Tag: Southern-Kaduna
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345 delegates elect officials for Southern Kaduna People’s Union youth wing
The youth wing of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) has elected officials to pilot its affairs with Maikano Mendous emerging as National Coordinator.
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Gunmen kill nine persons, injure three in Southern Kaduna
Persons suspected to be bandits have stormed Ruji and Atakjeh villages of Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State to unleash mayhem on the villagers. About nine persons have been reportedly killed in the attack while some escaped with injury wounds. Reports have it that a young man was allegedly butchered in…
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SPECIAL REPORT: The unending reign of terror in southern Kaduna
“Marauding Fulani herdsmen and other unchecked terrorist groups have continued to wreak havoc on defenseless villagers, killing at least 345 people in Southern Kaduna since January 2022”. A fresh wave of deadly attacks in the southern part of Kaduna State has led to the death of local residents of Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf…
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Police confirm fresh attacks on Southern Kaduna
The Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the occurrence of a fresh attack on Zango Kataf Local Government Area, on Saturday night.
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If violence is what they need to unleash, their days are numbered – Defence Chief to terrorists
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has restated the resolve of Nigeria’s military to restore peace in the southern part of Kaduna State. The Southern part of Kaduna has become a hotbed of deadly attacks in recent months. Irabor made this known in Kafanchan on Thursday during a peace meeting with stakeholders involved…
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IPOB asks El-Rufai to swear over Southern Kaduna killings
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, asked Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to swear he knows nothing about the election ethnic cleansing of non-Fulani communities in Southern Kaduna. IPOB said no amount of cover-up would exonerate him from the genocide in Southern Kaduna. The separatist group made the remark while berating El-Rufai…
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Police arrest 15 persons in Southern Kaduna over alleged killing of cattle
No fewer than fifteen persons where arrested on Sunday by the Nigerian Police over what it termed conspiracy, disturbances and cruelty to animals in eight communities located in Atyap chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local government area of Kaduna state. According to the police, the arrests followed the outcome of an investigation over the killing of seven…
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Military deny killing woman during protest in Southern Kaduna
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has denied killing a woman at Gon Gora, Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Maj. Ibrahim Shittu, Media Officer of the task force, made the denial in a statement on Thursday in Jos. According…
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EXCLUSIVE: Tension in Southern Kaduna as bandits kidnap Rimau village head, others
Information just reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG has it that the village head of Rimau in Kajuru Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Habibu Maikasa has been kidnapped by a troop of bandits. Mr Naroka Maisabobi a resident and close relation to the kidnapped village head, disclosed this to the TNG in a telephone interview. According…
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First ever Christmas lighting ceremony holds in Southern Kaduna as Christians pray against terrorism
Christians in Kaduna State have converged in Kafanchan Jama’a Local Government for what they described as the first ever Christmas Lighting Ceremony. The gathering which comprises of all denominations started on Tuesday and ends will end on Wednesday. The entire vicinity of the popular Late Patrick Yakowa Roundabout was thronged by the Christian Faithful on…