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Daily Post Nigeria Published As Benue workers join their counterparts in other states of the federation to mark the 2021 Labour Day, the state Governor, Samuel Ortom has assured them of his administration’s commitment to their welfare. The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Saturday, acknowledged the contributions the workers have made to the development of the state over the years and urges them to sustain the commitment. Ortom commended retirees of...

Views: Visits 8 The Police Command in Kaduna on Friday says it has arrested two suspected bandits following an operation in Zaria. The Command in a statement by its  spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige,  said that 137 rustled cows were also recovered. ”On April 25,  at about 9:15 p.m.,  the Kaduna Police Command received a distress call through DPO Zaria city that armed bandits in their numbers invaded Low-cost Housing Estate, Zaria  and were shooting sporadically. READ ALSO...

Police Rescue Pastor, Four Children, Others In Kaduna The police spokesman said the pastor and his family were being moved to the forest when operatives of the command rescued them following a distressed call by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 30, 2021 The Kaduna State Police Command has said it rescued seven kidnapped victims, including a pastor and his four children. Spokesperson for the Command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying Pastor Ozigi Hassan of the Me...

Chimezie Enyiocha   Updated April 30, 2021 Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, presides over a Security Council meeting at the Government House on April 30, 2021.   A total number of 323 people were killed by bandits in Kaduna State between January and March 2021, the government has said. The figure was contained in a security report presented by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, at the State Security Council meeting. Governor Nasir El-Rufai ...

Views: Visits 7 The Police Command in Kaduna on Friday says it has arrested two suspected bandits following an operation in Zaria. The Command in a statement by its  spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige,  said that 137 rustled cows were also recovered. ”On April 25,  at about 9:15 p.m.,  the Kaduna Police Command received a distress call through DPO Zaria city that armed bandits in their numbers invaded Low-cost Housing Estate, Zaria  and were shooting sporadically....

Parents of Abducted Kaduna College Students To Protest At National Assembly The parents said they would stage a mass protest at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to push the Nigerian government to take action and secure the release of their children. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 30, 2021 The parents of the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, have said they are running out of patience as their abducted children have been in captivity fo...

The parents of the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna, promised to storm the National Ass... The parents of the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna, promised to storm the National Assembly in an unprecedented protest if the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), which supervises the college, fails to secure the release of their children from their abductors by midnight of Thursday, April...

3 min read Six years ago, before his election as Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai said he would explore all means, including negotiations with Boko Haram terrorists, to rescue the kidnapped Chibok girls if he were the president, a statement that contradicts his present stance. After a video clip of his 2015 statement went viral this week, Mr El-Rufai has explained why he as governor has moved in the opposite direction. No fewer than 270 schoolgirls were abducted when Boko H...

Busted: Identity Of Ruthless Bandits’ Leader Holding 29 Kaduna Students Exposed, Has Many Cattle Isiya, according to intelligence sources, is in his late 20s, but has a large contingent of fighters and great herds of cattle across Kaduna State. by Saharareporters, New York Apr 29, 2021 A wanted and notorious bandits’ leader, Buderi Isiya, has been revealed as the leader of the gang holding 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, among m...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The parents of the remaining 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna, promised to storm the National Assembly in an unprecedented protest if the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), which supervises the college, fails to secure the release of their children from their abductors by midnight of Thursday, April 29, 2021. Ten of the 39 students abducted on Tuesday, March 11, 2021 have already been released by the abductors i...