•IGP Tunji Disu and Prince Adewole Adebayo “It is with profound, heart-wrenching sorrow and a deep sense of national grief that the Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign Organisation extends its deepest condolences to the Inspector General of Police, the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force, and the families of the gallant police perso...
•Governor Radda Dikko campaign car damaged Violence erupted along the route to the Tinubu–Dikko campaign flag-off in Funtua Zone today, leaving several supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) injured and their property destroyed. The victims, who said they were travelling in the convoy of Katsina State governor, Malam Dikko Radda, al...
•Fleeing bandits Fourteen suspected bandits have been killed in a gun battle with community hunters who repelled an attack in Gidan Wawo village, Kakumi Ward, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Katsina State government said a community hunter and a traveller were also killed in the incident, while three other people were rescue...
•Diphtheria outbreak There were heightened efforts yesterday by some state governments to contain diphtheria outbreak following the spread of the deadly scourge. The death toll had risen to 1,767 in Kano and Plateau states as of yesterday. The recorded cases in Kano, Plateau and Nasarawa states stood at 32, 797, reports The Nation. By yesterda...
•Gbenga Hashim and Tinubu A growing number of former members and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina states have declared support for the Accord Party and the presidential aspiration of Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim ahead of the 2027 general elections. The declarations were made during separate mobi...
Presidential campaign posters of the chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a former governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, are currently found across major parts of Katsina state. Amaechi was screened by the ADC presidential panel two days ago, reports Daily Trust. He is contestin...
•Bandits No fewer than eleven persons have been killed following a reprisal attack by bandits on communities in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Katsina State Police Command said the attack occurred yesterday at about 1200hrs, when bandits regrouped and stormed Jeka da Kolo and Kwalgoro villages, fatally shooting eleven perso...
•Bandits Bandits have attacked a community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving several persons dead, houses, shops, and vehicles destroyed, and many rendered homeless. The incident took place in the Doma Community, Tafoki area of the LGA at about 4:30 pm yesterday, reports Channels TV. The bandits, armed with weapons, in...
•Bandits Three Police officers have lost their lives to bandits in Katsina in an ambush at the Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The state’s police spokesperson, Aliyu Abubakar, made this disclosure in a statement to the press today. According to him, the incident occurred yesterday at about 12:44 p.m. when a team of […]
•Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State Katsina State has recorded fresh attacks on civilians even as the government prepares to initiate the release of many bandits held in custody as part of community-driven peace agreements. Bandits were said to have attacked a wedding convoy at Unguwar Nagunda village in Kankara Local Government Area ...
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