About 900 passengers feared kidnapped as bandits bomb Abuja-Kaduna train

Mallam Nasir el-Rufai publicly claimed that he had paid an undisclosed ransom to some of the suspected killers, so as to sheathe their swords

Hundreds of passengers traveling to the north-western region of Nigeria were this evening kidnapped and several others were injured in Dutse, Kaduna State by bandits who allegedly bombed an Abuja-Kaduna bound train. A passenger, who survived the onslaught, said about 970 passengers might have bee

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