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Kaduna State University is located in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was established in 2004. [1] [2] [3] It has sixteen faculties with over 50 departments.
On 7 March 2024, more than 200 Nigerian school students were abducted from their educational institution in the north-western town of Kuriga , Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The event occurred while the pupils were gathered on the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT).
The Greenfield University kidnapping took place on 20 April 2021, when at least 20 students and 2 staff were kidnapped in Kasarami village, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria, during an attack by suspected armed bandits at Greenfield University. The remaining 14 students were released on 29 May 2021 after one month in captivity.
He reportedly wrote a report stating that the Kaduna State governor, el-Rufai, was pelted with rocks by youths on a peace-brokering mission. [33] On 26 October 2016, a public commentator and former Kaduna State University lecturer, John Danfulani, got arrested over his Facebook post criticizing Nasir el-Rufai's government and detained for 13 days.
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria , on the Kaduna River . It is a trade center and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern states of Nigeria , with its rail and important road network.
The attack occurred at 9:30 PM local time on 11 March 2021 at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna State. [4] The college is located on the outskirts of Kaduna city near the Nigerian defence academy military barracks. [5] [3] [4] The "armed bandits" entered the school by making a hole in the compound's perimeter wall. [5]
Greenfield University is a private university in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria.It was established in January 2019, and commenced the 2018/19 session in May 2019. According to the pro chancellor Simon Nwakacha, "the university has completed arrangement to start with three faculties, namely; the faculty of social and management sciences, faculty of engineering and the faculty of science and ...
On 3 December 2023, a drone strike was carried out by the Nigerian Armed Forces on Tudun Biri, Kaduna State. Targeting what they thought was a group of bandits, the army mistakenly hit a village, killing at least 88 civilians.