southern kaduna crisis

The Nigerian Army has commenced a special military exercise in Southern Kaduna code-named “Operation Harbin Kunama II” – Scorpion Sting-, whose major aim is to checkmate the farmers/herdsmen and ethno-religious crises in the area. The three-decade-old crisis mostly occurred in Kaura, Kafanchan...

Peace may have returned to the troubled Southern Kaduna as the Goska, Ambam, Bakin Kogi and Dangoma communities in Kaninkon Chiefdom have resolved to put aside their differences, build trust and end the hostilities that have bedeviled them. The communities made the commitment in separate...

Alhaji Haruna Usman, Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), on Tuesday, March 21, accused soldiers of killing 17 herdsmen in Southern Kaduna. Speaking in a telephone interview with THISDAY yesterday, Usman said “they...

Ibrahim Abdullahi, assistant national secretary general of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, has shared his idea on how the Southern Kaduna crisis can be resolved. Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES in Kaduna recently, Mr. Abdullahi said most of the Fulani people involved in the...

Chocolate City Boss Audu Maikori was arrested for raising false alarm concerning the Southern Kaduna killings. READ: Southern Kaduna Killings: Audu Maikori Arrested He was arrested for a story he shared by Twitter on January 23, 2017. See tweets below: After realizing that his driver...

The Nigerian police on Thursday paraded 17 suspects including Fulani herdsmen who were arrested for perpetrating several attacks in Southern Kaduna. The attacks have led to the death of many people. They were arrested in Kafanchan and its environs. Here are their names: i. Nelson Paul ‘M’...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has enumerated measures and approaches his government is making use of to end the current killing spree in Southern Kaduna. He revealed the measures on Sunday when he was visited by traditional rulers in the state. According to him, the measures include establishing...

Three people were reported killed and scores injured in renewed violence in a part of Southern Kaduna. Residents said the attack occurred on Tuesday night at Samarun Kataf, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. A resident of the area told Premium Times that the attack occurred around 9:30...

Bishop David Oyedepo has denied reports that quoted him as charging Christians to take up arms against Muslims in a purported video circulating online for few days. In the video, circulated online,the bishop was seen laying curses on those fomenting crisis in Nigeria. But a spokesman of the...