Lagos vaccinates over 46,000 persons (Guardian) The Lagos State government on Monday said about 46,369 persons have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the state as at Friday March 19. The State Commissioner of Health Professor Akin Abayomi said 50.1% (23,232)…
Bandits storm primary school in Kaduna, abduct teachers, pupils
Bandits have abducted students and teachers from UBE Primary School in Rama, a village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Members of the community told Daily Trust that the incident occurred while pupils where trooping into the…
307 students rescued as bandits attack another Kaduna school
The Kaduna State Government says bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kara Local Government Area of the state in an attempt to kidnap students of the school. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel…
Gunmen abduct female students in Kaduna
An unspecified number of female students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in the Mando Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been abducted by gunmen. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, The PUNCH was…
Bandits abduct 26 in Kaduna as 246 suspected terrorists surrender in Borno
Gunmen yesterday abducted about 26 people along the Kaduna-Kachia road and Kugo village, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. While 21 of the victims were, reportedly, kidnaped along the Kaduna-Kachia road, five women were abducted at Kugo village,…
Bizman drags brother-in-law to court over N69,000 debt
A businessman, Abdulkadir Oyeleke, yesterday, dragged his brother-in-law, Malam Sani, before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking recovery of N69,000. Oyeleke told the court that in January 2020, Sani’s wife, who was his elder sister, visited…
Gov El Rufai to compete in Kaduna marathon
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el Rufai, has registered to compete in the maiden Kaduna Marathon holding on November 21, 2020. He also called on all indigenes of the state, both old and young, to be involved in the marathon. El…
COVID-19: El-Rufa’i says still in Isolation, not been discharged
Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has debunked insinuations that he was free of the covid-19 infection. The governor, on his twitter handle, said he had not been cleared of Covid-19. Some residents along Kawo Road near the old…
Sanusi, El-Rufai meet in Awe (Guardian)
Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai on Friday visited the deposed Kano Emir Muhammadu Sanusi at Awe, Nassarawa State, where he was exiled to by the Kano State Government. Kano State Government on Monday removed Sanusi as emir of the Kano…
*Motorists lament as traffic diversion on Kara Bridge begins (Guardian) *Awo, Fela’s statues not destroyed – Lagos govt (DailyTrust)
Motorists lament as traffic diversion on Kara Bridge begins (Guardian) For motorists plying the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, last Wednesday was a particularly harrowing day as gridlock grounded the stretch of the highway, and the adjourning routes.The Guardian observed that traffic…