No fewer than 10 victims kidnapped in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued by police operatives, following a coordinated operation with support from the military and the Department of State Services (DSS). This was confirmed in a statement released Friday by the spokesperson of the...
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Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has described the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme as a vital “Plan B” for Nigerian graduates, urging corps members to take it seriously as a pathway to financial independence. Speaking on Friday at the orientation...
Stakeholders in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining the prevailing peace and unity in the area, dismissing recent social media reports suggesting unrest in the community. The resolution was made during an expanded security meeting held at the Kagarko Local Government Secretariat,...
Thousands of Nigerians under the banner of Partners for National Economic Progress (PANEP) on Monday shutdown Kaduna city in protest, calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to crush those sabotaging efforts to achieve local refining of petroleum products. The protesters, who converged on the Murtala Mohammed Square before marching...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has launched the Kaduna State Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System (KADSEMSAS), describing it as a landmark initiative in his administration’s drive to save lives and expand access to quality healthcare. Speaking at the official flag-off on Thursday, the governor said the program goes...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna Kaduna State Council of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has lauded Governor Uba Sani for implementing the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for health workers in the state. It was made known in a...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed the commitment of Northern Governors to restructure and reposition the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) into a globally competitive conglomerate. Governor Zulum, who chairs the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) Implementation Committee on NNDC restructuring, stated this during his visit...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed a widespread power outage in sections of Kaduna on the toppling of a transmission tower, triggered by intense rainfall and strong winds. TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, detailed the event in a statement released from Abuja on Saturday....
A tragic explosion at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) facility in Kaduna has resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, the organization announced on Saturday. The incident unfolded at the Ordnance Factory’s disposal pit, where teams were handling outdated materials, according to a statement from DICON’s Public...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu paid a solidarity visit to the Kaduna residence of Nigeria’s late President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, assuring the Buhari family of upholding the late leader’s legacies. President Tinubu was received by Buhari’s widow, Aisha, her eldest son, Yusuf, and other relatives and associates of the...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has promised that his administration will not borrow to finance projects and will also not incur debts while executing them. The governor, who also said that his government inherited several abandoned projects from previous administrations, promised to complete them before the end of his...
Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed claims that the state government has failed to implement the new ₦72,000 minimum wage, insisting that the process is already in place. This followed a recent report by Sahara Reporters citing the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ),...
When Honourable Ahmed Muhammed Munir stepped into the green chamber of the National Assembly after a resounding electoral victory, many saw him as a young man with big dreams. Today, just months into his tenure, those dreams are translating into projects and policies that are directly transforming lives in...
Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Chairman of Kada Warriors Football Club, Hon. Sadiq Mamman Lagos, has commended the current leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for its ongoing efforts to reform and improve the quality of football officiating across the country. He made...
On Monday, September 15, 2025, Ishaku Joseph brought a case against his daughter’s boyfriend, Yunana Zock, before a Customary Court in Kaduna State, accusing him of misappropriating N13 million in death benefits belonging to Joseph’s late wife. Prosecutor ASP Jeremiah Amfani informed the court that Zock allegedly deceived Joseph’s...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Abbas Tajuddeen, is grieving the passing of his elder brother, Alhaji Aminu Pate, who died late Wednesday, according to a statement. Media and Publicity Officer of the Zazzau Emirate Council, Malam Abdullahi Kwarbai, announced this in a statement on. Thursday. Kwarbai said...
House Committee on Land Transport has given the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali, 48 hours to appear before it to address the August 25 derailment of an Abuja-Kaduna train carrying 618 passengers. The directive comes after the minister failed to honor a prior invitation to discuss the incident, as...
Northern Elders Progressive Group has urged governors in Nigeria’s North-West to collaborate with the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and security agencies to pursue dialogue with bandits, aiming to halt the region’s persistent violence. In a statement made in Kaduna on Tuesday, Yusuf Abubakar, the group’s coordinator...
Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has encouraged its members to devise extra means of earning income in order to survive in the face of current economic hardship in the country. A Communique issued at the end of the association’s 24th Biennial conference and Scientific Meeting held at ‘Yar...