he Nigerian Army has successfully rescued 16 residents who were abducted by bandits in Tantatu community, located in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state. This rescue operation comes amidst a series of escalating bandit attacks plaguing the region, highlighting the dire security situation faced by local communities. According...
Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that his administration has in the last couple of years spent N2 billion on the development of entrepreneurship in the state. The sum spent on provision of capital to entrepreneurs “and reactivation of some moribund industries in the State” was raised by...
The Kaduna State Government will allow residents to restock on food and essentials on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the two days on which it would relax the restriction of movement every week. The government announced this at the end of the daily meeting of the State Standing Committee on Covid-19,...
As Shekarau Emerges Consensus Candidate of Nigeria’s Largest Senatorial District Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has successfully resolved the lingering dispute surrounding the Kano Central Senatorial ticket, paving the way for Ibrahim Shekarau to emerge as the consensus candidate. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s...
Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu has removed 15 District heads for alleged insubordination, land racketeering, aiding insecurity, and conversion of public properties. The announcement was made by the Governor's press secretary, Abubakar Bawa, in a statement released on Tuesday evening. According to the statement, the dethroned District Heads include Unguwar...
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, alongside other governors of the North-West States, have met with President Bola Tinubu behind closed-doors. The meeting between the President and the seven Governors, which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was on the sideline of the maiden meeting of the National Economic Council...
The Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has announced the relaxation of lockdown order by six hours each on Mondays and Thursdays as a window to ease the total lockdown in the state. The governor made the announcement at a press briefing organised by the Kano State Government State Taskforce...
The Zamfara State Government has said its directives to civilians to acquire guns to defend themselves do not confer an automatic right on all interested people to have access to firearms. The Commissioner of Information in the state, Ibrahim Dosara, made the clarification while speaking on a Channels TV programme...
The Kaduna State School Quality Assurance Authority has shut down Future Leaders International School, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna, for conducting entrance examination in violation of the Coronavirus Quarantine Order. The Director-General of the agency, Umma Ahmad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday, adding that...
Kaduna Govt Appoints New Chiefs For 3 Chiefdoms Kaduna State government has appointed Chiefs for Chikun, Fadan Ayu and Kudaru Chiefdoms, saying it signifies the first set of appointments since its new traditional institution law was passed. It will be recalled that the new law specifies rotation amongst ruling houses as...