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My Exciting Discovery in Southern Kaduna — Sowore

Omoyele Sowore — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:49:56 +0000

My Exciting Discovery in Southern Kaduna — Sowore My first ever trip to Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna last week was an interesting voyage. Kafanchan was (is still sometimes) a flashpoint of religious tension/crisis in the northern parts of Nigeria. When the Southern Kaduna Youths and Students Forum (SKYFON) invited me to their inauguration, I was told […]

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Army Boss Lays Foundation for Southern Kaduna Military Barracks

Prnigeria — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 09:57:53 +0000

The Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has laid the foundation stone for the building of a military barracks in Kafanchan in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State at the weekend.

The event was in fulfilment of the federal government’s promise to establish two military formations in Southern Kaduna to ensure security in the area.

General Buratai said the setting up of military formation in the area would consolidate the peace process that had already started in the area.

The General Officer Commanding, 1 Mechanised Division, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, in his remarks said since the presidential approval for the setting up of military formations, the Army has been looking for a suitable land to establish a battalion in Kafanchan.

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Southern Kaduna: Police Arrest 17 Suspects in Kafanchan

Csp Jimoh Moshood — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:37:02 +0000

Concerned by the recent unfortunate sectarian crisis in Kafanchan and neighbouring communities in Kaduna state where so many innocent lives were lost and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, as a result of this and the need to put a final stop to the crisis the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni, constituted a Joint Tactical Operation Squad (Operation Harmony), comprising the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Intelligence Response Team, SIB, EOD, the IGP Monitoring Unit, Police K9 (Sniffer Dog Section), Police Air wing and Police Medical Team with Headquarters in Kafanchan.

The operation recorded remarkable achievements in tackling the crisis and preventing further disturbance of public peace across southern Kaduna. Seventeen (17) suspects listed below who were arrested in the act and caches of fire arms and ammunition were recovered from them

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