…Opens up on operations with criminal gang specialised in robbery, kidnapping Chioma Joseph A 20-year-old man, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who has confessed to the murder of his elder brother, said jealousy and strife, forced him into perpetrating the heinous crime. According to Ibarahim, who was
The Kaduna state Security Council said security agents have been mandated to strictly enforce the restriction of movement order in the state. It stressed that the movement restrictions was only relaxed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. […]
The Kaduna state government has reduced its 2020 budget size from N259.25 billion to N221.54 billion, in line with the current economic realities occasioned by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission, Mr. Thomas Gyang, made this known in Kaduna on Tuesday, during the 2020 budget review meeting, via Zoom, with civil […]
The Zamfara state government on Monday received 45 Islamic education pupils (almajirai) comprising 28 females and 17 males, deported from Zaria in Kaduna state. State Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Lawal, received the ‘almajirai’ from Kaduna state government officials on behalf of the state government at Gusau Hajj Camp
The Kaduna state government says it will carry out sensitisation campaigns for mothers and caregivers on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), and good hygiene practices. State Nutrition Officer, Mrs. Ramatu Musa, made this known in Kaduna on Thursday during the second quarter meeting of the state committee on food and nutrition. The meeting held […]
The Kaduna state Standing Committee on COVID-19 has disclosed that 50 persons were quarantined at the NYSC camp for violating the inter-state travel ban. In an update issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye on Tuesday, the committee said that the culprits would be isolated for […]
The Kaduna state government has appealed to persons who tested positive for COVID-19 to report at its isolation centre for treatment. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, made the appeal on Sunday in Kaduna. Mohammed-Baloni said that the call was necessary because two persons who were on isolation pending the receipt of their […]
The Kaduna state Ministry of Health has confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, raising the number to 25. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said on Thursday that the new cases were the Quranic education pupils who came to the state from Kano. Mohammed-Baloni said that they were tested positive to COVID-19 […]
The Kaduna state University has directed its casual workers to proceed on compulsory leave without pay due to coronavirus pandemic. The Register of the institution, Mr. Samuel Manshop, said in circular obtained in Kaduna on Thursday, that the leave should take effect from May 1. “It is hereby directed that all casual staff in the […]
Public servants in Kaduna state on Wednesday decried the 25 per cut on their monthly salaries by government following the challenges on the state’s revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the public servants in separate interviews, said that the salary cut would cause major setbacks for them and affect the well-being of their […]
A non-governmental organisation, Bintalya First Foundation (BFF) on Monday, distributed food items to vulnerable people in the suburb of Kaduna, capital of Kaduna state. Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the foundation, Hajiya Binta Hamidu-Haruna, said the gesture was aimed at reducing the hardship being faced by residents during the Holy month of Ramadan, […]
…Sets up mobile courts to try violators of Quarantine Orders Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has extended the lockdown in the state by 30 days.Recall that the state government introduced the lockdown on March 26 as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a statement, Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser to the governor, […]
Some beneficiaries of the Conditional-Cash-Transfer of the National Social Investment Programme in Kaduna state say the households uplifting programme has significantly improved their livelihood. The beneficiaries, mostly aged women, who said this after reviewing N20, 000 each in Chikun and Ikara Local Government Areas of the state on Wednesday, commended the federal
A Chief Magistrates Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna state on Wednesday, sentenced four men to 20 strokes of the cane each for flouting the lockdown order of the Kaduna state government. Nura Hussein, Mathias Musa, Buhari Bawa, and Samson Michael, were charged with disobedience to order by the state government. The presiding Judge, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, also […]
Dr. Peter Adamu of the Kaduna state University (KASU) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the development of a comprehensive financial stimulus policy to address the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s economy. Adamu, a lecturer with the economic fepartment at the university, gave the commendation in an interview on Tuesday in Kaduna. Adamu, […]
Artisans in Kaduna state have lamented the hardship experienced sequel to the lockdown order imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. A cross section of the artisans who spoke on Tuesday in Kaduna regretted the unfortunate outbreak of the COVID-19 in the state. Skilled workers such as mechanics, carpenters and […]
A Magistrate Court in Kaduna on Monday granted bail to an Islamic cleric, Aminu Umar and four others accused of conducting a marriage ceremony and holding Friday prayers in defiance of the curfew imposed by Kaduna state government. Umar, the deputy imam of Shekara Mosque, Malali, Kaduna and Habibu Garba, Dauda Saidu, Rabiu Ahmad and […]
The Kaduna State Vigilante Group (KadVIg) has vowed to enforce the curfew imposed by state Government in Zaria in view of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. Our correspondents reports that the Kaduna state government on Thursday, ordered a total lockdown and imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state following the violation of an […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna state has called on church leaders in the state to support government efforts to contain the Coronavirus pandemic. CAN Chairman in the state, Rev. John Hayab, made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. “The church as a school of faith, which is known […]
Kaduna State judiciary says it is ready and willing to stand for the rights of citizens in the provision of access to justice without fear or favour. The state Chief Judge, Justice Mohammed Bello, made the commitment on Wednesday in Kaduna at a public hearing on development of social protection policy in Kaduna State. Bello […]
