The Latest Breaking News from Kaduna

Much of northern Nigeria has been battered by conflict in a longstanding security crisis, and U_S_ President Donald Trump has singled the country out for what he calls “the killing of Christians” by “radical Islamists.”

The #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria from 1 August to 10 August took a rather unexpected dimension when some protesters in Kano and Kaduna states, both in the country’s north-west region, were seen waving and sharing Russian flags on the streets. In reaction, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu met with the country’s…

tonight's edition: Kenya's president delays the country's controversial commitment to send a police force to tackle violent gangs in Haiti. Also, Rwanda upholds an election ban on opposition leader and government critic Victoire Ingabire. And more kidnappings in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria this week ramp up fears. The president…

Locals tell Al Jazeera they feel abandoned by the government and will have no peace of mind until the children return.

Security forces in Nigeria's northwest region are conducting a rescue operation for nearly 300 abducted school children in Kaduna state. Bandits are suspec...

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.

Gunmen escape with children from a school in Kuriga town in Kaduna state.

People were gathered for a Muslim celebration in Kaduna state when a drone struck, in what the president called a "bombing mishap."

A Nigerian army drone strike accidently killed at least 85 civilians in a village in northwest Kaduna State, officials said, in one of the country's deadliest military bombing mishaps.