Tag: Katsina State
Dad Taught Me How To Play Tennis
Nigeria’s number two female tennis player, Blessing Samuel, in this interview with DAMILARE OKUNOLA, explained how her father taught her…
Rainstorm Destroys 50 Structures In Katsina
Rainstorm has destroyed 50 structures in Tandama village in Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State. The affected structures include…
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Boko Haram shifts base, attacks Gen. Buhari’s town
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/ Kano Gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists have attacked banks and police formations in Daura, the hometown…
Daura Emirate Cancels Festival for Kano Emir
The Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State, has announced the cancellation of the annual Maulud festival in honour of the…
French President Vows To Rescue Kidnapped National
French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that a French national had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria and said Paris…
Gunmen Kidnap French National
A group of 30 gunmen, who stormed a residence in northern Nigeria where expatriate workers were staying, kidnapped a French…
Katsina state leads in polio cases
Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation…
Flood destroys 85 houses, injures 8
No fewer than 85 houses and 146 farms have been destroyed by flood in Kofa and Tofani villages in Kusada…
Katsina court reinstates CPC executives
A High Court in Katsina on Tuesday dissolved the Katsina State Congress for Progressive Change Interim Committee constituted by the…
PDP wins Katsina bye-election
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has declared PDP’s Bilya Sani Yamel as the winner of Saturday’s bye-election for the Katsina…
3 cops ambushed, killed in Katsina
Suspected armed robbers on Sunday shot dead three policemen in Mararrabar Maigora Village in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State, north…
Katsina appoints new head of service
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Nigeria’s Katsina State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Aliyu as the new Head of…
Men Besiege LG Secretariat Over Marriage Opportunity
Dozens of men on Monday besieged Malumfashi Local Government Secretariat in Katsina State over an opportunity to marry widows or…
Katsina Sacks Provost Registrar, Gov Council; Over Students Riot
The Katsina State Government has announced the immediate sack of the Provost and the Registrar of Yusuf Bala Usman College…
Driver Charged With Killing 18 Passengers
A 50-year-old driver, Yahaya Ibrahim, of Rimi Local Government of Katsina State, on Tuesday appeared before an FCT Upper Area…