By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its investment in research was geared towards innovation and national development. This was contrary to some reports on some media platforms crediting the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje...
Kaduna
Some teenagers in Kaduna, on Tuesday criticised a contemporary Nollywood actor, Zubby Michael, for flaunting N8,455,900 receipt of food which he posted on his Instagram account after eating from a restaurant with his friends in one night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the actor, Zubby Michael,...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said Nigeria is bleeding under the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. Governor Wike stated this on Monday during a visit to former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi at his residence in Kaduna. Wike said Nigerians were yearning for the Peoples...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Kabir Muktar, has charged officers and men of the division to be diligent in the discharge of the 2022 training activities. Muktar gave the charge on the occasion of the year 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA), held at...
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, has trained 103 youths on armed combat and intelligence gathering. The training is part of efforts of the military aimed at tackling insecurity in southern parts of Kaduna state. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State underlined his resolve to consolidate the country’s political system to improve the quality of the people’s lives because “the people matter.” In an address at the palace of Alhaji Muhammadu Isa 11, the Emir of Jama’a,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Nigerian military troops have killed three notorious bamdits who have been terrorising residents of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna. Mr....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces (SF) on Wednesday rescued 26 abducted victims while on a fighting patrol along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Road. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Thursday in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked and killed one person in the residence of a police officer attached to the Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team, ASP Aliyu Umar, in Zaria, Kaduna State. The attack which occurred on Monday night, also left a neighbour to...
Operatives of The Kaduna State Police Command have rescued nine kidnap victims in Sabon Birnin, Birnin village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday, said the operation was conducted by operatives of the command in...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna chapter, has urged Christians and all Kaduna citizens to use the 2021 yuletide to pray for God’s intervention over the security challenges facing the nation. The CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, made the call in a Christmas massage on Friday in Kaduna....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed more than 20 persons and destroyed property worth millions of Naira in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Thursday matriculated 453 cadets of its 75 regular course in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event which was the 10th matriculation of the institution featured an oath taking by the cadets to mark their formal induction into their...
Bandits have killed one Pastor Dauda Bature who was in charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) parish in the Narayi area of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Bature, who was initially abducted by the armed men, was killed despite the payment of an unspecified...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has mourned the demise of retired Lt.-Gen. Mohammed Wushishi. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi served as Chief of Army Staff from October 1981 to October 1983 during the Second Republic. He died on Saturday at a London hospital at the age...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has trained 62 Medical Military Contingent (NIMED) 8 Level II, to be deployed for peace mission to Mali. The medical personnel were trained at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC), Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna. Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Ibrahim, Chief...
Alhaji Lawal Usman, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, has said it is obvious that the party will takeover the state in 2023 going by recent developments. Alhaji Usman, popularly called ‘Mr LA’, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Sunday...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Zone 14 Command of the Nigeria Police, consisting Kaduna and Katsina States, has fixed Nov. 23 to Dec. 6 for the medical screening of constables being enlisted into the Force. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Shehu Suleiman, disclosed this in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji in Kaduna State, says it’s second bi-annual field training exercise involving movement of troops and military equipment will begin on Nov. 22. This is accident to statement issued by the college’s Public Relations Officer, Major...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, led a delegation on condolence visit to the bereaved family of late Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkushu. The Governor met the family at Ribadu Cantonment in Kaduna, during which he directed the immediate release of N20m as...