Troops of Operation Safe Haven in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State, parts of Bauchi, and Southern Kaduna on Monday said eight persons have been arrested in connection with the killings in Southern Kaduna. The Commander of the OPSH, Sector 7, Colonel David Nwankonobi, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Kafanchan headquarters of Sector 7 on Monday. He Read More
Four communities in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state Thursday were flooded following a downpour. Ungwan Musa, Ungwan Rimi Road, GDSS road, Bayan Loco and parts of Garaje were affected by the flood. The downpour which started around 2a.m. lasted for several hours, submerging residential buildings and some business premises. Some of the residents told NAN Read More
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, fresh crisis brewing in the camp of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be of an advantage to former Lagos state governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is as a result of allegations that a cabal to the former Read More
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile has been announced dead, as a result of head injuries she sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Director of Public Relations and InformationNigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola. This statement read, “It is with great sorrow that the Read More
After two days, Lagos again recorded more than 100 Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country’s total cases have hit 12801, 361 out of them are dead, while 4040 patients have recovered. On Monday, the entire Africa’s most populous nation recorded 315 cases. Here is state by state breakdown; Lagos- 128 FCT-34 Read More
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
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