government to relocate an ongoing project at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport (UMYIA) Katsina to another part of the country.
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Philanthropist distributes free JAMB forms in Katsina
A Katsina based philanthropist and stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Tukur Tingilin, has distributed 300 JAMB forms to indigent candidates in Malumfashi and Kafur Local Government Areas of the state.
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NDLEA intercepts businessman with large consignments of cocaine at Enugu airport
Busts Katsina wedding drug party, arrests groom, 25 others; recovers illicit drugs going to illegal miners in Kano; nabs Beninoise, Nigerien, others Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a…
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Police neutralise 3 suspected banditry kingpins in Katsina
The Police Command in Katsina State said its operatives succeeded in neutralising three suspected notorious bandits kingpins. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Tuesday in Katsina.
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Police confirm 5 killed, 5 others kidnapped in Katsina community
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed five persons shot dead while two others injured during an attack by bandits in Sayaya village of Matazu Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations