A total of 1,979 National Youth Service Corps members, comprising 1,562 for Kaduna State and 417 for the Federal Capital Territory, were sworn in on Friday for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ (Stream II) one-year mandatory service. During the swearing-in ceremony at the NYSC temporary orientation camp at Government College, Kaduna, the State Coordinator, Hassan Mahmud, urged the corps members to …

The Kaduna Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Monday, inaugurated the Kaduna State Skills Development Council to tackle the skills deficit and youth unemployment across the state. The council, which is chaired by the governor, is the highest decision-making organ for skills development in the state and is tasked with providing overall leadership and strategic direction for skills acquisition and development …

The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday said several terrorists were killed during an air interdiction on the Malum Forest in Kaduna State. According to the service, most of the terrorists are responsible for recent attacks on civilians, abductions, and cattle rustling within the Shiroro Local Government of Niger State. A statement by NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, said …

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Kaduna State Chapter, has condemned the Hijacked peaceful protest by what they described as enemies of Kaduna state. In a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Kaduna state by Comrade Sa’adu Bako coordinator of the state,condemn the act of vandalizing and looting public and private property in the state. Adding that they …

Thursday’s peaceful protest against bad governance has turned violent in Kaduna, leaving no fewer than three youths dead and many other protesters injured. Eye witness said the protesters, mostly youths and the unemployed, which had outnumbered the security operatives, marched from the Rigasa area and from the Abakwa end, towards the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, the official residence and office …

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have apprehended 25 members of a gang known as ‘sara suka’ terrorising communities across the state. Out of the 25 suspects arrested, 16 of them were picked up by operatives within the Rigasa axis in possession of weapons and charged with thuggery. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in …

Bandits, in the early hours of Wednesday, invaded the Akwando community in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits were said to have kidnapped an unspecified number of residents and burnt a house and two shops in the attacks that lasted for hours. A resident of the community, Jonathan Aminu, in a telephone interview with newsmen said …

Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have killed six bandits terrorising the Birnin-Gwari general areas in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna. He said the troops successfully cleared Maidaro, Ngade Alha, Dogon Dawa, Damari, Saulawa, Farin Ruwa, Maganda, Sabon Layi, and Kampanin …

Christians in hundreds on Tuesday in Kaduna State raised their voices against the government’s alleged helplessness in rescuing a lone Chibok schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, who is still in Boko Haram’s den since 2018. Leah and over 100 female schoolmates at the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, in Yobe State, were forcefully taken captive by the dreaded Boko Haram …

The Kaduna State Government has begun the payment of 30 per cent compensation to 1,133 owners of parcels of land acquired for the government’s development projects. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the compensation is an offer of grants (allocation letters) to the land owners, under the Land Swap Compensation Policy along the Rigasa-Mando Link Road of the Western …