By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has condemned the increase abuse of pharmaceutical opioids including Tramadol and codeine by the youths in the North West region. Speaking at a reception by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kaduna branch held in honour of the newly...
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By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Governors of the 19 Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and top traditional rulers met in Kaduna and called for urgent, coordinated action to tackle the rising wave of insecurity, economic challenges, and infrastructure deficits confronting the region, as a result called for creation of state...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has pledged that the state government is committed to introduce the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccines into the next statewide immunization campaign. He made the promise at the Stakeholders engagement on the introduction of Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccines into routine immunization in...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba San, has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Aliko Dangote Foundation for the distribution of 35,000 bags of 10 kilograms of rice to the 23 local government areas of the state. Governor Sani gave the commendation on Thursday in kaduna,...
A group of students under the auspices of Concerned Kaduna State Students, says the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU), is unnecessary. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna by the group’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Yunus Haruna, the students...
The Mining Marshals have shut down an illegal tin mining site in Damau community, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, confirmed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, on Monday in Abuja. Alake said...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has distributed over 500 trucks of free fertilizer to verified smallholder farmers under the Agricultural Input Supply Support, ‘’the largest agricultural input support programme in Kaduna’s history.’’ The Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Murtala Dabo who disclosed this at the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has promised that the state will lift millions out of poverty through aggressive financial inclusion policies, by opening three million new bank accounts by the end of 2025. The governor made the promise while speaking at the Kaduna Economic...
The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochai, on Monday in Kaduna inaugurated the Queen Amina of Zazzau statute at the academy. Ochai also inaugurated the Nigerian Defence Academy Officers Wives Association Secretariat and two vehicles. He also inaugurated three four-bedroom flats each for senior staff of the...
By AMOS MATHEW, 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...
In a small village of Unguan Kanawa, Tankarau, Dutsen-Abba Ward, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State, a tragic reality has sparked a life-saving transformation. Many residents in the village had lost their children to measles due to their resistance to vaccination. This true call confession cane to the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government will convene an Education Summit as part of its strategy to bring about transformative change in the education sector, which will be anchored on four strategic pillars. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Muhammad Sani Bello, who disclosed this while inaugurating the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan has confirmed the release of Rev. Fr Ibrahim Amos, who was kidnapped from his residence by bandits in the early hours of Thursday. Amos is the Parish Priest of St. Gerald Quasi Parish, Kurmin Risga in Kauru Local Government Area of...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the parish priest of St. Gerald Quasi Parish, Kurmin Risga, in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos was on Thursday abducted by armed bandits. The priest identified as Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, on Thursday, resumed its suspended indefinite strike over government’s failure to honour previous agreements with it. This is contained in a statement issued by institution’s ASUU Chairman, Dr Peter Adam, made available to newsmen in Kaduna. Adamu...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Comptroller Aliyu Alkali has formally assumed the headship of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone B, Kaduna, succeeding Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu. Speaking at the handover ceremony held at Kangiwa House on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, Comptroller Shuaibu described his tenure as a...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has clarified that security experts have found out that the rumoured bomb explosion that claimed life of 12 year old boy that took place at Abakpa was exaggerated. A statement issued by Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr James...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Kaduna State Government, under the leadership of Senator Uba Sani, had revoked all previous sales of institutional houses and land allocations within Alhuda-huda College, Zaria, Queen Amina College, Kaduna and Government Commercial College, Zaria for overriding public interest and for the common good. In a...
By AMOS MATHEW , Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has addressed circulating rumors about a bomb blast in the state. According to the police, the incident in question was not a bomb explosion but an accidental discharge of a locally-made firearm, known as a Dane gun. The incident...
Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained six suspected kidnappers and recovered four fabricated AK-47 rifles in Kaduna. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said on Thursday, at about 3:20 pm , credible intelligence...