Says President Jonathan meant well for Nigeria but was victim of calumny campaign …Threat to abduct the president joke taken too far – Temlong, Ex-MNJTF Commander As a benumbed nation is still processing the threat by dare-devil terrorists to abduct and kill President Muhammadu Buhari, the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and other high profile…
Wike Says Insecurity in Kaduna is Retributive Justice for El-Rufai
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the spate of kidnapping and killings by criminal gangs in Kaduna State was retributive justice on the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who he said allegedly supported a plot to cause trouble in Rivers State in 2015. The governor, who spoke when he received a delegation of Rotary Club…
Woman Lands in Court For Dumping Four-Week-Old Baby
By Jessica Oshomagbe* A 35-year-old widow, Habiba Abdullahi who was arrested for allegedly dumping her four-week-old baby in front of another person’s house in Kaduna State on Wednesday appeared in Upper Sharia Court, Daura Road in Kaduna. The Police arraigned the suspect who lived at New Bida Road, Tudun Nupawa in Kaduna on one count…
Sambo’s Dilemma
It is not certain where Namadi Sambo, vice president, will vote. There are speculations that he is changing polling units to avoid defeat at his ward as was the case in 2011. A source said he is likely to vote at the polling unit near the Swimming Pool at the Police College, Kaduna. Meanwhile accreditation…
Kaduna Awards Scholarship to 125 Students
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, Kaduna State Governor has awarded 125 foreign scholarships to doctorate, masters and undergraduate medical students of the state origin. The beneficiaries would study medical sciences, engineering, applied and natural sciences in Malaysia, Ghana, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Egypt and Uganda. Yero said the aim of the 2014/2015 Overseas Scholarship Awards was…
Southern Kaduna To Get New University
Ramalan Yero, Kaduna State governor, has announced the establishment of a state-owned University of Technology in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. Yero made this announcement as the guest of honour at the annual Kagoro Cultural Day also known as Afan Day Festival, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna. “In view of…
Ebola: Kaduna Budgets N116m for Preventive Measures in Schools
Kaduna State Government on Tuesday said it has released N116m for the purchase of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, detecting equipment in public schools. Ibrahim Ali, Commissioner for Education in the state, said this at the flag-off of training for 13,000 teachers on prevention of EVD ahead of the September 22 resumption date for primary and post primary…
Second Blast Hit Kaduna
Barely two hours after a bomb blast killed no fewer than 25 persons this afternoon at Isa Kaita road, a city center in Kaduna, along the popular Murtala Square, another bomb has just exploded in the Kawo area of the city. The first bomb was reportedly concealed in a red Volkswagen golf car and was…
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