At least eight worshipers were killed and 25 others sustained injuries as a section of the 150-year-old Zaria Central Mosque collapsed on Friday during prayer session. The incident, it was learnt, occurred at about 4pm while the worshippers were praying.…
Diphtheria: 3 dead, 7 hospitalised in Kaduna
A suspected outbreak of Diphtheria in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State has killed three children, leaving seven others hospitalised. Malam Aliyu Alhassan, the Health Secretary of the Makarfi Local Government Council, confirmed the development in an interview with…
El-Rufai, Southern Kaduna leaders find solutions to killings
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with critical stakeholders drawn from Atyap, Fulani, and Hausa communities, all of Atyap chiefdom of Zango Kataf over the killings in Southern Kaduna area. The military, police and…
Elections: Police in Kaduna enforce restriction on movement from 12 midnight
Mr Sunday Babaji, Commissioner of Police on election duty deployed to Kaduna State, has ordered a strict enforcement of the restriction of human and vehicular movements into and within Kaduna State. The enforcement oder is contained in a statement issued…
NSCDC boss lays to rest personnel killed by bandits in Kaduna
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), associate Professor Ahmed Audi, at the weekend laid to rest personnel of service ambushed and killed by terrorists last week while on the routine duty of protecting a mining…
4 killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attack
Barely 24 hours after terrorists killed three people in Kaura Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, no fewer than 4 have been killed in another fresh separate attack on two Communities in Zango Kataf Local Government Area. The PUNCH reports…
Nigerians must come together to salvage the country – Peter Obi
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a country that was needlessly run down through cumulative effects of bad governance. He says it could only be salvaged through collective efforts. Obi spoke on Friday to…
*Contractor suspends Lagos-Ibadan road construction, resumes January (Punch)*Supreme Court overwhelmed by 6,884 cases, CJN Ariwoola laments (Nation)
Contractor suspends Lagos-Ibadan road construction, resumes January (Punch) The contractor in charge of construction works on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Julius Berger has suspended works on the expressway to enable travellers plying the route to enjoy hassle-free movements to their…
Police invite 5 persons over 67-year-old man allegedly locked up for 20 yrs
Kaduna State Police Command has begun investigations to unravel the reason a 67-year-old man was locked up in a room for over 20 years, just as five persons have been invited to assist in the investigation. It would be recalled…
Police invite 5 persons over 67-year-old man allegedly locked up for 20 yrs
Kaduna State Police Command has begun investigations to unravel the reason a 67-year-old man was locked up in a room for over 20 years, just as five persons have been invited to assist in the investigation. It would be recalled…
