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Zangon Kataf Killings In Kaduna. (Photos, viewer discretion adviced)
Reports from Aduwan village stated that five persons were killed last night in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. Photos from citizens in the area shows several others injured by unknown gunmen who stormed the area last night The incident, according to a military source happened along Zonkwa-Madakiya Road in Kduna state. Related
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Police Detectives Studying Sheik Gumi’s Allegations That Yakowa And Azazi Perished While Planning Against Muslims
Police detectives are studying audio and video tapes of the sermons in which Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, asserted that the late governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa perished along with former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Azazi while strategizing against Northern Nigerian Muslims, a top security operative has said. Related posts:
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We politicians exploit religious, ethnic sentiments for selfish reasons — President Jonathan
“Most of us who are politicians exploit religious sentiments to divide Nigerians for our own selfish gains,” Jonathan. President Goodluck Jonathan has accused most Nigerian politicians of exploiting religious and ethnic sentiments to divide Nigerians for selfish reasons. The President said this during the weekly Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, meeting held on Wednesday. He said
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GEN. YAKUBU GOWON ESCAPES DEATH IN HELICOPTER
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has disclosed that he narrowly missed the helicopter that crashed in Bayelsa on Saturday, killing Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi, and four others. Related posts: Bayelsa helicopter crash: I suspect foul play – Governor Suswam Kaduna State Gov, Yakowa and Former
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Yakowa’s body arrives in Kaduna amid tears
The remains of the Late Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, and that of his aide and friend, Dauda Tsoho, arrived in Kaduna airport aboard a Nigerian Air Force cargo plane at 2.45pm on Tuesday. The bodies were received by hundreds of wailing sympathisers who thronged the airport. Related posts: Kaduna State Gov, Yakowa
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Yakowa’s Widow Mooted As Possible Candidate For Deputy Gov. Position
A new power play is emerging in Kaduna state following the tragic death of the former governor, Patrick Yakowa, on Sunday in a Nigeria Navy helicopter crash in Bayelsa state as plans are reportedly underway to tap Amina, the widow of the late governor as the deputy to the newly sworn-in governor of the state,
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“Boko Haram After My Life” – Gov Suswan
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has described as critical the condition of his Taraba State counterpart, Danbaba Suntai, who has been hospitalised in Germany following injuries he sustained in a plane crash two months ago. Suswam, who just returned from Germany where he visited Governor Suntai on his hospital bed, made this disclosure yesterday
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Kaduna State Gov, Yakowa and Former NSA Azazi Dead in Helicopter Crash
It was a black Saturday in Nigeria as Governor Yakowa and General Azazi were killed in a plane crash A troubled helicopter conveying sympathizers to a funeral in Bayelsa state, burst into flames on Saturday, before plunging into the creeks, killing the governor of Kaduna state, Patrick Yakowa, a former National Security Adviser, Owoye Azazi, and
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The enemy within: Jaji bombs were made inside the Barracks – Report
Eight days after the bombing of the church inside the Jaji military formation in Kaduna State, Daily Sun learnt that the bombs used in the act might have actually been manufactured within the quarters. This new lead came just as the Board of Inquiry (BoI) set up by military authorities to investigate the bombing commenced
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Car bomb kills at least 5 at military church in Nigeria
At least five people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday when a car bomb exploded at a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, a military source said.
The Killers of the Nigerian Worshippers Were Dressed in Police Uniform
Yesterday, gunmen suspected to be robbers went on the rampage, killing 20 persons in Dogo-Dawa village, Birmin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Dogon Dawa lies about 70 kilometres (40 miles) from the state capital Kaduna city. The gunmen were said to have opened fire on worshippers returning to their houses after the dawn muslim
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Nigerian Pilgrims Plane Not Allowed To Land In Saudi Arabia
Kabo aircraft, conveying Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had to make a forced landing in Sudan capital, Khartoum, Wednesday, over its airworthiness. The aircraft, with registration number N9-1143, was conveying pilgrims from Kaduna State but denied landing by the authorities of the King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah due to communication lapses as
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Another Terror Strike in Nigeria
FlASH! Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, a local official said. The attack happened in a remote village called Dogo Dawa, in Kaduna state, said Abdullahi Muhammad, the traditional ruler and councillor of Birnin Gwari, a local government area
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Boko Haram now weakened, says govt
Though communities and individuals are currently reeling from the pains and shock inflicted by Boko Haramin some parts of the country, the Federal Government has claimed that it is winning the fight against the terrorist group. Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo stated the government’s position at the weekend as soldiers and policemen disclosed their uncovering
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Northern Muslims demand N105bn compensation from FG for genocide
Muslims members of Southern Kaduna community in Kaduna State has asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay them the sum of N105bn as compensation for failing to protect them from an alleged ethno-religious cleansing carried out by indigenous members of the community after the April 2011
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