The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has charged the newly promoted and decorated senior officers of the Division to redouble efforts in the service of the nation. Lagbaja gave the charge on Wednesday in Kaduna while decorating three Colonels in the Division promoted...
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Barnawa Branch in Kaduna, in collaboration with lNEC and Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has sensitised the public to the need for free, fair and credible elections in 2023. The sensitisation, which began with two kilometres road walk within Kaduna metropolis on Saturday, was also...
Nigerian military fighter jets have eliminated seven wanted Zamfara terrorists’ kingpins. The notorious bandits were eliminated in Kaduna State by airstrikes of two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack jets. PRNigeria gathered that those killed included Jibrin Gurgu, Isah Jauro and Tambowal from Zamfara State. Other kingpins eliminated are Noti,...
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council said it was compiling evidence to lodge formal complaint to security agencies on recent attacks on the party’s campaigns in Kaduna and Borno states. The council’s Director, Strategic Communications, Mr Dele Momodu, told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, that the party...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is undeterred by plots from anti-democratic forces which have been mobilised to cause tension and disrupt the party’s presidential campaign rally in Kaduna State. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the assignment of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) goes beyond the training of combatants to the production of warrior-scholars and innovators. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the 32nd Convocation Ceremony of NDA in honour of Cadets of 69 Regular Course, Post...
Coalition of the Northern Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement, on Friday protested at the PDP Secretariat in Kaduna, demanding the resignation of National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP is currently hit by crisis after Alhaji Atiku...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before Justice Hadiza Shagari of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna. The party is challenging the list of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for Governorship and State Assembly seats published by INEC on...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, on Tuesday graduated 129 paratroopers of the Basic Airborne Course 7/2022, among its Cadets of 70th Regular Course. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the paratroopers were the pioneer Jumpers of the newly-established NDA drop zone. The paratroopers were also at...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, said it had arrested 611 suspected drug traffickers from January to July in the State. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna. Adoro said...
The Kaduna State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, on Thursday began disbursement of N102.4 million Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 8,475 schoolgirls in the state. At the disbursement ceremony in Kaduna, the Project Coordinator, Mrs Maryam Dangaji, said that the CCT intervention...
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau states. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the president...
A Former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has called on the Federal Government to redoubt its efforts towards building new refineries in order to meet domestic demands for petroleum products. Okunrounmu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Faruk Yahaya, has said the 5,800 recruited soldiers would be posted at various theatre operations to tame persistent insecurity bedeviling some parts of the country. The COAS said this during the Passing-out-Parade (PoP) of the 82 Regular Recruit Intake on Saturday in...
Terrorists along Birnin-Gwari- Kaduna highway on Tuesday intercepted a convoy of motorists with security escorts between Kuriga and Manini near Udawa and prey on unspecified number of people that were abducted into the bush. In the last four days terrorists had lay siege on motorists on Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway, abducting...
The Police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects over the kidnap of Greenfield University students in Kaduna State.Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing in Abuja. He said the suspects had confessed to the mindless murder of five of the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized a total of 47 cartons of suspected fake Tramadol, comprising 2.3 million tablets, weighing 1222kg in Zaria, Kaduna state. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, added that the...
A Nigeria Air Force (NAF) aircraft used in training military officers has crashed in Kaduna on Tuesday. The aircraft said to be a Super Mushak, reportedly crashed inside a NAF facility while on a training mission. Authoritative source at the Air Force Base, who confirmed the incident to newsmen,, said...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – In a bid to enhance participatory democratic governance and quality service delivery at the local government level in the country, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a United Kingdom-funded governance programme, during the week, engaged media executives in Kaduna, to mobilise support for...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has called on Nigerians to help the government in the fight against bandits and insurgents by exposing the criminals living in their neighborhoods. Mohammed made the call during a Bond FM Radio programme in Lagos on Saturday monitored by the...