Another Nigeria Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has reportedly crashed. According to Daily Post, the location of the crash is suspected be around Kaduna state. “The fighter jet left Yola, the Adamawa capital, this morning to go clear bandits”, the informant added. NAF is yet to react to the latest development. Details loading…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced the final stage of its 2019 recruitment exercise, shortlisting 6,500 candidates for its final screening out of the over 1.4 million who initially applied for the paramilitary job. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, said this at a news conference Friday in Abuja. Audi who was flanked Read More
kidnapped Emir of Kajuru in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, has regained freedom, but his grandchildren and others are still in bandits’ captivity. One of the kingmakers of the Emirate Council, Dahiru Abubakar, confirmed the development. The Emir was released on Monday afternoon, few hours after bandits demanded N200 million ransom for the monarch and Read More
Suspected Bandits early Sunday morning struck in Kaduna state and kidnapped Emir of Kajuru. The incident happened around 1:30am though no life was lost but the Sarkin Kajuru was kidnapped along with 13 others. Blueprint investigation revealed that three women, Emir’s aides and some of his grand children were also whisked away. Police authorities were yet to make any official Read More
It’s only natural that who succeeds Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai in 2023 is naturally a subject of intense media and political speculation, because he has resolved several lingering challenges that adversely affected governance in Kaduna state that anyone taking over from him has his/her job cut out. Secondly, because his political opponents- external and internal- are Read More
A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) known as APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APC-LAC) said President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was moving Nigeria steadily towards self-sufficiency in food production in a way that has never been witnessed since independence. The group said the country’s steady progress in the administration’s efforts at positioning agriculture as the fulcrum of the country’s economic Read More
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has been reportedly invited the Department of State Security ( DSS) for questioning over remarks he made on Arise TV interview that allegedly portrayed the Nigerian military in bad light. This was revealed via a report by the Voice of America, VOA, Hausa service monitored on Friday. The report said Gumi was invited Read More
The Southern Kaduna Joint Peace Committee (SKJPC) has identified triggers to the persistent conflict in the area and charted a way forward. Blueprint reports that SKJPC made this known on Thursday in Kafanchan at a sensitisation meeting, organised for Fulani leaders in the area. The SKJPC, which was constituted at the end of the Southern Kaduna Peace Summit in 2020, Read More
As part of activities to commemorate the second anniversary of the ninth Senate, the chairman Senate Committee on Senate Services, Senator Sani Musa, in this interview with ROSEMARY MORIBIRIN delves into a range of topics including the insecurity and measures towards restoring peace. How has the 9th Senate been able to manage its differences in cooperating with the executive? Right Read More
Many travellers are currently stranded on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway as angry residents have blocked the road over attacks, especially the killing of a 13-year-old girl by bandits. The tragic incident occurred at Anguwar Magaji in Chikun Local Government Area of the state, according to Daily Trust. Residents said bandits stormed the house of the village head and abducted his family Read More
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, please kindly provide the host community land to farm as usual. The members of the community have been farming on the land before the federal government acquired it for the school, despite this some of the farmers continued farming up till last year. The NDA management registered the farmers and issued them dentity cards. Read More
Controller General of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) Liman Ibrahim has appealed to Nigerians to join hands with his agency as volunteer-firefighters to curb fire disasters in the country. The FFS boss believe that if citizens on ground at fire scenes attend to fire before the arrival firefighters, the excesses of fire menace will be curtailed. Speaking Tuesday during the Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in panic mood ahead of the 2023 general elections because of its recently increased membership base which is now 40 millions. The ruling party, who described PDP as a sinking party, sajd President Muhammadu Buhari’s government from inception took “a good, progressive, patriotic and apolitical Read More
Gunmen, Thursday night, attacked Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria and killed one student, injured another, before kidnapping eight students and two Lecturers. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Friday morning. “Kaduna State Government has been briefed by security agencies of an attack by armed bandits at the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Read More
A group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of APC Legacy Awareness & Campaign (APC-LAC), said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration committed more resources to infrastructure than any other administration since 1999. The administrations before President Muhammadu Buhari include former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. In its weekly reports of Buhari’s legacies through a statement Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed excitement over the recent appointment of Ahmed Mustapha Habib as the new Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The appointment was announced earlier by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman. Mustapha Habib, a Business Administration graduate from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, took over from AVM Muhammadu Alhaji Muhammad (rtd). In a Read More
Caretaker Committee Chairman of the NIgeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engr. Musa Nimrod, has once again, received the prestigious AUTHENTIC News Daily Outstanding Sportsman Of The Year Award For 2020. He was presented with the award at the just concluded 2021 National Volleyball League 1 at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna. Speaking at the presentation, Consulting Editor of Authentic News Daily, Read More
A member of the Nasarawa state house of Assembly representing Nasarawa Central state constituency, Hon.Ismail Danba, has been kidnapped. Chairman Nasarawa state house of Assembly committee on information, Hon.Mohammed Omadefu, confirmed the development on Sunday. He said the kidnappers ambushed and whisked the lawmaker away around forest, in Sanga local government of Kaduna state. He explained that Danbaba was kidnapped Read More
The appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya on May 27, 2021, has generally elicited loud endorsements from Nigerians. His appointment followed the sudden demise of his predecessor, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a plane crash, along with 10 other Army personnel in Kaduna a week ago. (May their souls rest in Read More
Senator Uba Sani representing Kaduna Central has lamented that Nigerian children have been at the receiving end of the nation’s recurring economic, social and political challenges. In a Children’s Day message, Uba Sani noted that children have been subjected to unbelievable deprivations due to the insecurity bedeviling many communities. “Some of them are stuck in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps. Read More
Northw-est zonal hearing of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review concludes its sitting in Kaduna Thursday, as the committee said it has received 77 memoranda from governments, groups and individuals. Chairman of the Committee covering Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states, Sen. Kabiru Gaya disclosed this at the end of the two-day sitting of the hearing on Thursday. The committee Read More
Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sacked at least 19 political appointees. A statement from the state government on Wednesday, said affected officials include two Special Advisers, a deputy Chief of Staff and several special assistants. According to the statement, the governor said the 19 disengaged staff were the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, Read More
Bambale community in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna have mourned the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and his ADC, Major Lawal Aliyu Hayat Bambale who died in plane crash in Kaduna last Friday while on their way to Zaria for 80th Regular Recruits Intake passing out parade. The Spokeman of the community, Mallam Nasir Read More
Wonders, as they say, shall never come to an end. I was taken aback when I stumbled on a news item on Sahara Reporters alleging that the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, during his time in office entitlements under the Uniform and Boots Allowance and Scarce Skills Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari since November Read More
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