Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Government has confirmed that at least eight of the 362 passengers, who boarded the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train from Abuja around 6pm on Monday, are dead, while 26 are currently hospitalised and several others still unaccounted for. Confirming the figures, Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, also disclosed that from the […]

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai {M}, with a victim PDP slams Buhari, APC Eight bodies have been recovered from the Kaduna train attack, while 26 others were confirmed injured and currently receiving medical attention. Several others were still unaccounted for as search and rescue operations continue. Besides, Kaduna State Government disclosed that no fewer than […]

The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers on Tuesday expressed shock over the death of the General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, in the Kaduna train attack on Monday. The union’s Secretary-General, Mr Segun Esan, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, described the incident as shocking and devastating. It was […]

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has commiserated with the labor unions and the family of the state Chairman of Trade Union Congress, Mr. Akinsola Akinwunmi, who died in the Monday Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaiye, and made available to […]

Katsina State Health Commissioner, Nuhu Danja, is currently on admission in a Kaduna hospital following injuries he sustained from the Monday evening Kaduna train attack by terrorists. The terrorists were said to have shot and injured the commissioner in the leg during the attack. An official of the State Ministry of Health made the disclosure […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, met with service chiefs and heads of security agencies following the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train that left many dead and several injured. During the meeting, he received briefs from the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, with the Chief of Army Staff, […]

Gunmen reportedly killed five persons and injured three others in some communities of Iregwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau on Monday. Mr Davidson Malison, National Publicity Secretary, Iregwe Development Association, stated on Tuesday in Jos that the attack was immediately reported to the police and the military in the state. Malison stated […]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said that his command had since begun the hunt for the terrorists who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train. He said this at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre 1st Annual Members Summit with the theme, “Nigeria’s Security in the 21st Century: Issues, Challenges, and Panacea’’ on Tuesday, in […]

Suspected terrorists yesterday night detonated explosives on the Abuja-Kaduna train and opened fire on about 970 passengers on board. The Kaduna-bound train derailed after explosives believed to be planted on the rail track went off close to Rigasa area of the state. The 6:00p.m. train, which took off from Idu Train Station at the Federal […]