Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terror group have reportedly kidnapped dozens of travellers in Kaduna. They were said to have waylaid convoy of vehicles with security escorts along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna road and raze eight vehicles ablaze An association, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance stated the Tuesday morning attack was […]
A former deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, is dead. Dr. Mailafia, 64, reportedly died, on Sunday morning, at the National Hospital, in Abuja. He was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility. The late Mailafia hailed from Randa, in Southern Kaduna, and taught […]
A Kaduna State High Court has freed the embattled leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. In a ruling that lasted over eight hours, the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada upheld the no-case submission filed by Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife. In an alleged culpable homicide, unlawful […]
The Lagos State Police has again exhibited its forensic skills in combating crimes as its operatives traced some suspected armed robbers to Kachai Local Government of Kaduna State and arrested them with their weapons of operations. The four (4) suspected armed robbers, armed with dangerous weapons, had on 5th November, 2020, robbed one Mr Sontochukwu […]
Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli has emerged the 19th Emir of Zazzau, Kaduna State. The state Government announced his appointment on Wednesday. The state government announced Bamalli as successor to the late Emir of Zazzau, HRH Alh. (Dr.) Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20, after reigning for 45 years in the Emirate. Alh. Bamalli […]
Many schools in Kaduna have resumed academic activities in full compliance with the state’s directive on COVID-19 guidelines. Some of the schools in Kaduna, showed that there were provisions for hand-washing facilities, observance of social distancing and wearing of face masks. It was reported that thermometers were used to test the temperature of students and […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says the state government has spent about N16 billion on security in the last five years. According to NAN, el-Rufai spoke at a meeting with the state council of emirs and chiefs on Tuesday. The high level of insecurity in Kaduna has been a source of concern to the government […]
By Amidu Arije As there seems to be no immediate end in sight for the fight against coronavirus pandemic as the confirmed cases keep rising by the day. In steps to curtail the spread of the infectious disease, federal and state governments have imposed lockdown and curfews at various times but there is still no […]