After locals blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Saturday in protest over bandit attacks, the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, met with the village head and other members of the community in the region. Following the assassination of a 13-year-old girl, residents of Ungwar Magaji
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna A village head has been reportedly killed by armed bandits Sanga Local Government Area of Southern part of Kaduna state, according to second Kaduna security updated on Sunday. Security agencies reports stated that the armed bandits shot and killed one Anja Mallam, the village head of Dogon Daji, in the Sanga local […]
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives arrested a suspected bandit and recovered an AK-47 rifle in the Kudaru forest of Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige said the operatives on June 18 […]
Kaduna State Fire Service recorded 138 fire outbreaks and five deaths in April and May. Its Director, Mr Paul Aboi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday that the five deaths were recorded in 76 of the fire outbreaks in April. He said 28 persons sustained injuries while eight persons were […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna The Magistrate Court, Ibrahim Taiwo road, in Kaduna State has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to hear the case of cyber crimes instituted against a businessman and former Governorship aspirant, Alhaji Jafaru Sa’ad, Galadimawan Ruwan Zazzau. The Chief Magistrate Hassan gave the ruling on Wednesday evening after the Prosecuting and defense […]
Idibia Gabriel ,Kaduna Bandits have again invaded the village in the Kakau community in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state and kidnapped no less than ten people including a nursing mother and her four months old baby. The bandits allegedly struck the area at about 2 am on Tuesday and started shooting sporadically into […]
Barely two days after an attack on Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, unknown gunmen have again attacked Kofar Gayan and Kofar Kona areas of Zaria and abducted some residents. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Command, who confirmed the incidence, said he was trying to gather details to update the press. However, […]
The Kaduna State Government says it spends N211 million monthly on refuse evacuation across the three metropolitan cities in the state. The State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Husseini Ibrahim, made this known on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. According to him, Kaduna state which […]
*Say it’s a threat to their education Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Students of Kaduna State University (KASU) have strongly appealed to the Malam Nasir elRufai- led government to reverse the 500 percent increment in tuition fees, saying the hike will seriously affect their quest for higher education especially those of them from poor homes. The students […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna In a development that caught many unawares, the predominantly Muslim, Hausa/Fulani northern part of Kaduna and its rival southern largely Christian area of other tribes, yesterday called for its split into two new states. Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Again, Kaduna State Governor, Mall. Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disengagement of 19 political appointees including his political Adviser, in the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, in continuationof rightsizing the workforce. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, issued on Wednesday, said that affected
Governor El-rufai led government has reacted to allegations of allocation of 34 of the seized civil servants government properties in Kaduna state to families and cronies, friends, and political associates in the All Progressive Congress (APC). Our Correspondent scooped that the Governor seized government properties occupied by civil servants and allocated them to his
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna All is now set for the students of Kaduna state university to rock the booth with heavy protest over purported arbitrary increment in school fees by the state government. Preparations completed and information about the protests have gone round all nocks and crannies since morning about the action billed to take place […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Horrible reports from locals, around Ungwan Najaja, Kerawa, in Igabi local government area, of Kaduna State, Sunday revealed that aerial patrols of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) foiled a mass kidnap married Women by armed bandits. According to the statements issued by the State Internal Security and Home Affairs commissioner Mr. Samuel […]
*Gunmen kill Kaduna priest in Katsina, kidnap another one *Invade Abuja border town, kill one, abduct 12 others IDIBIA GABRIEL, KADUNA Again, bandits have killed four more persons across three local government area of Kaduna State, a statement by the state Internal Security and Home Affairs commissioner, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, has revealed. Aruwan, in the […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna No Nurses discharged or removed oxygen/incubator from a 2days old baby in Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital (BDTH) Kaduna as speculated by Governor Nasir El-rufai led administration, an interview with the mother of the baby’s Hanatu Anas has revealed. The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has also confirmed the
Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has waded into the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna State. He has therefore invited the two parties to the trade dispute, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El Rufai and top officials of the State as well as […]
In the midst of a strike to force Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai to reverse the mass sacking of employees, the governor declared on Tuesday that all nurses below level 14 in the state will be fired. The governor’s action is in response to a tweet he sent earlier this week in which he […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) peaceful protest in Kaduna State has been interrupted by hired “thugs.” During the rally, some alleged thugs arrived in two cars, including KEKE NAPEP, and began throwing stones at the demonstrators. Some of the attackers covered their faces wielded knives and sticks. “They came in car and started throwing stones […]
Operators of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kaduna State have urged the state government to end the current industrial action by Labour unions in the state as it was negatively impacting their businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kaduna state chapter on Monday, embarked on a […]