The Nigerian Army has warned natives of Falgore and Saminaka in Kano and Kaduna state respectively to move from danger as joint troops of Carder short Service Course 44 and Recruits of 79 Regular Recruit intake will hold Exercise Kungama, an operation signifying preparation for end of their training. This was contained in a statement by Assistant Director, Army Public Read More
Latest information from the desk of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), comes a report of decline based on number of coronavirus cases in Kano and Lagos. But Ogun record 24 – a tally higher than the usual. For the second consecutive day, Kano and Lagos officially got less than the number of cases reported some five days ago. Read More
About 20 shops including a pharmacy are currently on fire in Kaduna State, Channels television is reporting. Accodring to the report, the incident started at about 7:00 pm on Wednesday along Constitution road in the state capital and the cause is yet to be known. No official of the state fire service and other emergency response agencies had arrived the Read More
There are now 14 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, and patient with the virus has died, bringing the number of deaths to seven. As at Wednesday night, six persons were confirmed dead. Thirteen new cases are in Lagos and one in Delta state. As at 09:30 pm, April 9, there are 288 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Read More
Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria. Three in Bauchi and two in the FCT. As at 10:10 pm, April 4, there are 214 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty-five have been discharged with four deaths. State by state breakdown Lagos- 109 FCT- 43 Osun- 20 Oyo- 9 Akwa Ibom- 5 Ogun- 4 Edo- 7 Read More
Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria. Three in Osun and one in Ogun states. As at 11:15 am, March 31, there are 135 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with two deaths. State by state breakdown Lagos- 81 FCT- 25 Ogun- 4 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 1 Oyo- 8 Edo- 2 Bauchi- 2 Osun-5 Rivers-1 Benue- Read More
Just as his Kaduna and Bauchi counterparts, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Makinde, head of the Oyo COVID-19 task force, who confirmed this via his twitter handle @seyiamakinde, on Monday evening said, “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate. “I have Read More
We, the good people of Mahuta Community of National Eye Centre, Kaduna, call on Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state to come to the aid of the community. The community overwhelmingly voted for El-Rufai in the 2015 and 2019 elections because of trust and belief in his reformation agenda. Mahuta community at the moment is facing a lot of challenges Read More
The Kaduna state Police Command Thursday night confirmed attack on Maro Village in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state by unknown gunmen in military uniform who shot sporadically everywhere killing seven people and injuring many others. A statement signed by Kaduna state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige, Thursday night said that police mobilised to the scene but the deed Read More
Troops of Defence headquarters Operation Thunder Strike have handed over seven persons arrested during their raid on suspected kidnappers’ hideout around Kuyeri Mountain, Kagarko local government, to Kaduna state government. The persons suspected to be kidnappers were arrested five days ago according to the Commander Sector II of the operation, Flt. Lt. Kabir Ladan, but upon investigation, they were discovered Read More
Deputy General Manager Human Resources/ Administration Thomas Imoniche Joseph is dead. A statement by the newspaper’s management said Joseph died Sunday in Kaduna after a brief illness. Condoling with the family during a visit to the deceased’s residence in Kaduna, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Blueprint Newspapers, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, expressed shock at the demise of Joseph. While describing his death as a Read More
The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kajuru Local Government Area following security breaches in the area. The curfew, which is with immediate effect was announced by the State Deputy Governor, Mr Barnabas Bala, on Friday in Kaduna. “Following events in Kasuwan Magani, the dusk to dawn curfew that has been in place in Kajuru LGA has Read More
As the Nigerian Air Force Tuesday launched Operation ‘Tsaftan Daji’ in North west, the federal government has said highly placed traditional rulers in the north are behind the spate of killings in the region. The position came as Governor Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara state, a hotbed of violence, said over 3,596 innocent citizens lost their lives to banditry in the state Read More
I am not a fan of Nasiru El-Rufai, the diminutive helmsman of Kaduna state. But I have been following the activities of the self-styled Accidental Civil Servant especially since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999. The pocket-size grenade became well known or notorious when he was appointed as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the administration Read More
The Abuja-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project received a major boost on Thursday as the Kaduna State Government pledged to join forces with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ensure effective optimisation of the project by stakeholders across the state. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who said this when he received the Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Read More
Africa’s richest man and Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that Northern Nigeria would continue to remain poor, except its states governments move to close the development gap between the North and the South. Speaking at the 4th edition of the Kaduna Investment Summit (KadInvest 4.0) in Kaduna on Wednesday, Dangote berated Northern state governors for Read More
Suspected bandits have killed 16 persons in fresh attacks on Kursasa and Kurya villages of Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara state. A resident of Kursasa village identified as Usman Garba told Blueprint on phone that the bandits simultaneously besieged the two villages between 10pm and 11pm on Saturday and attacked the residents with dangerous weapons. He said the attacks on Kursasa Read More
Senator-elect for Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, Malam Uba Sani, has described Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s re-election for second term as ratification of covenant with the people of Kaduna state and that there are better days ahead. Addressing selected journalists in Kaduna following presentation of certificate of returns to Governor Nasir el-Rufai and 34 members-elect of Kaduna State House of Assembly by Read More
A Kaduna State High Court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada on Monday adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiite, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat. NAN reports that El-Zakzaky and wife are standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and disruption of public peace, among others. Read More
The Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has surprisingly returned to the country against the speculation that he was flown abroad for medical attention. The governor was sighted on Wednesday while returning from an abroad trip at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. His spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, later shared two pictures of the governor, dressed in black caftan, smiling broadly. Read More
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gained two additional seats in the just concluded House of Assembly election in Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP, which had only seven members in the assembly after the 2015 election, now has a total of nine members. The elected PDP members would represent Kaura, Jema’a, Jaba, Read More
An early money attack by unknown gunmen on Nandu Gbok in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state on Saturday left 10 people including children dead and dozens of houses burnt. Member representing Jema’a and Sanga federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Shehu Nicholas Garba, said 10 people were killed by the gunmen, while 30 houses were burnt Read More
Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has debunked rumour making round that he was in a coma and his driver died after an accident. El-Rufai who spoke through Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, his Special Adviser on Media and communication he was neither involved in an accident, nor in a coma. As from Wednesday night, rumours were rife in hush tones that Governor Read More
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Kujama, Mararaban Rido in Chikun and Kajuru local government areas (LGA) to end further breakdown of law and order in the area. Blueprint reports that a day after the March 9, 2019 gubernatorial and house of assembly elections, 17 people were killed in Ungwar Barde, a Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai as the winner of the Saturday governorship election in Kaduna state. Announcing the results and declaring Governor el-Rufai re-elected, the Returning Officer for the governorship poll, Prof. Mohammed Yahuza Bello said, el-Rufai pollled a total votes of 1,045,427 to emerge Read More
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