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  Nigeria: No Justice For Kaduna Killings (Human Rights Watch, 22-7-2003)
The 32-page report, “The ‘Miss World riots': continued impunity for killings in Kaduna,” provides detailed eyewitness accounts of how soldiers and police killed people in cold blood between November 21 and 23, during an operation intended to restore law and order.
One of the most serious cases described in the report is the November 22 execution of eight men by a group of police and military, led by a member of a local defense force.
The Human Rights Watch report concludes that the conflict in Kaduna was more political than religious and stemmed from unresolved disputes between different ethnic and political groups.
www.hrw.org /english/docs/2003/07/22/nigeri6242.htm   (909 words)

  
 Nigeria Releases Casualty Figures from Kaduna Riots
KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) -- Nigerian police authorities reported that 123 churches were burned and 55 mosques razed during the Kaduna religious riots in late February that involved violent clashes between Christians and Muslims over the implementation of sharia (Islamic legal system) in northern Nigeria.
The police command in Kaduna made the disclosure through its commissioner, Alhaji Hamisu Isa, who submitted the report to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which was established in early March to investigate causes of the Kaduna riots.
Christians in Kaduna state have called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency in Kaduna and dissolve the Kaduna State House of Assembly for being responsible for the sharia conflict.
www.worthynews.com /news-features/compass-nigeria-figures-riots.html   (621 words)

  
 Church of Nigeria:
In 1999, the Kaduna Episcopal meeting of the Church of Nigeria was to deliberate the election of the successor of Archbishop Joseph Adetiloye, the former Primate of All Nigeria.
However for four days March 9- 12 2005 Anglican churchmen were in Kaduna this time not to fight battle or show solidarity to the casualties of war but to discuss the mutual growth of the Church particularly on evangelism and to take positions on key issues in the country.
While applauding the donation of the governor, he stressed that contrary to speculations from the outside, Kaduna state is enjoying peace and tranquility and has gone ahead to appoint non-indigenes of the area into the state executive council.
www.anglican-nig.org /kaduna_peace.htm   (564 words)

  
 From Kaduna to Jos As peace gradually returns to Jos   (Site not responding. Last check: )
For those that survived the Kaduna massacre, ahead of them is the continued battle to overcome the memory of that horrific and gory scene.
Instead, Gana was in Kaduna of recent, and either because Makarfi is not Bola Tinubu or because Gana lost no personal relation among the thousand that died last year, Gana was full of praises for a governor in whose state and tenure recorded the highest number of massacred Nigerians.
The inhabitants of Kaduna and Jos are so pure and devoted to their belief to such a point that a mere rumour or argument between Okada rider and passenger can spark a fire that may consume hundreds and thousands of lives and displace three times that number our of their homes.
nigerdeltacongress.com /farticles/from_kaduna_to_jos_as_peace_grad.htm   (1135 words)

  
 Kaduna (city) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kaduna (city), city in north central Nigeria, capital of Kaduna State, on the Kaduna River.
A major rail and road junction, the city is a center for...
A road and rail hub in a major agricultural area, the city is a market center for locally produced...
encarta.msn.com /Kaduna_(city).html   (126 words)

  
 Kaduna - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is a rail and road junction and the trade center for the surrounding agricultural area.
The city was founded by the British in 1913 and became the capital (1917-67) of Nigeria's former Northern Region; it remains N Nigeria's most important political center.
Training colleges for teachers, police, and the military, two universities, and a technical institute are in Kaduna.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Kaduna.html   (257 words)

  
 News -- Riots in Kaduna over police killings
There was confusion on Ahmadu Bello way, the Kaduna central district, and environs, as news of the Tudun Wada unrest spread.
Also, the Kaduna State police command asked residents to go about their legitimate business and ignore what it described as "rumours" in the town.
Kaduna has a blody history of religious and communal riots.
odili.net /news/source/2004/oct/19/200.html   (669 words)

  
 
Kaduna 2006 International Polo Tournament may be one whole week away, but preparations have already been concluded for the grand annual event reputed for its pomp and ceremony.
Kaduna Polo Club Vice President, Alhaji Baba Dantata, who dropped this hint, said the entire Murtala Mohammed Square Complex, which usually host the tournament, was wearing a new look in readiness for the polo carnival.
“Kaduna tournament has traditionally been the most attractive and this year looks particularly promising as virtually everyone is queuing up for the weeklong event, which guarantees to surpass the excitement and competition of last year’s edition,” he told Sunpolo.
www.sunnewsonline.com /webpages/sports/2006/oct/29/sports-29-10-2006-002.htm   (833 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service
About 400 Nigerian Anglican churchmen representing the laity, clergy and bishops are gathering in the northern city of Kaduna for their bi-annual meeting, which is set to be dominated by issues concerning the growth of the church and the state of the nation.
A major concern of the Kaduna meeting will be the appraisal of the vision of the Church of Nigeria initiated by the Primate of All Nigeria, the Most Revd Peter Akinola, shortly after his presentation in 2000 as the leader of the 17-million Nigerian Anglican congregation.
In Kaduna, delegates will be briefed on the outcome of the just-concluded Primates Meeting held in Northern Ireland, particularly on matters affecting sexuality and the North American churches uncompromising liberal stand.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/39/50/acns3954.cfm   (666 words)

