•Terrorists Barely days after terrorists killed over 40 persons in Niger State last weekend, the marauders have again struck in Kwara, Katsina and Kaduna, kidnapping several victims, including a photo journalists. Seven persons were abducted in Kwara, following a failed attempt to kidnap the traditional ruler of Adanla community in Ifelodun Lo...
•Aso Villa, Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday held separate closed-door consultations with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, and Cross River states at the State House, Abuja, amid ongoing security and governance challenges in parts of the country. The governors, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, and Bassey Otu of Cross River,...
•The meeting The representatives of the nation’s security apparatus, along with some Islamic clerics from the Kaduna State Peace Committee, have reportedly visited the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state in order to sustain the dialogue with bandit leaders and repentant bandits in the continuation of the use of a non-kinetic approa...
Courts in Kaduna State were shut on Monday as Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria began an indefinite strike to press home several demands, including the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. The Federal and State high courts, Upper Shari’a court, Customary and Magistrates’ courts were under lock and key with banners on the gate...
•Electric transformer At least two people have lost their lives, and many houses have been damaged by fire as a result of high-voltage electricity supply in the Karatudu community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident left residents traumatised and in panic. The victims, including a 69-year-old man identified as Johnson...
•Nasir El-Rufai Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has commended what he described as “a spirit of unity and foresight” following the collapse of the entire structure of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state into the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The development, which he described as a “major realignment” in the st...
•El-Rufai (left) while campaigning for the ADC The recently concluded by-elections in Kaduna State’s Chikun/Kajuru, Zaria Kewaye, and Basawa constituencies have sparked debate over former Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s unusual campaign strategy. His decision to canvass support for candidates from two different opposition parties, the coalition-back...
•Policemen The Police Command in Kaduna State has announced the restriction of movement in the affected local government areas to ensure the peaceful conduct of tomorrow’s bye-elections. The command’s spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mansir Hassan, announced in a statement issued today in Kaduna. Hassan said the restriction of mo...
•Voters Fears of large scale manipulation have cast a shadow over tomorrow’s by elections in Edo and Kaduna States, as opposition parties and election monitors allege prewritten results in Government House, deployment of “notorious” INEC officials, plans to use the police to lock out agents from collation centres, and the recruitment of thousa...
•Scene of the protest Residents of the Barnawa area of the Kaduna metropolis yesterday staged a protest over the alleged killing of a young man by a joint security team, an incident that triggered anger and the closure of popular social spots in the neighbourhood. The Kaduna State Police Command, through its spokesman, DSP Mansir […]

