The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina State. Dr Pricilla Ibekwe, Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, said this on Monday in Abuja, during a Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of...
Katsina State
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have attacked the New Life for All Church in Kankara local government area of Katsina State and kidnapped 25 worshipers on Sunday, January 15. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor Aminu Bello Masari on Christian Affairs, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, disclosed this sad...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has berated Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita (PDP-Katsina North) for alleging that the state government plans to use N1.1billion of state funds to campaign for the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kaita was elected on the platform of APC...
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on...
The Katsina State Government has approved the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) request for the use of the Muhammad Dikko Stadium for its presidential, governorship and other campaign rallies. This is contained in a letter signed by Alhaji Suleiman Kankia, the Permanent Secretary, Political and Common Service, on behalf of...
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) supporters in Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Campaign Council said this when he spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. Alhaji Abdulkadir said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Operatives from The Katsina State Police Command has repelled a terrorists attack and neutralized two wanted terrorists on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Katsina, identified the two notorious terrorists as...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to unite and cooperate with one another as a prerequisite for victory in the coming general elections. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman said he made the call when he received Dr Dikko Radda, the governorship candidate...
At least 19 worshipers have been abducted by a gang of terrorists in the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness told Channels Television that the hoodlums stormed a mosque located at Maigamji community on Saturday night at about 7:40 pm, whisking away 19 of the worshipers....
The Nigeria Immigration Service Special Border Command in Jibia, Katsina State, has retrieved 513 national identity cards and voter cards from some foreigners. The Controller of the command, Kelechi Ekeoba-Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the newly established Jibia border command. He said that 202 voter...
The Katsina State Police Command has said it is making efforts to rescue the 21 teenagers abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa, Faskari Local Government area of the state. The victims, who are mostly between the age of 16 and 21, were kidnapped on Oct. 4, 2022. The command’s...
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Alhaji Salisu Lawal-Uli as the new acting Chairman of the party in Katsina State. This is contained in a letter written by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), dated Oct. 26, 2022, and signed by Alhaji...
Katsina State Government is taking census of communities ravaged by bandits to provide psychosocial and economic support to them, an official said on Friday. Ibrahim Ahmad-Katsina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Security Matters, told newsmen in Katsina that the aim was also to address the trauma...
Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina State, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday....
The Katsina Customs Area Command has seized goods worth more than N79 million from August, 2022 to date. The Controller of the Command, Alhaji Wada Chedi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Katsina. Chedi explained that 15 different models of vehicles were seized in the period under review. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria will storm Katsina State to endorse the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, under the auspices of Ndigbo Leaders in All...
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested three suspected armed robbers who specialise in using charms to break houses in Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, stated this in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. He said,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Katsina State Government has announced total ban on the sale and smoking of Shisha and other non-medical substances across the state with immediate effect. Governor Aminu Masari have the ban in a statement issued by the state Director of Information, Alhaji Buhari Mamman-Daura, on...
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar-Faruk, says Katsina State is not backward in terms of girl-child education as it is being perceived in some quarters. The emir made the statement when he received members of Girl Education Project (GEP-3) who were on a follow- up visit to his...
In what can be described as a kettle calling a pot black, a group of armed bandits have ‘arrested’ a scavenger, who is into stealing, in Katsina State. PRNigeria gathered that the scavenger, a middle-aged man, specializes in uprooting metal rods and removing iron bars, from deserted buildings at...