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At least 10 students from the Government Secondary School in Kaduna state were abducted during an attack in northwest Nigeria, reports said. “The exact location of the incident is yet to be ascertained but detailed reports being awaited will clarify whether the incident occurred within the school premises or elsewhere,” …

18 people were killed when terrorists clashed with local security guards in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria. This is just as the death toll of the attack on Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. “Search parties were still busy looking for …

Some terrorists killed a pastor’s son and whisked away his wife and three others as they attacked Karimbu-Kahugu Community in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. “The assailants invaded the village and went straight to the clergy’s residence,” report said. The terrorists operated for over an hour …

A palace guard, has been dismissed with immediate effect from the services of the Zazzau Emirate Council for raping a lady on a mission to the palace in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The incident happened when the guard lured the lady, who was preparing for a wedding and came to seek …

Three people died and two others injured after an attack by gunmen on two churches in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, local media reported. The state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles entered four villages in co-ordinated attacks robbing people and later targeted …

At least 32 people died in the Kajura area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria on Sunday, after an attack by gunmen locally known as bandits, authorities said on Thursday. The armed men on motorcycles set fire to houses in several villages in the area, authorities said. “The attackers moved …

Nigerian police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping of more than 130 students in Kaduna State. Security forces launched a nationwide crackdown on criminal gangs after the kidnapping of students from a private university and a secondary school in Kaduna state last year. All hostages were released …

Armed men on Thursday abducted Ayuba Dodo Dakolo, a local leader from Nigeria’s Kaduna state, causing distress in the palace, local media reported. Mr Dakolo was abducted with three of his children and several other people on his farm on the outskirts of the village of Rijana in the northern …

Nigeria’s military says it has killed 34 members of a motorbike gang in an air raid in the northern state of Kaduna, the BBC reports. It carried out the operation on Wednesday near Mangoro village, an air force spokesperson said. Armed gangs, locally known as bandits, have stepped up attacks …

Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a train in which they abducted an unknown number of passengers in northern Kaduna state, local media reported. The gang mined the track between the capital, Abuja, and Kaduna city and forced the evening train to a halt. Many of the approximately 1,000 passengers on board …