President Bola Tinubu will on Friday, 2 May, embark on a two-day official visit to Katsina State, where he is expected to assess the security situation in the state, commission key infrastructure projects, and attend a social function hosted by the state’s governor. The visit was confirmed in a statement issued Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on …

The wife of Katsina State Governor, Zulaihat Radda, has unveiled a sustainable moringa farming programme aimed at empowering 3.6 million women in the state. The programme under her Safe Space Humanitarian Initiative project is in partnership with the state Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock Development. Speaking at the event in Katsina on Monday, she said the initiative would provide women …

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has introduced another batch of the state-owned security outfit, the Community Watch Corps, to further support the efforts of security agencies in tackling terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping in the state. The second batch of CWC members consists of 550 personnel selected from ten local government areas of the state, including Bakori, Danja, Dutsinma, Kurfi, Kafur, …

To address ongoing fuel distribution issues and ease long queues at NNPCL Mega Stations, the Katsina State government has implemented a new regulation restricting fuel purchases to 50 litres per vehicle. This measure follows a meeting between the chairman of the committee on resource petroleum procurement and distribution, Muhammad Lawal Daura, and the NNPCL station managers. The initiative aims to …

The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, has set up a committee to immediately investigate the fire outbreak recorded in a part of the Government House, also known as Muhammadu Buhari House on Monday. The inferno has damaged the Mini Chamber attached to the Governor’s office. Firefighters from both federal and state departments were able to control the fire before …

Alhaji Saidu Ibrahim has resumed office as the new Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Katsina State. This followed the retirement of the former NYSC Coordinator, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, from active service on Friday after attaining the civil service mandatory age of 60 years. During a brief handover ceremony in Katsina on Friday, the new Coordinator appealed for more …

Katsina State has eased the 24-hour curfew imposed on Dutsinma Local Government Area, reducing it to 7pm to 7am, as obtained in other parts of the state. Acting Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe approved the relaxation following a report of improved security conditions in the Dutsinma Local Government Area. According to a statement issued from the office of the Secretary to …

An operation by combined security forces has resulted in the successful rescue of 17 abducted male passengers in the Solar General Area of Batsari Local Government Area (LGA). According to a credible military source, the operation followed a distress call received on 11 May 2024, at approximately Noon. Consequently, the Nigerian Army Team 9 troops, in collaboration with the Katsina …

Residents reported that the traders were returning to their community from a local market in Jibia when they ran into the gunmen around 6pm. It was learnt that the traders were being conveyed in two vehicles which the gunmen also burnt. A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “The traders left the market early enough after their trading …

Katsina State government has joined Zamfara State government in insisting that there will be no negotiation with bandits terrorising the North West zone. Governor Dikko Radda, who disclosed this at Defence Headquarters, Abuja yesterday after a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, said the state government took the decision because past negotiations didn’t yield any …