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  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the state government has no money to pay bandits amid the renewed attacks by armed groups in the state. He stated that the recent bandits’ attacks on communities in the state were a result of the government’s decision that it would not negotiate with them. “We have a feeling that the renewed attacks in Kaduna are not unconnected to the position that we have taken as a government that we will not negotiate with criminals,” said ...

The Kaduna State Government has debunked reports that it had appointed representatives to negotiate with bandits. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, dismissed the speculations in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the state government’s stance against negotiation or payment of ransom to bandits has not changed. The statement said: “The attention of the Kaduna State Government under the leadership of Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to...

Vanguard News Double your efforts to rescue abducted 39 Afaka students, ASURI tells PMB On President Muhammadu Buhari The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI), the umbrella body of researchers in all Federal Research and Development Institutions (RDIs), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify all the efforts being made to rescue the 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization (FCFM), Afaka, Kaduna. The Union in a letter addressed to President Buhari ...

By John Shiklam The Kaduna State Government has directed the closure of all public and private schools in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state following the abduction of pupils in the state. The state government has also relocated pupils of schools prone to attacks by bandits to safer institutions. A memo from the Zonal Education Office, Sabon Tasha, dated March 16 and addressed to all principals of public and private schools, directed that the schools should close in view of the prevailin...

• We’re to enforce law, not negotiate with bandits, says El-Rufai • Shuts schools in Kajuru over kidnapping Operation Lafiya Dole has killed 41 Boko Haram terrorists in the Gulwa/Musuri/Gambouru axis of Lake Chad region in Borno State. Also, yesterday, Operation Thunder Strike in Kaduna State killed two armed bandits and rescued four victims in ‘35’ village, Chikun Local Council. The 45-minute Borno operation also led to the rescue of 60 elderly women and children, who had reportedly ...

El-Rufai, Education Ministry Give Different Directives On Schools Closure In Kaduna The ministry in a letter dated 16 March 2021 had directed all principals and proprietors of public and private schools in Kajuru to shut schools with immediate effect. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 17, 2021 Few hours after the Kaduna State Ministry of Education directed all schools in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state to be closed due to rising insecurity, Governor Nasir El-Rufai said all schools in t...

ON THE GO $1.5bn refinery repair: Nigerians should hold me accountable for every dollar, says Sylva Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, says Nigerians should hold him accountable “for every dollar, every cent” spent on the Port Harcourt refinery. Advertisement He said President Muhammadu Buhari... Buhari breaks silence on Ortom attack, orders ‘thorough investigation’ President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue stat...

ON THE GO $1.5bn refinery repair: Nigerians should hold me accountable for every dollar, says Sylva Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, says Nigerians should hold him accountable “for every dollar, every cent” spent on the Port Harcourt refinery. Advertisement He said President Muhammadu Buhari... Buhari breaks silence on Ortom attack, orders ‘thorough investigation’ President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue stat...

Following a warning speech given by President Muhammadu Buhari after bandits abducted scores of students in Kaduna, former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu |

By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna The military high command and intelligence agencies are working on a grand plan involving a joint-operational strategy to stem the rampant kidnappings of schoolchildren in the North, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. This is coming as the Nigerian Army yesterday said it was making concerted efforts to rescue three teachers from the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, Rama village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kadu...