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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.
Mansur Abubakar - BBC News, Kaduna. January 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM ... (Adamu Abdullahi's sons) - are the three full-time workers, all reporting in by 07:00 for a 12-hour shift, seven days a week.
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 train left Abuja's Idu station at 6 pm and was scheduled to arrive in Kaduna's Rigasa train station by 8 pm. [9] [10] According to eyewitness accounts, the train was bombed twice before the armed bandits opened fire at the passengers. [11] Sixty-two passengers were abducted in the attack. [12]
In May 2024, a Leadership newspaper reporter reported an investigation case by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), on the cause of the derailment of a passenger train KA2/loco 2702, travelling from the Rigasa train station in Kaduna to the Idu train station in Abuja. The derailment occurred at Jere, but no one was found to be ...
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.
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 Southern Kaduna Crisis is part of a series of ethnicity conflicts in Nigeria. It is tied in with issues of religious and ethnic tension and the Fulani herdsmen crisis, as well as the growing tide of banditry [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and general insecurity [ 4 ] particularly in the north of the country.