Tag: Kaduna state
Tinubu condemns Kaduna blast, happy for Buhari’s safety
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the twin blast that rocked Kaduna…
24 Hours Curfew Imposed in Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna Following the twin bombs that exploded in Kaduna on Wednesday, the state government has imposed 24 hours curfew…
Buhari escapes death as bomb blast kills over 40 in Kaduna
Former Head of State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari escaped death today after…
Another blast rips through Kaduna
A second explosion rocked a crowded market area in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna city on Wednesday, police said, after a suicide…
‘Suicide bomber’ kills at least 25 in Kaduna
A suicide bomb on Wednesday in the northern Nigeria city of Kaduna killed at least 25 people, in what appeared…
Kaduna Senator wants fleeing Fulanis to return
Senator Nenadi Usman (PDP-Kaduna South) on Tuesday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State urged the Fulanis who fled the area out of…
Gunmen kill media GM in Kaduna
Gunmen on Friday night, murdered Malam Ustaz Yunus, General Manager of a Kaduna-based media organisation, The New Democrat. The New…
Suspected Boko Haram leader killed in gun battle
A suspected Boko Haram leader was killed on Sunday 6 July by security operatives following a raid on a hideout…
Blast rips through Osun, Kaduna, Borno killing scores
A bomb blast rocked Ile-Ife, Osun State, early Wednesday morning. The low small bomb went off in the Onipetu area…
Jonathan condemns Bauchi, Kaduna attacks
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Friday night’s bombing in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi State. In a statement issued…
Sanga LGC relaxes 24-hour curfew
The Sanga Local Government Council of Kaduna State on Sunday relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed in the area by 10…
Pastor releases Muslim inmates from Kaduna prison
Pastor Yohanna Buru, leader and founder of Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation, on Friday 27 June secured the release of…
Curfew slammed in Kaduna villages after scores died
By Femi Adi/Kaduna A 24 hour curfew has been slammed on Sanga local government area, in the northern state of…
Drug Abuse: NDLEA Arrests 11 Kids, Hotel Manager
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has arrested 11 children and the manager of a…
153 commercial drivers undergo medical test
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Kaduna says more than 153 commercial vehicle drivers in the state have so far…
Fraudsters hack Gov. Yero’s phone line – Official
Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State on Wednesday raised alarm over the use of his phone number by fraudsters to…
VIO impounds 70 tricycles over traffic offences
No fewer than 70 tricycles, popularly known as Keke NAPEP, have been impounded by the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in…
Kaduna refinery produces at 60% capacity – MD
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) on Tuesday said it that the company was currently operating at 60 per…
Chibok Girls: Police Stop Street Protest in Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command yesterday disrupted a planned street peaceful protest organised by Women Arise For Change Initiative led…
4 killed by gunmen in Kaduna state
The Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, Mr Umar Shehu, on Wednesday, confirmed that gunmen killed two policemen and two…
Council chairman charged with certificate forgery
The Nigerian Police on Monday dragged the Chairman, Soba Local Government in Kaduna State to a Magistrates’ Court for certificate…
Mace Of Kaduna House Of Assembly Still Missing
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Previlleges to investigate the whereabouts of…
Wammako denies sending supporters to PDP rally
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has denied sending some youths to represent him at the North-West rally of the…
Nigerian village shaken by religious violence
Kaduna state governor, Mukhtar Yero has visited a village in the southern part of the state, shaken by the latest…
3 injured as Shi’ite muslims, Zaria community clash
The Nigerian Police in the northern city of Zaria, Kaduna State on Thursday averted what could have snowballed into a…
Rights activist, Shehu Sani eyes Kaduna senate seat
Mr. Shehu Sani, a human rights activist,based in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna wants to be a senator. Reports said…
ThisDay Bomber Jailed For Life
Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in…
2,094 Pilgrims From Kaduna Return
A total of 2,094 pilgrims from Kaduna State have been transported back home after performing the 2013 Hajj, Mallam Yunusa…
Agency Uncovers 5 Indian Hemp Farms
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday it had uncovered five cannabis farms in Kaduna State, northwest…
Police Boss, Bank Managers To Meet Over Robberies
Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, northcentral Nigeria, Mr Olufemi Adenaike says he will soon meet with all bank managers to…