Terrorists are said to have kidnapped Reverend Father Abraham Kunat, the Catholic Priest of St. Bernard, Idon Gida Parish in Kaduna State.
However, it was discovered that the incident occurred in the state's St. Mulumba, Krumin Sara, and Kachia Local Government Areas.
Reverend Joseph Hayab, State Chairman of the Christian...
Many of the hostages held by the terrorists who attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28 have fallen ill in the terrorists' den, according to Malam Tukur Mamu, media consultant to controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.
According to Mamu, a former negotiator and Publisher of the Kaduna-based Desert Herald...
Thirty-five residents kidnapped by bandits at the Millenium City settlement in Kaduna State's Chikun Local Government Area have been released.
The victims were reportedly received by the community's residents on Friday.
It was also learned that N2.5m was paid as ransom for each of the 35 hostages before they could be...
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Idah in Kogi State - River Niger
Lokoja in Kogi State - River Niger
Kaduna in Kaduna State - River Kaduna
Illah in Delta State - River Niger
Yola in Adamawa State - River Benue
Lau in Taraba State - River Benue
Makurdi in Benue State - River Benue
Sagbama in Bayelsa State - River Niger
Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi...
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Unlike anywhere else in Nigeria, Lagos requires federal infrastructure as it accounts for one quarter of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP), one third of non-oil GDP, attracts about 70% of foreign direct investment (FDI) and half of all Nigeria's cars ply Lagos roads
With a population of about 15m, Lagos is the...
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Under this scheme, the five states of the southeast geo-political zone will float a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses with a maximum interest rate of 5%
Every year, at least 200 Abriba and Ohafia cobblers will be sent to China to be trained on modern shoe production. The...
NIGERIA'S military high command has revealed the identity of the two Nigeria Air Force (Naf) pilots who lost their lives in the recent air accident in Kaduna when a Super Mushshak trainer aircraft that crashed last Wednesday.
According to the Naf high command, Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Muhammed Alkali and Flight Lieutenant...
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This is a picture of a German train being sabotaged by French resistance fighters in 1944. In many cases, German military trains were blown up while in the engine shed before they could be deployed to the war front
Like all other resistance fighters across Europe, the French partisans could not match the Nazi military...
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We have a 60% literacy rate today. At independence, I doubt if up to 5% of the population was literate. I am sure that for many middle aged Nigerians today, their parents were the first people to get an education in their families
Nigeria currently has 150 universities. At independence we only had one because the...
NEW Nigerian Newspaper journalist Amos Mathew has had his car miraculously stolen outside the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna in a act believed to have been carried out by party political thugs.
Mr Matthew, the political editor of the paper drove to the secretariat in the black Volkswagen Golf...
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