The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a woman identified as Zaliha Shuaibu for the alleged murder of her co-wife’s three-month-old baby boy in Malari Village, Soba Local Government Area of the state. The incident took place on 13 May 2025, at the home shared by the suspect, her husband, and the victim’s mother. This was revealed on Friday in …

In its mandate to support governments in fostering health security and strengthening health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) engaged the Journalists Initiative on Immunization Against Polio (JAP) cultural troupe to work with the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) in addressing OBR implementation challenges at very high-risk settlements. ‘Through this innovation, JAP conducted local theater performances in Pambegua …

Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and ex-Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, have visited former President Muhammadu Buhari at his Kaduna residence. According to a video seen by The PUNCH on X, other politicians who visited Buhari on Friday included the former Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami; former governor …

The Executive Committee and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State have passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani ahead of the 2027 elections, declaring that there would not be vacancy in the Aso Rock Villa and Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna during the polls. In …

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command recently intercepted a vehicle transporting 13 victims of human trafficking to Oyo State and arrested three suspects. The Force’s Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement partly read, ‘In furtherance of the IGP’s directive on the due implementation of the police’s action plan for the …

One hundred thousand less privileged individuals, including women and children, have received free medical care in eight Local Government Areas of Southern Kaduna senatorial district as part of a Federal Government Constituency Intervention Project. Amos Gwamna, the representative for Zango Kataf and Jaba Federal Constituency, shared this during the health programme, and a visit to some patients who had undergone …

Police operatives in Kaduna State have apprehended six suspected kidnappers, a cattle rustler, and several vandals, recovering a locally made firearm and charms in the process. The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Mansir Hassan disclosed that the arrests were made through targeted operations by Operation Fushin Kada personnel, acting on credible intelligence. On 12 November 2024, police …

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has unveiled an ambitious plan to position the state as a digital economy hub through a series of partnerships with tech giants, including Data Science Nigeria and google.org. Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement on the draft National Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill in Kaduna on Thursday, Sani, represented by the Commissioner for Business, Innovation, …

The Kaduna State Government has announced a remarkable achievement in education, with over 67% of students securing five credits and above in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, up from 54% last year. The State’s Commissioner of Education, Prof. Muhammad Sani Bello, made this known at a one-day summit organised by the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority with …

A team of Special Forces from the Nigerian Air Force, 413 Force Protection Group, has killed a terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi and some of his foot soldiers during a gun battle in Kaduna State. The NAF special forces encountered the terrorists while combing the forest after intelligence had revealed the terrorists were planning an attack on the locals. A statement …