By EZEKIEL IORJA, Abuja- In a heartfelt tribute to the late former President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved a series of special mourning activities to celebrate his legacy. The centerpiece of these activities is an expanded...
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On Wednesday, Vice President Kashim Shettima, joined by Governors Babagana Zulum of Borno and Dikko Radda of Katsina, led a distinguished group of mourners in Daura for the Fidau prayer in memory of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The event saw the presence of prominent figures such as former Vice...
President Bola Tinubu, alongside President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Niger Republic’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine, joined thousands in Daura, Katsina State, to pay their final respects at the funeral of former President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Vice-President Kashim...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed London with the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 82. Shettima’s spokesman, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said: “I can only confirm that the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has faulted the claims that military generals contributed money to secure the release of retired Brig.-Gen. Mahrazu Tsiga, who was held captive for 56 days. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Monday said the claims by retired Brig. -Gen....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed several terrorists in torrents of airstrikes on their fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, in Borno and Katsina. TheDeputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, announced this in a statement issued on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, has eliminated over 20 terrorists in airstrikes that decimated notorious bandit hideouts in Unguwar Goga Hill-Forest in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, Nigerian Air Force (NAF),...
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has said around 6,000 transformers were vandalised across Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina states during the four-day nationwide blackout. Regional Manager of Katsina North, Mr Auwal Yusha’u, revealed this at a town-hall meeting with stakeholders in Katsina on Wednesday. He stated that, in some...
The United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States will need $15 million to upscale the quality of life of their citizenry. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Christian Munduate, said this at a news briefing in Gusau on Wednesday shortly after holding an interactive session...
With barely two weeks until Christmas and the subsequent new year celebrations, getting cash in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States has now become an extremely herculean task. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results have bemoaned the obnoxious situation which was reminiscent of a similar ugly...
The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Qalam University, Katsina, Prof. Nasiru Musa-Yauri, has said it is set to honour the late President Umaru Yar’adua with a Doctorate Degree of Letters during its 16th convocation. The vice-chancellor, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Katsina on Monday, said the late president would be...
Motorists in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States have lamented that most roads in the states are now killing zones due to their bad state. A cross section of the motorists and other critical stakeholders made the lamentation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in a survey...
The Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF) has urged the Federal Government to promptly intervene to restore electricity supply in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states. Chairman of NSF, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Yar’adua decried the situation of electricity supply in the three states,...
Some residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States say they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal Government to them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had doled out 20 trucks of rice to the 36 states...
It was a beehive of socioeconomic activities on Saturday as the residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States shunned the one-million-man nationwide protests. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the three states learnt that hordes of people were seen busy undertaking their routine public and...
No fewer than 42 persons have been reportedly killed by persons suspected to be bandits in separate attacks across villages in Zamfara and Katsina State. The tragic incident which happened in Magarya village, Zurmi Local Government Area on Thursday, claimed the lives of 12 people, including seven policemen, a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch and Hadarin Daji, have successfully demolished terrorist strongholds in Kaduna and Katsina States, resulting in the elimination of numerous terrorists.” The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Components of Operations Hadarin Daji and Hadin Kai have eliminated 30 terrorists in air strikes in their hideouts in Katsina and Borno. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in Zamfara and Kastina States have killed scores of terrorists, who attempted to abduct some civilians. The troops also rescued the victims, according to a post by the Nigerian Army’s authority on its official X...