Tag: KATSINA
13-year-old arrested for killing bandits in Katsina
Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy for allegedly killing two men suspected to be bandits in the state.
The police said the...
Catholic priest killed in Katsina, another abducted
Gunmen on Thursday night attacked the Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi, Katsina State, killing the parish priest Rev. Fr Alphonsus Bello.
The unidentified men also...
SS2 student, father, 7 others abducted in Katsina
No fewer than nine persons have been abducted after gunmen invaded Albasun Liman village in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
A source told...
80 Katsina students abducted in fresh attack
The police in Katsina on Sunday confirmed that 80 pupils of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, an Islamic school in Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area of the state...
Katsina abductions: 17 students found – Masari
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari on Monday evening said 17 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, have been found and reunited with their parents.
The...
Boko Haram leader Shekau claims responsibility for Katsina school kidnapping
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of students of the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina State.
Leader...
Katsina schoolboys’ kidnappers have contacted us, Masari tells Buhari
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration had begun talks with kidnappers of students from Government Science...
333 students missing after Katsina school attack – Masari
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari on Sunday said 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara are still missing following Friday's attack on the...
Bandits abduct students in Katsina school after Buhari’s arrival
Suspected bandits on Friday night invaded Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State and abducted a number of students yet to be ascertained.
This...
Katsina bans WhatsApp in schools
Katsina State Government has banned the use of WhatsApp in schools as a means of disseminating information.
In a circular marked MOE/ZDKT/ADG/VOL.1 and dated December...