  
 On the 21st day of March 2000, hoodlums, unemployed youths, vagabonds and anti democratic elements turned Kaduna State ...
Identifying and punishing the brains behind the crisis may serve the twin process of sanction and punishment, but it is incapable of rekindling hope and allowing the ordinary people who are the real victims of the crisis pick up the pieces of their lives once again.
The events that took place in Kaduna is akin to a natural disaster and the Federal Government must treat it as an emergency situation.
The Kaduna State Government and the Federal Government must also strengthen their curfew enforcement mechanism in order to forestall a return to hostilities as a result of the activities of hoodlums and miscreants.
www.hrm.kabissa.org /kaduna.html   (1133 words)

  
 Kaduna travel guide
Kaduna (Kada meaning crocodile, hence Kaduna - City of Crocodiles) used to be the colonial and immediate post independence capital of Northern Nigeria.
Kaduna is an excellent base for visiting the nearby town of Zaria.
All in all, Kaduna is a nice stop on your way north to Kano} or south to Abuja and North East to Jos.
www.world66.com /africa/nigeria/kaduna   (254 words)

  
 CITIZENS FORUM FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY (CFDD)
The crisis that engulfed Kaduna on the 21
Till this moment, ordinary citizens of Kaduna State are still counting their losses while those that are not sure of the security of their lives and properties are leaving the State to other places and areas where their safety can be guaranteed.
They know that a crisis in Kaduna may likely spread to other parts of the country and when this happens, they will be consulted as leaders of thought and through that inch closer to the corridors of power.
www.hrm.kabissa.org /clpd.html   (1665 words)

  
 More Than 200 Churches Destroyed in Kaduna, Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) -- A total of 294 churches have been burned in Kaduna city of northern Nigeria during Muslim-Christian clashes since the Kaduna state government decided to adopt and implement the Islamic legal system last year.
Thompson told Compass in Lagos that the organization was prompted to come to the aid of the churches to restore life in Kaduna.
Meanwhile, Ambrose Lar, a Christian worker with the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna state, was arrested and detained for seven days in June because of a prayer.
www.worthynews.com /news-features/nigeria-church-destruction.html   (713 words)

  
 Vanguard - Labour : Kaduna refinery flaunts capacity to boost jobs
A couple of weeks ago, some journalists were taken on a tour of the Kaduna refinery to see things for themselves.
Kaduna refinery is in business.” He said this was unlike what it was before the team of Engr.
Kaduna refinery produces a lot of tins and drums which are being used by other companies especially vegetable oil-producing companies, thereby helping to boost jobs in that sector of the economy.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/features/labour/lb117112005.html   (1058 words)

  
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Kaduna state is located at the centre of Northern Nigeria.
Kaduna state is blessed with minerals which include clay, serpentine, asbestos, amethyst, kyannite, gold, graphite and siltimanite graphite, which is found in Sabon Birnin Gwari, in the Birnin Gwari local government.
Kaduna state is a metropolitan as well as a cosmopolitan industrialized state with over 80 commercial and manufacturing industries.Goods ranging from carpets, textiles, reinforced concrete materials, bicycles assembly, toiletries and cigarettes in the state.
www.nigeria.gov.ng /govt_state_kaduna.aspx   (527 words)

  
 UNHCR - Nigeria: Update to NGA35264.E of 18 August 2000; whether Christians who were attacked in and/or fled from ...
Sources reported that some of the persons fleeing the religious conflicts in Kaduna in 2000 went to southern Nigeria (New African Apr. 2000, 10; AP 24 May 2000; Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2000 5 Sept..
However, a 16 July 2000 article from The Toronto Star reported that a delegation from Amnesty International was told by the governor that there would be "no compensation" when the delegation visited him to talk about the religious conflicts.
While not mentioning the religious conflict in Kaduna, a 2 November 2000 report from Radio Nigeria in Kaduna stated that the federal government had "earmarked 500 million naira for human rights abuses in the country" and that it was intended to compensate "victims of human rights abuses."
www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3df4be7f10.html   (513 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Obasanjo intervenes in Kaduna
Nonetheless, there is a belief in the government that the latest violence in Kaduna, terrible as it is, may not be of the same nationwide significance as that which occurred in February.
Although the latest conflagration in Kaduna is partially a result of the tensions that February's violence left in its wake, it is also a manifestation of something older and more localised.
The Hausa people of Kaduna, who are Muslim, have a long-standing rivalry with the smaller ethnic groups of southern Kaduna, which tend to be Christian.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/764474.stm   (317 words)

