By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed no fewer than seven people in separate attacks on villages in three local government areas of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, identified the affected Local Government Areas are Igabi, Chikun...
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The Kaduna State Government has earmarked N6.8 million for the procurement of HIV diagnostic kits and consumables in 2022. This is contained in the budget of N278.6 billion signed by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Dec. 22 and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday....
Over 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. The incident occurred around Udawa village after Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. According to an eyewitness account, the vehicles conveying the travellers, mainly traders, were attacked...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, the governor said he updated the president on security development in Kaduna state where about 40...
The Kaduna State Government has banned all social events, weddings, shows and entertainment in public school premises. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Yusuf Saleh, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said that the move was to protect school...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has said the death toll in an attack by suspected bandits in Giwa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday has risen to 38 from 20. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the new...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome nature of Saturday’s killings in Kauran Fawa, Marke and Ruhiya villages in Idasu Ward of Giwa Local Government Area The terrorists also killed citizens in Zangon Kataf, Chikun, Birnin Gwari, Igabi and Kauru Local Government Areas of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna + The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mudassiru Abdullahi has ordered a thorough investigation over the killing of a lawmaker in Kaduna. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. ASP Jalige said...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 305 suspected bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers have been arrested by the operatives of Kaduna State Police Command between January and November 2021. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai on Wednesday said that his administration would strengthen civic space and public participation in governance. Governor El-Rufai said this in Kaduna, at the opening of a three-day event to commemorate the 2021 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit holding in South Korea. The News...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Security operatives have repelled an attack by armed bandits in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The state police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, revealed this in a statement issued on Saturday...
Kaduna State Government says it is working with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and other development organisations to end Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the state. Mr Salisu Baba, State Director, Development Aid Coordination, Planning and Budget Commission, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least two persons and abducted over 20 people in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the armed bandits stormed the community in the early hours of Friday....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than five bandits have been killed by security operatives in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas(LGAs) of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday,...
The Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the release of 10 out of the 13 abducted staff of the Zaria Local Government, Kaduna state. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Sunday in Zaria that the kidnapped staff were released on Saturday, adding that efforts are...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the state governments are ready to support the Federal Government in the elimination of fuel subsidy regime. El-Rufai gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, at the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition titled...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – Although the Kaduna State Government has remarkably sustained its efforts towards improving infrastructure in basis education, lack of toilets and other basic facilities still remain a huge challenge in primary schools, with pupil-toilet ratio of two hundred and forty-nine(249) to one toilet. A recent...
By EDDY OCHIGBO Kaduna- Relevant stakeholders, Civil Society Organizations and the media in Kaduna State, have closed ranks to discuss strategies to strengthen fiscal transparency and quality service delivery in the state’s education sector, with special emphasis on enhancing girl-friendly and effective learning environment in the state. NATIONAL ACCORD...
The Kaduna State Government, on Wednesday, said that dozens of bandits had been neutralized and their camps destroyed by air strikes in parts of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement in Kaduna. Aruwan said: “Another successful...