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Nigeria records no Covid deaths and only 65 cases last Friday

Principia Scientific 08 Nov 2021
A breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that Kaduna State reported 20 cases, followed by Gombe with 10 cases. The FCT also recorded nine cases; Rivers State, nine while Bauchi State reported six cases. While Lagos State, the epicentre of disease ... The NCDC noted that six states.
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Nigeria’s rampant banditry, and some ideas on how to rein it in

The New Humanitarian 08 Nov 2021
Zamfara, one of Nigeria’s poorest states, is at the centre of the banditry ... The violence has forced more than 450,000 people from their homes in five states – Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara ... Some states, led by Kaduna and Niger, have taken a far harder line by refusing to negotiate over ransom demands or amnesties.
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Nigeria: Defamation - Court Orders Newspaper to Apologize, Pay Damages to El-Rufai

All Africa 08 Nov 2021
A High Court has ordered Today Publishing Company, publishers of The Union newspaper, to tender an apology and pay N10m for defaming Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state ....
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SWAGA’23: Yoruba must look beyond Tinubu’s ambition

Business Day Online 08 Nov 2021
He cannot bring himself to challenge Buhari’s adamantine opposition to restructuring; Buhari even ignores the report of his own party’s committee on restructuring, led by Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State.
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Bandits’ invasion of UniAbuja signals Nigerian varsities no longer ‘sacred’

Business Day Online 07 Nov 2021
Speaking on the issue, Anele Oguezi, an associate professor at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, decried that no place is safe if gunmen can attack the Nigerian Defense Academy in Kaduna unchallenged ... I had said that it would be difficult for the bandits terrorising Niger, Kaduna, Zamfara, and some other states, to venture into Abuja.
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In Nigeria, a Baptist Congregation Kidnapped by Terrorists in Kaduna State

The Epoch Times 05 Nov 2021
In another recent instance of the Baptist Church being targeted, on July 4, 121 students from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State were kidnapped, bringing the total of ....
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At least 10 killed in NW Nigeria village attacks

Sina 05 Nov 2021
5 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 villagers were killed on Friday in separate attacks by gunmen on two villages in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, said the state government ... area of the state early Friday.
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Armed bandits killed in NW Nigeria airstrikes: official

Sina 04 Nov 2021
4 (Xinhua) -- Armed bandits had been killed in two airstrikes carried out by the military in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State, an ...
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‘Unity of Nigeria should be about acceptance’

Business Day Online 04 Nov 2021
... and guest speaker, during a conference on ‘Unity and Diversity in Nigeria’ at the Arewa House, Kaduna ... Atiku Abubakar (r); Governor Udom Emmanuel, Ambassador Shehu Malami, chairman of the occasion, and Hafsatu Hassan-Baba, representative of Kaduna State governor at the event.
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AfCFTA: Five commodities Nigeria can leverage to boost export

Business Day Online 04 Nov 2021
Nigeria is the leading producer of ginger in Africa and the fourth-largest producer in the world, grown majorly in northern region like Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger, and Gombe states, according to the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) ... Sesamum is cultivated in 10 states ...
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Nigeria: How Bandits Abducted '60 Worshippers' From Kaduna Church

All Africa 03 Nov 2021
SUB. At least 60 worshippers were abducted when bandits raided Emmanuel Baptist Church located in Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State ....
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ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (16-22 October 2021)

Reliefweb 03 Nov 2021
This is the first attack in western Niger targeting the convoy of a state official ... Meanwhile, military forces repelled several attacks by ISWAP in Borno state, resulting in dozens of fatalities among militants ... In Kaduna state, military forces launched operations against the militias and killed over 50 militiamen in airstrikes and ground operations.
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United in Grief Again

Business Day Online 03 Nov 2021
He ended up at the Rivers State Institute of Technology, Port Harcourt ... Deposits in United States dollars had been made on aircrafts ... That formed the basis of court action in the United States ... “The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said there is governance failure because there are so many incompetent people in government.
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Bandits Kill 5, Abduct Worshippers in Kaduna

All Africa 02 Nov 2021
Kaduna -- The Kaduna State government, yesterday, confirmed that five persons were killed in different locations in Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of the state while many were kidnapped ....
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Gunmen kidnap 4 university lecturers, children in Nigeria's capital

Anadolu Agency 02 Nov 2021
He stated that university security authorities are working with law enforcement ... On March 11, gunmen kidnapped at least 38 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Afaka in the northern Kaduna state.
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