Tag: Katsina
Foreign rice scarce in Katsina
Following Federal Government’s ban on importation of rice from foreign countries through land borders, the commodity has become scarce in…
FRSC confirms 8 killed, 15 injured in Katsina accident
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of eight persons in a ghastly motor accident that occurred on…
North west workers ignore NLC strike
Public and private sector workers in five states of the North West on Wednesday defied the nationwide strike action ordered…
70% of Katsina youths jobless – Gov Masari
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said 70 per cent of Katsina youths are jobless. He made the disclosure at…
Buhari to visit Katsina Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday visit his home state, Katsina. Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State who disclosed this…
Katsina loses 6 teachers in road accident – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday said six primary school teachers died in a road accident on Dutsinma-…
Police arrest man for making love to horse
The Police in Katsina State have arrested a man for allegedly making love to a horse. Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, Katsina…
Cattle rustling gang leader arraigned
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Adamu Haruna, before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina for allegedly leading…
5 men docked for impregnating 13-year-old girl
Five men on Tuesday appeared before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, for allegedly impregnating a 13-year-old minor.…
President Buhari marks Eid El-Kabir in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined Muslims faithful in observing Eid-el-kabir prayer at his native home, Daura, Katsina State. The…
NEMA distributes relief materials to over 2,000 flood victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, distributed relief materials to at least 2,000 flood-disaster…
480 drug suspects arrested
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had arrested 480 suspects for drug-related offences in Katsina…
Katsina school releases Buhari’s Cambridge result
The result of the Cambridge West African School certificate examination taken in 1961 by Muhammadu Buhari has been released by…
APC condemns attack on Jonathan’s convoy in Katsina
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the reported stoning of the campaign convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in…
APC postpones ward congresses in Katsina, Plateau and Adamawa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) have postponed today’s nationwide ward congresses in Katsina, Plateau and Adamawa states. In Katsina, the…
Under 13 tournament: Lagos, Niger, Katsina, FCT in semi finals
Four teams, Lagos, Katsina, Niger and the FCT, on Sunday booked semi-finals tickets in the ongoing National Under-13 championship in…
Soldiers kill Poly student at checkpoint in Katsina
Nigerian Soldiers in Katsina State on Thursday opened fire on a commercial vehicle with reg. number AY504KTN, killing one of…
NAPTIP Uncovers 300 Human Traficking Routes
About 300 illegal routes used by human traffickers to ferry their victims out of the country have been discovered in…
Strange: Suspected rapist drags victim to court
In Katsina, northwestern Nigeria, a rape accused has turned an accuser. The suspected rapist, Alhaji Mu’awiyah Sabe, sued his alleged…
Nigeria: New group claims abduction of French engineer
Move over, Boko Haram. A new islamic terrorist group operating on Nigerian territory, has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of…
Governor Shema loses younger brother
Alhaji Kabir Shema, a junior brother to Governor Ibrahim Shema of Nigeria’s northern Katsina State is dead. The Senior Special…
Thieves burgle Federal Secretariat
A gang of suspected thieves on Friday ransacked the Federal Secretariat, Katsina, in an early morning operation. A witness said…
Rights Group Slams 12 Governors Over Teachers’ Strike
Eromosele Ebhomele A civil rights group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), has expressed unhappiness over the alleged reluctance…
Shame as Nigeria imports diesel from Niger
In a development that should put Nigeria’s oil managers and the political leadership in shame, Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer…
110,000 cases pending in Nigerian courts
The extent of the congestion in Nigerian courts and the slow machinery of justice was revealed today by Justice Umaru…
Flood Kills 8 In Katsina
Eight persons were killed and 100 families rendered homeless following heavy rainfall in Katsina metropolis on Friday. The rainfall, which…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Voter Enthusiasm Dims A Bit In Katsina
Amid peaceful ambience and orderly conduct by the electorates in Katsina state, the Governorship and State House of Assembly election…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Thumbs up for INEC as Nigerians vote
Smarting from the last week canceled National Assembly election nationwide, Nigerians on Saturday trooped to polling units across the nation…
Team Ribadu Sympathises With Katsina
The Nuhu  Ribadu campaign organisation has expressed its heartfelt sympathy with the people of Katsina State over the death of five persons in…
God Used Yar’Adua To Bring Me To Limelight — Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday in Katsina that he would forever be grateful to Late President Umaru Yar’Adua for…