State officials confirmed the deaths in a statement released by Commissioner for Homeland Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
The latest attacks came 72 hours after armed gangs invaded the Birnin Gwari and Kajuru districts, killing 19 people, Aruwan said.
Many stores were looted in the attacks and 10 residents were killed in just one district in Tuesday’s attack, the commissioner said.
“Following the statewide security situation in the past 24 hours, the Kaduna State Government has received reports from security agencies on the deaths of 23 citizens in different attacks on easy targets in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi and government Kauru local areas, “said Aruwan.
“Attacks on easy targets in these areas of the local government took place near the boundaries of Kaduna state with neighboring states,” he added.
Kaduna, located in northwest Nigeria, has remained isolated from the militant group Boko Haram operating in northeastern Nigeria, however, armed violence by kidnappers and cattle thieves has plagued the state.
The study says that at least 50,000 people have been displaced and 400 kidnapped for rescue.
State governor Nasir el-Rufai sympathized with the families of the victims of the recent attacks, Aruwan said in a statement.
The Nigerian government recently replaced its senior military amid pressure from citizens for new hands to manage widespread insecurity and counterinsurgency operations in the West African country.