Following the killings of 45 persons in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, and a new Police Area Command, in the…
Kaduna Schools where 400 pupils are crammed into 1 class (Vanguard)
Nothing poignantly represents the rot in the educational sector in Kaduna state than the Shawai Primary school in Rigassa District of the state, where over 400 pupils are crammed into a 14 feet by16 feet primary school classroom. It is…
The 3 senators representing Kaduna are useless – el-Rufai (Punch)
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has accused the three senators representing the state of working against a World Bank loan request by the state government, saying they are useless and ignorant. The governor made the comment on Friday, five weeks…
Kaduna Dep Gov apologises over remarks on World Bank Loan (ThisDay)
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Barnabas Bala Bantex, has apologised over comments he made regarding the rejection of the $350 million World Bank loan request by the state government. The Senate had rejected the $350 million World Bank loan,…
Police declare Sen. Shehu Sani wanted for murder (NewTelegraph)
The police in Kaduna State yesterday linked Senator Shehu Sani as a person of interest in a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide in the state. Following the development, Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Austin Iwar, has written to…
I’ll demystify incumbency, defeat Buhari in 2019 – Baba-Ahmed (SUN)
A former senator from Kaduna State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, on Tuesday, boasted that he would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential election. Baba-Ahmed welcomed President Buhari’s…
Easter: Muslim woman doles out chickens, food items to Christians in Kaduna (Vanguard)
A Muslim woman, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani, on Thursday in Kaduna doled out chickens and food items to over 50 poor Christian widows and orphans to celebrate the Easter. Tijjani said the gesture was to assist the beneficiaries and help in…
Angry youths set ablaze Church, Vehicle, Police outpost over boy’s death (Leadership)
There was pandemium in Kaduna yesterday night when angry youths set ablazed a celestial church of God, a vehicle at Bayan Dutse in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state following the death of a boy alleged to have been…