The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken Ramalan Yero, former governor of Kaduna, Nuhu Somo Wya, former minister of state for power, and two others into detention. They were detained on Wednesday by the Kaduna zonal office of the EFCC over the N700m campaign funds released by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before […]
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Frustrated by the lingering impasse in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senators Suleiman Hunkuyi and Shehu Sani are considering dumping the party. Their faction of APC in Kaduna State says it was considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The faction, known as APC Akida, said in […]
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Gunmen have abducted 44 passengers along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state. According to witnesses, the victims were kidnapped on two different occasions — Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The female victims were reportedly stripped before being taken inside the bush. In the Wednesday incident, 21 people said to be traveling in three Golf vehicles from […]
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Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIEC), on Thursday gave an update on the results for 18 chairmanship seats out of the 23 Local Governments in the just concluded May 12 local councils polls. The chairman of the Commission, Dr Saratu Dikko who confirmed the results in Kaduna, said the All progressives Congress (APC) won 14 […]
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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, were on Tuesday, arraigned before a high court sitting in Kaduna. The IMN leader and his wife are being arraigned on eight counts of alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace, among other allegations. They were brought to […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State on Sunday rejected the results of local government council elections, saying it would go to court to challenge the outcome of the polls. The party announced its plans just as its chairmanship candidate in Kachia local council was declared the winner. Mr Nuhu Garba, SIECOM’s returning officer […]
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the chairmanship and councillorship election in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Returning Officer for the election, Danjuma Baye-Luka, announced the results on Sunday morning in Zonkwa. He said Elias Maza of the PDP scored 55,643 votes to […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State on Monday received no fewer than 5,558 All Progressives Congress (APC) members who defected to the party from across the 23 local government areas of the state. The reception which took place at Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, was attended by prominent PDP officials both at […]
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Shehu Sani, chairman, senate committee on local and foreign debt, has advised Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, to use the “meagre” resources available to run the state. In an interview with NAN on Monday, the senator wondered why governors could not use distributions from the excess crude account and Paris Club Refund to execute projects. He […]
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The death of the Saturday afternoon raid by suspected bandits at Gwaska in Birnin-Gwair Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen from 27 to 45 on Sunday. The Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance said no fewer than 45 bodies were recovered by vigilantes and volunteers with the assistance of soldiers on Sunday […]
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