The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that 10 miners were killed by armed bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Austin Iwar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Sunday. NAN reports that the 10 local miners were working […]
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has agreed to stop the movement of herdsmen in the country, starting with Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Plateau. At a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, the council approved the creation of ranches across the country. Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, disclosed this to state house […]
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Fire has gutted the headquarters of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) located along Sokoto Road in the state capital. Eyewitnesses told Channels Television that the fire, which gutted a part of the two-storey building, started around 10:30am on Saturday. Although officials of the Federal Fire Service have put out the fire, the management of […]
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Two policemen and an official of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been shot dead in Ciki Da Falo, a village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A resident disclosed that 15 people, including two brides, were abducted. The resident who preferred anonymity said the incident happened around 5pm on Thursday. […]
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Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded a contract of US$2.8 billion for engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and financing of 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline and Stations. The process for the award of the AKK Project began in July 2013 with advertisement for tenders published by the NNPC in major national newspapers. After a technical […]
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At least two people have been killed by unknown gunmen in Tsohuwar Gwari village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A source from the village said the gunmen invaded the village around 12 midnight on Saturday and kidnapped nine people, including a newly-wedded bride. He added that three of those abducted managed to […]
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Reports from Kaduna indicates that 12 soldiers were killed after some gunmen raided a military base in Kampanin Doka in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. The soldiers were said to be among a detachment of troops deployed to the village to ensure security for expatriates and others working on a new road […]
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Senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, in an interview he granted THENEWS magazine but was made available online by Sahara Reporters, revealed he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. Sani said the running cost was in addition to over N750,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each senator. “I […]
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The demolition of the secretariat of a faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) was not politically motivated following reasons adduced by the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA). Mr. Ibrahim Husseini, the Director-General, the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), said on Tuesday that KAPSUDA was currently undertaking operations across Kaduna metropolis in compliance […]
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Some officials of Kaduna State, under the supervision and protection of some heavily armed security operatives and suspected thugs demolished the head office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction which suspended Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state. The team which pulled down the building located at 11B, Sambo road, GRA Kaduna, was said to […]
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