•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State. Instead, he will travel to Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to foster peace and address the persistent conflict affecting communities in the state. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, reve...
•Late Lt. Commodore Buba The Kaduna State Police Command has said that 13 suspects have been arrested in Kawo area of Kaduna State where a naval officer, Lt. Commodore M. Buba, was murdered by a suspected phone snatcher yesterday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, told our correspondent that the late officer, who [&hel...
•Hajj pilgrims The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has successfully airlifted over 3,700 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia across 12 flights, marking a significant milestone in the Hajj 2025 operation. The airlift commenced last Wednesday with an inaugural flight flagged off by the state government, reports Saturday Tribune. In a stateme...
•Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, has reshuffled his cabinet, making key changes in the Ministries of Education, Information, and Youth Development to strengthen his administration. In the reshuffle, Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Education, while the outgoi...
Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2022, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. •Train attack victim According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa […]
The Kaduna State Police Command has debunked reports of a bomb explosion in the Abakpa area of the metropolis, which reportedly killed two children. The spokesman of the Command, Mansir Hassan, said in a statement that preliminary investigations conducted by the Anti-Bomb Squad indicate that a locally made firearm (Dane gun) was discharged, re...
•Rescued kidnapped hostages Police high command has rescued no fewer than 17 kidnapped Niger State farmers in Kaduna. The rescued victims were received by the spokesman of the police, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi at the Force Headquarters on behalf of the IGP, reports The Guardian. Among the rescued victims were three toddlers. The victims were immediat...
•Bandits Suspected bandits have abducted ten villagers from three remote communities under Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The incidents occurred in the early hours of yesterday, around 2am, when a group of armed bandits invaded the Unguwan Yashi-Maraban Kajuru community and kidnapped six persons, reports Daily Trust. Those...
•Late Rev. Father Sylvester Okechukwu The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has said it is distressed by the “brutal and senseless” killing of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu in Kaduna State. Okechukwu is reported to have been abducted from his residence by suspected bandits on Tuesday night and his corpse found on Wednesday. Before his demise, he [...
•Lagos BRT buses Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has allocated N30 billion in the state budget for the Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit (KBRT) Project, with N5 billion earmarked as counterpart funding for its commencement this month. The Director General of Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA), Inuwa Ibrahim, disclosed this today, e...

