Jere is a town in Kagarko Local Government Area in southern

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in the

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region of

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. The postal code of the area is 802.

Insecurity

Jere has been considered an insecure location for Nigerians travelling along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. In October 2016, the husband of former Nigerian Minister of Environment, Lawrencia Laraba Mallam, was kidnapped in Jere. There have been instances where kidnap victims paid large ransoms and were still killed. In May 2024, a ''Leadership'' newspaper reporter covered an investigation by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) into the cause of the derailment of passenger train KA2/Loco 2702, which was travelling from Rigasa train station in Kaduna to Idu train station in

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. The derailment occurred at Jere, but no injuries were reported. While rail infrastructure vandalism is a possible cause, it may not fully explain the derailment, according to an official of the

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(NRC).

References

Kagarko Populated places in Kaduna State {{Kaduna-geo-stub