Tag: Katsina State
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…
Nigerian Customs Impounds Smuggled Drugs, Textiles
Luck has run out for a group of smugglers, when the Nigerian Customs Service intercepted a large cache of banned…
Katsina Governor Garners Support For Jonathan
The Katsina State Government on Thursday continued its strategic moves to reverse the loss of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
CPC Floors PDP In Katsina
A political tsunami has blown in Katsina state sweeping away all but two representatives of the  people of the state…
2011 Election: Masari Fails To Rekindle Ambition
Attempts by former Speaker of the House of Representatives; Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, to rekindle his gubernatorial ambition through an…
Katsina: Late Arrival Of Materials Mar PDP Primaries
Late arrival of election officials and materials marred the PDP House of Representatives primaries in Katsina State. A correspondent of…
Health Workers Suspend Strike
The Katsina State Chapter of the Joint Health Sector Union on Tuesday suspended the strike it embarked on two weeks…
72-Year Old Alleged Rapist Gets Bail Rapist
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi on Wednesday granted bail to a 72-year-old farmer, Isiyaku Mamman, of Gorar…
Court Orders Arrest Of Former Police Sergeant
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of an ex-police sergeant,…
Editors Condemn Insecurity In Nigeria
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the state of insecurity in Nigeria especially the rising cases of kidnapping…