Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has fulfilled a 30-year-old promise to members of Nigeria’s 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold-winning football team by allocating plots of land to three Kaduna-born members of the squad and naming streets after them. The beneficiaries are former Super Eagles stars Daniel Amokachi, Garba Lawal...
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2027 governorship election in Kaduna State is beginning to take shape as a major contest between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the PDP candidate, Rt. Hon. Usman Shehu Bawa, popularly known as ABG, vowing to wrest power from Governor Uba...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has urged senior Public Relations (PR) practitioners to pass on their knowledge and professional experience to younger colleagues, saying one of the greatest measures of professional success is how many people you help become better. “Your experience should not retire with...
Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, has said the establishment of the Kaduna State Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development will help end Nigeria’s dependence on skilled workers imported from West African and Asian countries. Alausa stated this on Thursday at the maiden graduation ceremony of 4,050 trainees...
Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Force Headquarters, has arrested ten suspects in separate intelligence-led operations targeting criminal networks involved in unlawful possession, trafficking and distribution of firearms across parts of the country. Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this...
Troops of Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA has recorded operational successes in Kaduna and Kano States, rescuing 2 kidnapped victims, recovering 94 rustled livestock and disrupting terrorist activities in separate operations conducted on 25 and 26 August 2026. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West)...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, commissioned newly completed blocks of flats for officers at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna, reaffirming the Nigerian Army’s commitment to improving the welfare and living conditions of its personnel and their families. The accommodation project was initiated...
Kaduna State Government has constituted a nine-member negotiation committee to review the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other staff unions at the Kaduna State University (KASU). The government also approved a one-off payment of N300 million as Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to staff of...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter, has commended the Kaduna State Government for addressing some of the longstanding challenges confronting the institution, while calling for sustained funding and improved welfare for staff. The chairman of ASUU-KASU, Dr Abubakar Abdullahi, made the commendation today at...
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Sadiq Mamman Lagos, has said Governor Uba Sani’s administration is fulfilling its promises to the people of Kaduna State through the execution of people-oriented projects across the state. Mamman Lagos stated this while speaking during the completion and commissioning of...
Kaduna Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commended Governor Uba Sani for strengthening the state’s judiciary and improving the administration of justice. The association said the governor’s interventions in the judiciary had created a more conducive environment for judicial officers and would contribute to effective and timely...
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has dissolved the board of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) plc with immediate effect. The Commission in a statement on Monday said the development follows severe financial insolvency accumulating to the tune of 456.5 billion Naira. It explained that the utility remitted only 41.93...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Rt. Hon. Usman S. Bawa (ABG), has described former governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON, as a statesman whose seven decades of life and service have left enduring footprints in Kaduna State and Nigeria. Bawa, in...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged soldiers graduating from Exercise RESTORE HOPE X to uphold the highest standards of professionalism, discipline and operational excellence as they prepare to serve in the Nigerian Army’s newly established divisions, formations and units. The COAS gave the charge...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday flagged off the reconstruction of the 122-kilometre Kaduna–Birnin Gwari Road, fulfilling a major campaign promise he made to the people of Birnin Gwari during the 2022 presidential campaign. The president, who was represented by Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, recalled that Tinubu...
Kaduna State Police Command has recorded major breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against insecurity, neutralising a notorious kidnap kingpin, arresting 16 suspected kidnappers, three alleged gunrunners and recovering several firearms and stolen items within two weeks. The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, CP Rabiu Muhammad, disclosed this during...
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the joint development and delivery of a Master of Business Administration in Hajj Operations Management (MBA-HOM). The agreement, facilitated through the ABU Distance Learning Centre and the NAHCON...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has intensified preparations for the 2027 governorship election with the inauguration of a nine-member campaign committee and the unveiling of Mr. Amos Adamu Gandu as the running mate to its governorship candidate, Hon. Usman Shehu Bawa (ABG). Speaking during the inauguration ceremony...
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has accused the Minister of Works, David Umahi, of threatening its National President, Engr. Tabara Samuel Kato, following the association’s ₦20 billion lawsuit seeking an independent investigation into the death of 26-year-old nurse, Mary Habila. Speaking at an emergency press conference on Tuesday, SOKAPU...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strongly condemned the recent barbaric and cowardly attack on innocent citizens in Naridon Village in Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack on innocent citizens in the early hours of Monday led to the killing of about 30 residents, including...