The Director-General (D-G) of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has lamented that the scheme has lost many corps members to night journeys, while warning them against such fatal actions. Ahmed, at a working visit to the Kaduna State NYSC temporary orientation camp on Tuesday, reminded the corps members...
Kaduna State
Troops neutralised seven bandits in Kaduna State between Wednesday and Friday. Spokesman of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col Musa Yahaya, stated on Friday in Kaduna that troops of the division neutralised four of the bandits on Wednesday at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. He explained...
Police rescue 3 kidnap victims in Kaduna The Police Command in Kaduna State has said security operatives have rescued three labourers kidnapped by suspected gunmen on Thursday in Kaduna. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan,said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A 36-year old man, Victor Ameh, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N4.2 million from a crypto currency firm. Ameh, a resident of Marafa in Kaduna, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the...
Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu, known as Hadiza Gabon, on Wednesday dragged one Bala Musa, a civil servant, to a Magistrates’ court sitting at Daura road, Kaduna over alleged defamation of character. The actress, who spoke through her counsel, Mr Mubarak Sani, said she had suffered negative reactions and...
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the speedy delivery of Justice for Miss Chalya Silas, a corps member, serving in Kaduna state. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Beni Lar (PDP-Plateau) at plenary on Tuesday....
Kaduna State recorded 156 cases of diphtheria and 20 concomitant deaths between March and September. The declaration was made in Kaduna on Wednesday by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shu’aib. He told newsmen after he led the National Task...
The Senate has urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to provide relief materials to ginger farmers in Southern Kaduna, following out break of disease affecting ginger production. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Tuesday by Sen.Sunday Katung (PDP- Kaduna) on urgent need to...
Bandits have killed four persons and injured four others at Uguwan Dankali in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesman in Kaduna State, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirm the attack on Sunday in Kaduna. ASP Hassan stated that upon receiving a distress call, a joint response team...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has arrested 10 suspected kidnapers between September and Oct. 3, 2023. The Command’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that operatives of the Command recovered three...
The Kaduna State Government has urged communities to take ownership of the 700 million dollars World Bank assisted Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) project. The Social and Gender Safe Guard Officer of the project, Jummai Ibrahim made the call on Saturday at the...
The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have arrested suspected killers of Na’aman Stephen, a Catholic seminarian. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Jos. The News...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigeria Army says troops of Operation Save Haven (OPSH) have uncovered a gun manufacturing factory in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Army in a statement on Friday said the discovery followed a week long intelligence operations that finally led...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 36-year-old business woman, Lois Iliya, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged lesbianism with a minor. The defendant was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with unnatural offence, contrary to section 259...
The police command in Kaduna State has confirmed that two persons were killed and three others kidnapped by suspected bandits on Sept. 15 in a community in the state. The command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have seized 685.179 Kg of illicit drugs and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna. The state Commander, NDLEA, Mr Ibrahim Braji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday that the seizure...
The Election Petition Court, Kaduna State on Saturday affirmed the election of Sen. Lawal Adamu-Usman of the PDP as Senator representing Kaduna central. The petition which was filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Abdullahi Muhammad-Sani is challenging the election of the PDP senator, on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has condemned the recent attack on the Fadan Kamatan Parish – Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, located in Zangon Kataf LGA of the state. Governor Sani, who condemned the attack in a statement by his Chief...
A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by bandits. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The News...