Tag: Kaduna state
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…
Gunmen sack Kaduna village, killing 11
No fewer than 11 people were on Saturday killed in a renewed attack in Zangang village in Attakar Chiefdom, Kaura…
Divorce: Nigerian Housewife Threatens Suicide
A housewife, Hauwa Abdulwahab, of Rigasa Community in Kaduna State on Tuesday threatened to commit suicide if she was not…
2 Nigerian soldiers killed by gunmen
By Femi Adi/Kaduna In a fresh attack, gunmen have killed two soldiers and at least three villagers at Kwasakwasa village…
Another Bloody Attack By Fulanis
Suspected Fulani herdsmen descend on a Southern Kaduna village killing dozens While Christians across the country were celebrating the symbolic…
Ethnic Violence Kills 19, Displaces 4,500
Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some…
Fire Burns Mother, 5 Children To Death
A mother, Mrs Zuwaira Yakubu, and her five children were burnt to death in the early hours of Tuesday in…
Ice Block Sellers Record Huge Sales
Some ice block producers and vendors in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, are having a boom in sales due to the hot…
6 killed in Kaduna village
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Gunmen have attacked residents of Aduwan village, Zango Kataf local government area of the northern Nigerian state…
Man buries five kids after tragic fire incident
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A Nigerian father of five children has done the unpleasant task of burying them all, after a…
5 Kids Burnt To Death
By Adi Femi/ Kaduna Five children of the same parents were yesterday night burnt to death in a fire incident…
Declare Emergency Against Poverty, urges Group
BY EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) has decried the level of poverty in the country…
Late Governor Yakowa’s Brother Dies At 60
Adi Femi/Kaduna Adamu Yakowa, the younger brother to the late governor of Nigeria’s north western state of Kaduna, Patrick Yakowa,…
Nigerian Lady Dumps Baby In Pit Latrine
Residents of Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Kaduna State have recovered a baby from a pit latrine…
Kaduna swears in Bajoga as deputy governor
Former Nigerian ambassador to Poland, Nuhu Bajoga was sworn-in today as the new Deputy Governor of Kaduna State. He was…
CPC pledges support for Governor Yero
Nigeria’s opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kaduna State, has pledged to support Governor Mukhtar Yero in the restoration…
Nuhu Bajoga nominated as deputy governor
Governor Mukhtar Yero of Nigeria’s Kaduna State has nominated a former Nigerian ambassador to Poland, Nuhu Bajoga as the new…
‘Red Meat Good For Health’
A nutritionist in St. Patrick Hospital, Kaduna State, Mrs Deborah Luka, has said that red meat contains important nutrients required…
Nigeria: Jonathan, Kukah praise Yakowa at burial
The remains of former Governor of Kaduna State Patrick Yakowa were buried at his country home at Fadan Kagoma on…
Kaduna Assembly Want Yakowa Immortalised
Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the immortalisation of late Governor Patrick Yakowa. The assembly, at a…
Yero Announces Burial Plans For Yakowa
New Kaduna governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has formally announced burial arrangements for the late Kaduna governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa…
Deputy Governor: Yakowa’s Associates Nominate Widow
In a bid to compensate for the loss of her husband, wife of the late Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna…
Nigeria’s Ex-LG Boss In Police Net Over Fake Projects
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday arrested Alhaji Umar Ibrahim-Rabagaddama, the immediate-past Chairman of the…
Yakowa: Patience Jonathan weeps
Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan wept in Kaduna on Monday when she paid a condolence visit to…
Yakowa: Kaduna Searches For Deputy Governor
Southern Kaduna people in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria have commenced the search for a new deputy governor of the state…
What could be on Governor Yakowa’s mind here?
What could be on late Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa’s mind as shown here, as he attended his last public outing…