President Muhammadu Buhari is in Kaduna State for a two-day visit on the invitation of Governor Nasir El-Rufai. On the first day of the visit, Governor El-Rufai led President BUHARI from Kaduna town to Kafanchan to commission some projects. President Buhari also stopped at the palace of the Emir of Jama’a, Muhammadu Isa Muhammadu, where he promised…
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Nigerian military to provide evidence of bombardment and the killing of two notorious bandits at Zamfara forest last week. Gumi also insisted that what was required to win the war was dialogue. The media consultant to the cleric, Tukur Mamu, who spoke on behalf of Gumi, told newsmen…
The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives have killed two suspected bandits in Riheyi village within Fatika district of Giwa Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made this known in a statement. He said the incident happened while the operatives were on confidence-building patrol within the same district…
The Kaduna State Government has announced the restoration of telecommunication services more than a month after it was shut down on the orders of the state security council. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement at a news conference in Kaduna. Aruwan said that the state government regrets the inconveniences…
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing of retired Air vice-marshal Muhammad Maisaka by unknown gunmen at his residence in Ragasi, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Jalige confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kaduna. Jalige, who said the incident occurred in the early hours of today, also…
A section of the rail track around Rijana and Dutse in Kaduna State was found to have been destroyed from the force of explosives. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, said the incident was being investigated. However; Okhiria faulted claims in some quarters that terrorists fired gunshots at the train driver and the…