The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Abbas Faisal of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the supplementary election for Kudan House of Assembly seat in Kaduna State. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Dauda Aminu, declared the results in Hunkuyi on Sunday, saying that Faisal scored...
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The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Awwal Umar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the supplementary election for Giwa West House of Assembly seat in Kaduna State. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Maryam Suleiman declared the results in Giwa on Saturday. Sulaiman said that...
Bu HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes have neutralized fleeing bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Aruwan said...
President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), Mrs Salamatu Yahaya, said in Kaduna on Saturday that the association had gone beyond charity. Inaugurating a NAOWA Centre for the 1 Division chapter of the association at Ribadu Cantonment, Yahaya said it had become an employer of labour and...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State Wing, on Thursday urged students not to be deterred in their quest for knowledge because of insecurity and evil being perpetrated by bandits. The union’s Senior Assistant Secretary General, Adamu Kaltungo, gave the advice in a statement in Kaduna, while reacting...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced the immediate imposition of 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa-Tirkaniya area of Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement issued in Kaduna...
Over 50 Christians and Muslims have jointly organized an Interfaith iftar break to strengthen peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance in Kaduna State. The event which took place at Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna, was organized by Conflict Mitigation and Management Regional Council (CMMRC) and Community Peace Observers (CPO), in conjunction with...
An unspecified number of people have been reportedly killed following a clash between the members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shiites and security details attached to the Convoy of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The incident happened on Thursday in the Rigasa...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has raised concern over the implication of the resurgent attacks in Southern Kaduna on the gubernatorial and House of Assembly polls coming up on Saturday, March 18. Mr Felix Hyat, Kaduna State PDP Chairman, made the observation in a statement on...
Mr. Jonathan Asake, the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State says he is not dropping out of Saturday’s gubernatorial election for any candidate. Asake said this on Thursday while addressing newsmen in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. According to him,...
The Igbo communities in Kaduna State, have endorsed Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Governorship Candidate ahead of Saturday’s polls. Addressing the crowd of Igbo leaders from across the 23 LGAs on Wednesday in Kaduna, the President-General of Igbo communities, Chief Francis Uchenna, said what they...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have neutralised a bandit and recoverd one AK-47 rifle with two rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said on March 13, operatives...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it has no alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State for the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, the state Legal Adviser of the party, confirmed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Sector Four of “Operation Whirl Punch’’, and Special Forces of the 167 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have cleared a bandits hideout in a fierce encounter in Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development...
In spite of scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes in circulation, some smart hawkers have been seen hawking the new notes at Dadi Motor Park, Sabon Gari-Zaria, Kaduna State, at exorbitant prices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) saw large wads of different denominations of the notes on display...
Gunmen have abducted Chief Joshua Ahmadu, the District Head of Chawai in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Ahmadu’s abduction was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr Abel Adamu, President, Chawai Development Association (CDA). Adamu, in a statement signed by Mr Raphael Joshua, Public Relations Officer of CDA, said that...
Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikuly-Pari in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State, who was abducted Thursday night, has been released. A statement from the Kafanchan Diocese of the Catholic Church, said that Ishaya, who was kidnapped from the Parish Rectory, was released Saturday...
Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has assumed leadership of the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on Friday in Kaduna state at the Headquarters, Infantry Corps Centre Jaji Military Cantonment. Musa’s assumption as the Infantry Corps Commander followed the recent Nigerian Army redeployment of its officers and men to various units, commands and...
Gunmen on Thursday abducted Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, who...
The Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, on Wednesday met families of personnel killed by bandits in Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that seven personnel and other five were killed in an ambush in Kuriga village in Chikun...