…Cholera epidemic, hunger tear Boko Haram apart as 80 fighters defect from Shekau’s faction …Military alerted to planned joint ISWAP/defectors attacks on Baba town in Borno …Arewa youths claim bandits kill 11,000 in Zamfara By Kingsley Omonobi & Ibrahim HassanWuyo President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday asked indigenes of Kaduna, especially Southern Kaduna, to cooperate with the […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has expressed disappointment over last Tuesday and Wednesday’s attacks in some parts of Southern Kaduna, saying the development were contrary to the spirit of the ongoing peace process in the area. To this end, the organisation cautioned those it referred to […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Gunmen at the weekend, stormed a community in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, killing two. The gunmen also injured many defenceless natives and set many houses on fire. The umbrella body of all the people from southern Kaduna, the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), stated that a large number […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Again, the Department of State Service, DSS has for the third time in less than two months invited Dr Obadiah Mailafia to appear before its officials on Monday, the 14th of September, 2020. The recent invitation came even as Dr Mailafia is asking the court to restrain the Nigeria Police […]

…Tells kinsmen not to allow themselves used to breach peace efforts …Commends OPSH for swift response to attacks, preventing escalation …urges military to treat perpetrators as criminals By Joseph Erunke Indigenous peace-building organisation in Southern Kaduna operating under the aegis of Southern Kaduna Peace Practitioners, SOKIPEP, has condemned last Tuesday and Wednesday’s isolated attacks in […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Martin Luther Agwai(retd) has said that God will use Governor  Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state to end the crisis in Southern Kaduna. He spoke at a Peace Summit organized by “Friends of Southern Kaduna” in collaboration with Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission held in Kafanchan on […]

…We need peace not blame game, it insists By Joseph Erunke SOUTHERN Kaduna Peace Practitioners, SOKIPEP, a peace advocacy group in the area, has warned stakeholders against any inflammatory statements, advising that any action capable of jeopardizing the ongoing peace process must not be given attention. KOKIPEP, in a statement Wednesday, by its National Coordinator, […]

With 57 out of 67 ethnic groups in Kaduna state Seeks support for return of IDPs back to their ancestral homes By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Southern Kaduna is made up of 12 Local Government Areas,LGAs , and holds 51.2% of the population of Kaduna state, based on the  2006 census population figures, officials of the Southern […]

By Joseph Erunke A peace advocacy group in Southern Kaduna has thanked President Muhamadu Buhari, the Chief of Defence Staff and the service chiefs for deployment of Special Forces to the area following the crisis that have seen many killed, displaced and property worth several millions of Naira destroyed in the area. The group under […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Pastor of Vision pioneer Throneroom (Trust) Ministry Kafanchan, Apostle Dr Emmanuel Nuhu Kure has said that as a priest, people now come to him, asking him to buy arms for them. “They are calling on their Pastors to take part of the offerings and buy arms for them to defend themselves. That […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo ARCHBISHOP Kaduna Province and Bishop of Wusasa, Most Reverend Dr. A.B. Lamido, has said that within the Nigerian context, ethnic and religious antagonism lead to bloodshed because politicians have inflamed passions to secure their own grip on power. He, however, said that dialogue is a way of peace and needed for solving […]

Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said if everyone keeps quiet about the current poor security situation in the country, especially the killings in Southern Kaduna, the country will die.

…Says ethno-religious conflicts most difficult to resolve By Ibrahim Hassan The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has warned Southern Kaduna leaders against inflammatory comments that would further aggravate the crisis situation in the area. Scores of persons have recently been killed in Southern Kaduna, and this […]

The Province Bishops, comprising those of Kaduna, Kano, Kontagora, Minna, Sokoto, and Zaria dioceses, which make up the Ecclesiastic Province has appealed to traditional rulers and religious leaders in southern Kaduna and its environs to continue to make effort towards peace. Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso, who spoke when they visited the chiefs of Kagoro, Takad, and […]

…say it’s in the best interest of youths to end killings …Urge traditional and religious leaders to stand above politics and ethnicity By Luminous Jannamike The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province, Sunday said God is unhappy with the recent killings in Southern Kaduna and the efforts stakeholders have made to stop their escalation. Consequently, […]