By Tom Okpe The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has commended Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani for re-establishing, Ministry of Information in the State. Idris said this is a landmark decision, coming up, decade after its dissolution, which aligns with the Minister’s clarion call at the December 2024 National Council on Information, […]
By Idibia Gabriel Illaj Integrated Farm (IIF) in Kaduna is preparing to launch the largest centre pivot irrigation system machine in Africa, with the aim of transforming grass and crop production for both local and international markets. The General Manager of IIF, Alhaji Ibrahim Salisu, announced the plan during an interview with journalists that visited […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka Wife of a village chief and his daughter has been abducted in Southern Kaduna in a midnight attack on Sunday that also claimed many lives. Harira Abdullahi, wife and Maryam Suleiman Galadima, daughter, were given as names of the victims. The village chief Alhaji Shuaibu Suleiman who hailed from Aboro in Sanga […]
By Idibia Gabriel Kaduna state Governor, Uba Sani has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest of 54 bandits and gunrunners, including serving security operatives, and the recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition. The governor also praised the Director General of the DSS, Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi, for his efforts […]
By Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has expressed willingness to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to resolve all contentious issues that led to the strike action at the Kaduna State University (KASU). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Rabiu Yunusa who made the promise at […]
By Idibia Gabriel In an isolated village in a community of Ungwan Kanawa in Dutsen-Abba ward in Zaria LGA of Kaduna State, a house wife, Haj. Saude Safiyanu narrates a tragic incident of her child’s death while awaiting vaccination they had resisted. Haj. Safiyanu, along with other women, while sitting at the village square and […]
Kaduna State has refuted claims of a decline in its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) under Governor Uba Sani, asserting that verifiable data proves otherwise. The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), in a statement signed by its Head of Corporate Communications, Zakari Jamilu Muhammad, described the allegations as baseless and misleading. According to KADIRS, the […]
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said that his government did not pay any money to terrorists to secure a peace pact. He disclosed that the initiative took six months of dialogue with the non-state actors, adding that no financial commitment was made by the government. He expressed gratitude to eminent traditional rulers and religious […]
By Mathew Brangyet Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani via the Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN) has urged all the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to consolidate recent gains in the fight against malnutrition. Speaking during a three-day coordination meeting in Zaria, organized by the Planning and Budget Commission (PBC) with support from UNICEF, SCFN […]
By Mathew Brangyet Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani has received widespread commendations for his recent decision to raise the minimum wage to N72,000 and introduce a free transportation scheme for civil servants in the state. A group known as Uba Sani Legacies Solidarity Asssembly, chaired by Comrade Habib Bello joined labour and civil society groups […]
BY UKPONO UKPONG The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that two towers along the critical 330kV Shiroro-Kaduna transmission lines have been damaged by vandals, affecting bulk power transmission to parts of the North West region. This was contained in a statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah. According to […]
BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Primary healthcare (PHC) centres remain shut as meetings between the Kaduna State health workers union body and state government officials ended in deadlock. This was disclosed by a Coalition of Civil Society Organization (CSOs), group leader who went round some health facilities in part of Kaduna zone “I just returned from Zone […]
By Mathew Brangyet The Kaduna State House of Assembly has discredited rumors of amending the Local Government Electoral Law ahead of the October 19 elections. Chairman of the House Committee on Information, a PDP lawmaker representing Jaba Constituency, Henry Marah, confirmed that no amendment has been discussed since July, rejecting allegations by the Peoples Democratic […]
By Mathew Brangyet The Kaduna State Government has described as misleading the news making the rounds of Governor Uba Sani unveiling a scholarship through a private organization called SKAID, solely for Southern Kaduna students. Nasir Dambatta, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media said this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. […]
BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Nine Southern Kaduna natives of Adara Elders, who were incarcerated and later released in 2019 under immediate the past administration have dragged the former Kaduna State Governor, Mal Nasir El-Rufai to court on charges of fundamental human rights violation. The claimants led by the former Chairman of the Adara Development Association, Mr. […]
BY IDIBIA GABRIEL Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious gunrunner and recovered 20 fabricated rifles from him. The command disclosed this in statement signed by its spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan and made available to newsmen on Friday. “On September 19, 2024, at about 1600 hours, officers from Buruku Division, Igabi LGA […]
By Mathew Brangyet Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has acknowledged the economic difficulties currently facing Nigeria, attributing them to years of mismanagement assuring that it will impacts positively on the citizens. In his Eid-El-Maulud message on Monday, he urged citizens to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, which has implemented bold social and economic measures […]
By Mathew Brangyet The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has raised the alarm over the activities of fraudulent individuals and groups posing as tax collectors, defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. Speaking at a Press Conference in Kaduna, the KADIRS Executive Chairman, Comrade Jerry Adams, warned that these impostors are operating a coordinated cartel […]
By Mathew Brangyet Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has has said the state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Huawei Technologies Company, Nigeria Limited, for the implementation of Kaduna State Smart City Project. The signing agreement which took place at Huawei’s Beijing office, was witnessed by President Bola Tinubu, alongside several governors, […]
Some residents of Kaduna State have decried their inability to provide three square meals for their families due to hyper-inflation and persistent spike in the prices of food items. Some of the residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews, stated that they had cut down their feeding routines due […]