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The Federal Government with funding support from the World Bank has kicked off a 2.5MW solar hybrid power project at the Afaka Campus of Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. The project being implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency under the Energizing Education Programme phase two, according to the contractors – Dongfang …

Power and rail infrastructure are the most attacked assets in Nigeria in the last three years. This was disclosed in a report by a socioeconomic research firm, SBM intelligence, yesterday, titled: ‘Attacks on infrastructure in Nigeria.’ According to the report, an overwhelming majority of attacks on infrastructural installations since 2019 …

Lifeless body of a 15-year-old JSS 3 student is found floating along River Kaduna bridge on Friday 8th of April. Salemgists gathered that the body was rescued after a report was made to the Search and Rescue/Paramedic Unit of the Federal Fire Service Kaduna State Command. It was learnt that …

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu arrives Kaduna to Condole Government, People over Train Terror Attack The former Governor of Lagos and Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Kaduna to sympathize with the government and people of the state over the recent attacks by terrorists which …

At least 11 soldiers were killed after some terrorists locally dubbed as bandits raided a Nigerian military base in Polwire village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source who disclosed this to Newsextra24 said the incident occurred on Monday. He said the bandits came in large …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft operating in the North-East and North-West regions of the country between March 28 and 31, 2022, killed 33 terrorists in coordinated airstrikes in the forests of Borno, Zamfara and Kaduna States. A top military source said the NAF through the Air Component of Operations …

Reports from multiple Twitter users claim that Bandits a.k.a Terrorists have stormed a low cost area in Zaria, Kaduna State and are shooting sporadically. A female Twitter user claimed a Mallam and his family were kidnapped. The attacked seemed to have began by 10:20 pm on Wednesday. JUST IN: Bandits …

Insecurity has been a major concern in Nigeria for over a decade now. Starting from the dreaded Boko Haram group and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) unleashing terror in the North East to banditry and kidnapping in the North West and violent attacks by Indigenous People of Biafra in …

A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, has sustained gunshot wounds in Monday’s terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound train. The train conveying hundreds of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits between Katari and Rijana in Kaduna State. An aide to the …

Two cleaners and workers of the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train identified as Loretta and Abdul have been confirmed dead, Newsextra24 learnt. Newsextra24 learnt that some security personnel and passengers have also been confirmed dead but their names have yet to be released. A lot passengers were also injured or abducted, it …