As part of activities lined up to mark his 100 days in office, the Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Saturday, performed the groundbreaking event for the construction of the 21.7 kilometre Anchau-Gadas-Palla Road in Kubau and Ikara Local Government Areas of the state. The governor while speaking at Anchau, in Kubau Local Government Area of the state, stressed …

The Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, on Friday, expressed sadness following the death of four worshippers when a 150-year-old mosque collapsed in the Zaria area of the state. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammed Shehu, the governor commiserated with the victims’ families and prayed for Allah’s divine healing upon all the injured during the …

The people of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State have said that bandits have killed farmers in the emirate including an Islamic leader, and kidnapped scores as insecurity continued to escalate growing concerns over looming famine. According to the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), ” we sorrowfully mourn the death of the Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Birnin-Gwari Branch, …

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested a serving Inspector, who attempted to kill his colleague on duty, in Kafanchan, and cart away his rifle. The command also burst a rail line vandalisation operation, impounded the conveyance truck and recovered exhibits. In a statement, spokesperson of the state Police Command, Assistant Superintendent Muhammad Jalige explained: “The attention of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commissioned a 1000-seating capacity mega Computer Based Test (CBT) centre in Kaduna. The centre said to be the largest in West Africa has four units each of 250 seaters with the capacity to conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 4,000 candidates per day. While inaugurating the N1.19 billion CBT centre along …

Suspected bandits have killed 9 farmers and kidnapped three others in Unguwar Danko near Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Area of Kaduna State. A source, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the incident took place on Saturday afternoon when the victims were working on their farms. A State House of Assembly member-elect representing Kakangi Constituency, Yahaya Musa, confirmed the …

The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa has said that the dredging of River Niger, River Benue, and River Kaduna to check perennial flooding in affected areas will cost over $20 billion. He stated this on Thursday at the 2023 stakeholders meeting on flood mitigation and other related issues held in Ilorin, the …

Kaduna State government has reinstated 1,266 teachers sacked 10 months ago following some circumstances that did not allow them to scale through a competency test. A statement by Public Relations Officer of of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Hauwa Mohammed stated that “having examined and verified their complaints, the government approved the ‘ reinstatement of 392 teachers who wrote and …

Twenty-three people were reportedly kidnapped while one was killed by bandits at the Dogon-Daji community along the Abuja-Kaduna road near Kagarko in Kaduna State. Although the police could not be reached for comments as of press time, a local said the bandits raided the community on Wednesday around noon. “They moved from house to house, shot sporadically, and kidnapped 23 …

Bandits who disguised as political thugs have kidnapped a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  ward chairman and a community leader at Danmahawayi village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to a native of the area, “when the bandits came at  about 11 pm on Sunday, they picked  Alhaji Bala Alhassan Marafa, PDP chairman of Dan Mahawayi Ward and …