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Kaduna Insecurity: ‘Over 10 teachers killed, 50 still in captivity from January to date’ – ASUSS

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS), Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, has disclosed that over 10 teachers have been killed in Kachia, Chikun, Kagarko, Sanga and Kaura local government areas of the State from January 2022 to date. Addressing a press conference to mark the World Teachers Day yesterday in Kaduna, the State Chairman, ASUSS, Comrade Ishaya Dauda, disclosed that over 50 teachers are still in captivity. He urged the State government and other security agencies to secure the release of their members and students in captivity. According to…

Kaduna Insecurity: “Use Coalition JTF members to fight banditry, AIG tells military” – DSS

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Commandant of the Police Academy College Wudil, Kano State; Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Ahmad AbdulRahman, has charged security agencies to take advantage of the 30,000 Coalition Joint Task Force (JTF) members in Kaduna State to fight banditry and other crimes in the State. AbdulRahman disclosed this shortly after being recognized as one of the patrons of the JTF in Kaduna State, at the Unity Parade and Special prayers event organised by the Coalition of the JTF to mark the 62 Independence anniversary of Nigeria which was held in…

Kaduna Insecurity:�Terrorists tax Birnin-Gwari farmers N12 million to harvest their crops

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Aminu Imam

Terrorists have taxed some farmers in Birnin-Gwari communities of Kaduna State to pay a N12 million levy before they can harvest their crops this harvesting season. This was contained in an issued statement yesterday by the Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai. The terrorists were quoted to have threatened that if the farmers failed to pay the N12 million, they risked being kidnapped on their farms. Birnin-Gwari is one of the five local government areas in Kaduna where banditry is rife and continues to defy the government�s…

Insecurity: IPOB gunmen kill 4 soldiers, 1 civilian in Anambra

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Aminu Imam

Four soldiers and one civilian have reportedly been killed by a group of rampaging IPOB hoodlums in Anambra State, yesterday. The hoodlums, operating in a Sienna bus, reportedly attacked the soldiers at a checkpoint opposite Zenith Bank in Umunze, Orumba-South local government area of the State. However, when contacted, the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ikenga Tochukwu, stated that there was sporadic shooting in Umunze, but said he could not confirm the casualty figure in the attack. He also stated that he could…

Insecurity: Kaduna bandits demand N50m within 48hrs; vow to kill mother, baby, 2 sisters, unless�

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Aminu Imam

The family of a pregnant housewife who gave birth in captivity, the new baby and her 2 sisters in Kaduna, have been given a 48hrs ultimatum to pay N50 million ransom by bandits or receive the corpses. The family, therefore, begged the Government and good Nigerians to help them to secure the release of their loved ones, saying that so far, they were able to raise N6.5 million. The family, who spoke to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, said that although they offered the bandits the said N6.5 million, �it was…

Bandits attack Kaduna APC Guber candidate’s entourage; kidnap two party chieftains, injure 3

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 Aminu Imam

Bandits have attacked the entourage of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State and abducted two chieftains of the party. It was gathered that the recent attack took place on Thursday night, at Tashar-Iche village, along the busy Kaduna-Kachia road, when party leaders and chieftains accompanied the APC gubernatorial candidate, Senator Uba Sani, to Kafanchan, in Kajuru LGA for a political engagement. According to a party stalwart, they were returning from Kafanchan, after interfacing with Christian leaders in the Southern senatorial district ahead of the 2023 general elections.…

Army Chief assures of improved security in days ahead

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has reassured that the state of security in the country will see more improvement in the coming days. Yahaya said this at the closing of the 2022 Chief of Army Staff Third Quarter Conference, on Friday in Abuja. He urged all commanders to ensure prompt implementation of the decisions and directives issued during the conference as they relate with their commands. The COAS challenged them to decisively and quickly defeat the adversaries in all theatres of operations given the improved support…

Insecurity: Pantami pleads with security agents to utilise NIMC, SIM to curtail menace

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has appealed to security agencies to make use of databases by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to address security challenges. Pantami said this at the 4th National Identity Day celebration in Abuja with the theme �Traditional Institutions as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation�. He said both the Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) and the NIN were available to solve the security challenges currently faced in the country. �We are pleading with security institutions to make use of the database. �It is not…

Kaduna Insecurity: Woman gives birth in captivity as bandits demand N50m, family cries out

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Aminu Imam

The family of a woman, who gave birth in captivity, have cried out to the Federal and Kaduna State government and individuals for assistance, as bandits are demanding N50 million ransom to release the nursing mother and her two sisters.� The three sisters were kidnapped on July 17, 2022 in Mando, on the outskirts of Kaduna, at their family house where they were tending to their sick mother. It was gathered that the eldest of the sisters, who was heavily pregnant when they were kidnapped, has given birth in captivity…

Kaduna Insecurity:�Parents vow not to allow their children resume school

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

As primary and secondary schools resume across Kaduna State and most parts of the country, many parents have vowed that their wards will remain at home if necessary security arrangements are not put in place. Recall that an issued circular from the State’s Ministry of Education, signed by Adama Yahaya, had ordered both private and public schools in the State to resume on Sunday, September 4. However, reacting to the circular, some parents have reportedly vowed to resist such a move. Although the President of the Parents Teachers Association of…