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How Works Ministry Issued Certificate for Uncompleted Kano Road Project

By: Abubakar Ismail Kankara About a year ago, Aliyu Umar fell victim to a brutal attack that claimed his life while ferrying a passenger on his motorbike from Kwagar to Uran in Gezawa local government area of Kano State, northwest Nigeria. Hoodlums were said to have

Despite receiving N20m for erosion control, contractor abandons project in Kaduna

Nine-year-old Kabiru Sani lost his life in November 2021, when he fell into a ditch dug by contractors of the Nigerian Government in Rigasa community of Kaduna State, in Northwestern Nigeria. Recalling the sad event, Aisha Abubakar, Kabiru’s stepmother said she received the shocking news on

Special Report: Terrorists’ Kidnapping For Ransom Generates Billions As Insecurity Woes In Nigeria

With the figures coming from the recent Abuja-Kaduna train attack-freeing kidnap victims, kidnapping for ransom is gradually growing to become the most profitable criminal enterprise with the power of guns and gangs as capital in Nigeria. It is a tragic scenario capable of destroying the country’s

Deplorable Conditions Of Roads Triggers Terrorism, Banditry in Northwest, Northeast Nigeria

Atrocities are committed against Nigerian civilians by sponsored extremist terrorist organizations like Boko-Haram and their so-called factional groups, the Islamic State-West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the northeast, while the terrorist armed groups of Fulani militia known as Bandits in the northwest have exposed many civilians to

Days After Kaduna Massacre, 180 Almajiri Still Missing

Days After Kaduna Massacre, 180 Almajiri Still Missing The brutal attacks on the villages of Riheya, Kauran Pawa, and Marke in the Giwa local government area of Kaduna state left many families in pain and agony. Recall that armed bandits stormed the villages on December 19,

How Bandits Coerce Farmers To Rustle Cows As Ransom In Katsina

How Bandits Coerce Farmers To Rustle Cows As Ransom In Katsina The (Containment) Order signed into law by the governors of Katsina, Zamafara, and Kaduna on targets to combat insurgency and banditry has reshaped the activities of the armed bandits in the state of Katsina. There

How Erosion, Floods Are Consuming Graves In Rigasa Cemetery

Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria: Whenever people answer the call of nature, their graves become a resting place But the story of Hayin Biliya cemetery in the Rigasa community of Igabi local government area of Kaduna state is quite deplorable. Due to landslides and lack of drainage, many

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