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Shehu Sani Writes CMD Of Psychiatric Hospital Over El-Rufai’s Mental State

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2018 0

Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district has called for clinical examination of the mental state of Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai. In a letter dated 7th May, 2018, which was addressed to the Chief Medical Director of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kaduna, the

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Kaduna Govt to spend N2.9bn on roads construction in 2 LGAs

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2018 0

Kaduna State Ministry of Works, on Thursday, said that a total of N2.9 billion had been earmarked for the ongoing road construction in Kubau and Soba Local Government Areas. Alhaji Zubairu Abubakar, an Assistant Director, in the Ministry made the disclosure in an interview with Journalists while on assessment tour of the projects with journalists […]

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5,558 APC members defect to PDP in Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2018 0

No fewer than 5,558 members of All Progressives Congress (APC) defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State on Monday. The defectors are from the 23 local government areas of the state. They were received at Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area , during a ceremony attended by prominent PDP officials both at the […]

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Buhari okays new security measures to curb killings in Birnin Gwari

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command, in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State as part of measures to scale up the security response to the banditry affecting the area. A statement made available on Monday by […]

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Kaduna APC Ward Congress satisfactory – Comrade Modibo

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2018 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Wards and Local Governments Congresses Committee for Kaduna State has expressed its satisfaction over the conduct of ward congresses in the 255 wards of the state. The Chairman of the committee, Comrade Adamu A. Modibo said this in Limanci Kuna Ward in Zaria Local Government Area, while speaking with journalists […]

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3 senators representing Kaduna ignorant – el-Rufai

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2018 0

Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said that the three senators representing his state at the upper chamber of the National Assembly are ignorant of the real indices of development and progress in a democratic setting. The governor spoke five weeks after the three senators — Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), Sulieman Hukunyi (APC, Kaduna […]

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Kaduna charges El- Zakzaky, 3 others for murder

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2018 0

The Kaduna State government has charged Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and three other leaders of the sect before a Kaduna High Court for alleged involvement in murder. El-Zakzaky was arrested in December 2015 after his followers and some soldiers clashed in Zaria, Kaduna state. About 300 people were said […]

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IGP disarmament programme: 1,150 criminals repent in Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

In line with the disarmament programme initiated by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, another batch of 1,150 criminals, including cattle rustlers, bandits and kidnappers in Anchau, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State have repented. It would be recalled that 750 others in the village had sworn by the Holy Qur’an a month […]

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Balarabe Musa offers presidential ticket of PRP to Sowore

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

A former governor of old Kaduna state, Balarabe Musa has offered Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant, the ticket of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) for the 2019 presidential election. Receiving Sowore at his residence in Kaduna on Friday, the statesman said PRP would be willing to settle down for a presidential candidate that is fully […]

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Buhari’s declaration: Saraki, Tambuwal, others ambitions in jeopardy

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2018 0

…We won’t loose sleep over President’s declaration …Lawyers express divergent views, CSOs react The event of Monday is one day that has been long anticipated in Nigeria’s recent political history. Before then it was a question of will he run, will he not run. While many including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Military President,

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10 shot dead as ‘bandits’ raid Kaduna villages

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2018 0

No fewer than 10 people were killed in different attacks across Kaduna state on Thursday. A source said that gunmen killed eight people, including a village head, in Asso and Sarari in Jama’a and Birnin Gwari local government areas of the state respectively. The attack in Asso was said to have occurred around 10am. The […]

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Buhari’s meeting with APC Governors ends in deadlock

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

The meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday ended in deadlock. None of the governors addressed State House correspondents when they left the council chamber of the presidential villa at the end of the meeting. The meeting, which started at about 2:15 pm, with opening prayers from […]

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2 killed, 9 kidnapped in Kaduna village

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

Unidentified gun men have killed two people in Tsohuwar Gwari village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A source from the village said the gunmen invaded the village around 12 midnight on Saturday and kidnapped nine people, including a newly-wedded bride. He added that three of those abducted managed to escape. “They […]

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Kaduna senators block El-Rufai’s $350m loan request

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2018 0

The three senators from Kaduna state, led by Shehu Sani on Thursday blocked the approval for a $350million loan request by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. It was like a vengeance of sort as all the senators spoke against the loan. El-Rufai has had a very poor relationship with the trio, even demolishing the home of one […]

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Bandits kill 11 soldiers in Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

In what seems like a daring reprisal attack, bandits loyal to the assassinated gang leader, Buharin Daji, killed 11 soldiers on Tuesday night in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source who is conversant with the development confided that the well-armed bandits stormed a military post at Doka, an area between Funtua […]

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Buhari is glue holding APC together – Shehu Sani

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2018 0

Senator Shehu Sani, a member of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly representing Kaduna Central District, was at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national Secretariat recently to meet with the fact finding committee led by Mr. Segun Oni on the party crisis in Kaduna State. The Senator spoke with journalists shortly after the meeting. […]

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Of living and killing wages in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

By Emmanuel Onwubiko As children in the early 1980’s, growing up in a typical Nigerian community in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, yours faithfully came across this bed-time story that was relayed to us by our elders which ended up teaching us a lesson that all animals are not equal. The story was about a very elaborate […]

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Court decongestion: Bulkachuwa relocates to Kaduna division

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2018 0

…To hear 656 Appeals in 21 days The President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has relocated to the Kaduna division of the court in continuation of her efforts to decongest the court and clear backlog of cases. Justice Bulkachuwaas alongside three other Justices, are expected to hear 656 appeals and motions […]

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Shehu Sani urges President Buhari to name those who lobbied Osinbajo to Make them VP during death rumour

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2018 0

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani,has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name those who lobbied the then Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), to make them Vice President when the it was rumoured that he was dead. Shehu Sani in a tweet demanded for the disclosure of the identities of the lobbyists followed the […]

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Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna students pass no confidence vote on El-Rufai

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2018 0

…Accuse him of destroying education A students’ group, Concerned Kaduna State Students (CKSS), has accused the state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of destroying education in the state and passed a vote of no confidence on him. The group made the accusation in a statement signed its conveners, Messrs. Tobias Y Aboki and Victor Duniya. The […]