  
 Kaduna North LGC recruits 400 teachers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in the last two years employed over 400 primary school teachers, the education secretary (ES) of the local government, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has said.
Speaking in an interview with Nigerian Newsday in Kaduna recently, Alhaji Mohammed also said that over 78 classrooms have been constructed in various primary schools in the area.
While answering another question, Alhaji Muhammed also commended the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUEB) for its impressive performance saying that SUBEB in the last seven years had done a lot for the development of primary education in the state.
www.nasarawastate.org /newsday/news/nasara06/NewArticle307.html   (221 words)

  
 Kaduna - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kaduna, city in north central Nigeria, capital of Kaduna State, on the Kaduna River.
An important rail junction, the city is a centre for trade in...
The Niger River and its tributaries—principally the Benue, Kaduna, and Sokoto rivers—drain most of Nigeria.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Kaduna.html   (57 words)

  
 Kaduna (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kaduna (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kaduna (river), river in north central Nigeria, a long tributary of the Niger River.
Search for books about your topic, "Kaduna (river)"
encarta.msn.com /Kaduna_(river).html   (127 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Eyewitness: Kaduna's rioting
Virtually every newspaper vendor that was on Kaduna's streets was stopped and every copy of the ThisDay newspaper was seized and burnt.
Indeed many people in Kaduna told me that their attention was drawn to the offending article in the paper, through text messages on their mobile phones.
The article in ThisDay newspaper said Nigerian Muslims were overreacting to the issue of the Miss World competition, being held in Nigeria, and said that if the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, were to witness the contest, he might wish to marry one of the contestants.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2502357.stm   (457 words)

  
 THE KADUNA PEACE DECLARATION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Merciful and Compassionate, we who have gathered as Muslim and Christian religious leaders from Kaduna State pray for peace in our state and declare our commitment to ending the violence and bloodshed, which has marred our recent history.
The violence that has occurred in Kaduna State is an evil that must be opposed by all people of good faith.
We call upon all to oppose incitement, hatred, and the misrepresentation of one another.
www.anglicannifcon.org /KadunaDeclaration.htm   (383 words)

  
 Nigeria: No Justice For Kaduna Killings (Human Rights Watch, 22-7-2003)
The 32-page report, “The ‘Miss World riots': continued impunity for killings in Kaduna,” provides detailed eyewitness accounts of how soldiers and police killed people in cold blood between November 21 and 23, during an operation intended to restore law and order.
One of the most serious cases described in the report is the November 22 execution of eight men by a group of police and military, led by a member of a local defense force.
Not only did the security forces fail to intervene at the first signs of violence, but once they were deployed, they contributed significantly to the violence by killing and injuring people who were not posing any threat to security.
hrw.org /english/docs/2003/07/22/nigeri6242.htm   (909 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kaduna
The main tributary of the Niger River, it rises on the Jos Plateau, flowing northwest and then southwest before completing its 340-mi (550-km) course at the Niger in Mureji.
The Kaduna (meaning 'crocodiles' in the Hausa language) is navigable only part of the year.
Another Violence - Kaduna Fans Batter EFCC Team
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Kaduna   (279 words)

  
 Nigeria ---->>> Kaduna State
Kaduna State is a state in central northern Nigeria.
The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna.
In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976.
www.ngex.com /nigeria/places/states/kaduna.htm   (478 words)

  
 The Compass Rose March 1999: A Warm Welcome In Kaduna
In the north central section of Nigeria, Kaduna is both a large size city, a state and a diocese.
A different world it was, from the hustling crowds at the airport to the dark two-and-a-half hour drive from Kano to Kaduna, lit only by occasional flickering flames in front of roadside stands.
But how warmly we were welcomed, at the airport, and at the Bishop's house, where his wife, Comfort, did justice to her name on taking care of us throughout the week.
www.anglicancommunion.org /compassrose/cr1999march/kaduna.html   (1132 words)

  
 Kaduna Accommodation
Kaduna Accommodation - hotels, lodging houses, bed and breakfast, hostels and campings
In principle it is not possible to enter if you are not a member, but in practice this hsould not pose too many problems.
There is an excellent restaurant adjacent to the Kaduna club also.
www.world66.com /africa/nigeria/kaduna/accommodation   (168 words)

  
 Houses / homes / Real Estate for sale or for rent in Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria - and vacation rentals   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If you are experiencing problems with debt, including mortgage arrears and late payments on your personal loans you may wish to discuss your position with a credit counselor.
If you are considering buying real estate in Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
If you need to send money to or from Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria for the purchase of a property (or for any other reason) our suggestions can help you obtain more currency with less worry when buying foreign currency.
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