Tag: Zaria
Rainstorm destroys 200 houses in Zaria, Sabongari
Rainstorm on Saturday destroyed no fewer than 200 residential houses and shops in Zaria City and parts of Sabon-Gari Local…
DSS arrests Boko Haram members that executed Potiskum, Kano, Zaria, Jos bombings
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested some members of the ruthless Islamist sect, Boko Haram that…
Zaria bomb blast, devil’s handiwork – Rep
Femi Adi/Kaduna House of Representatives member, Barrister Sunday Marshall Katung, has said the Sabon-Gari bomb blast is the handiwork of…
Army arrests mastermind of Jos, Zaria suicide attacks
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the mastermind of the two recent bomb and gun attacks in…
UPDATE: Zaria Bomb Blast: 25 dead including 2-year old, says El Rufai
Governor Nasir El Rufai has confirmed that the number of the people killed in the bomb blast in Zaria, Kaduna…
El-Rufai visits bomb blast scene as death toll rises to 21
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has visited the scene of a bomb blast in Zaria today. The death toll…
20 killed in Zaria bomb blast, says El Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has confirmed 20 persons dead in a bomb attack on civil servants at Sabongari…
Bomb blast rips through Zaria city
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 20 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a government office in…
Zaria rocked by bomb blast
A bomb blast has occurred in the university town of Zaria, in Kaduna state, the latest in the terrorist attacks…
I’ll rehabilitate Zaria Prison, says El-Rufai
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, said on Saturday that the state government would rehabilitate the Zaria Prison at a…
2015 Election: Zaria leaves El-Rufai ‘speechless’
Mammoth crowd on Monday prevented the APC gubernatorial flag-bearer in Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufa’i, from addressing campaign rally in…
ABU Zaria don joins APC presidential race
A professor of business education at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Mr Mahmood Aliyu, has declared his intention to contest…
Ebola: Kaduna records first suspected case
A student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has been put into isolation at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital,…
Military commences inquiry into Zaria shooting
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said that it had commenced inquiry into the shooting incident that occurred in Zaria…
CAN condemns Zaria killings, condoles Islamic cleric, El-Zakzaky
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed sadness over the clashes in Zaria, Kaduna State, which claimed some lives,…