President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated new train coaches and locomotives at Rigasa train station in Kaduna state. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, attended the event.
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Some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a traditional ruler, Gambo Makama, the Etum Numana, and his pregnant wife in the southern part of Kaduna state. The traditional ruler and his wife were said to have been killed in Arak, his hometown in Sanga local government area of the state, around 12:05 am. The […]
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Just two days after gunmen invaded and killed some persons at a Christmas carol in Nindem community of Southern kaduna, another six people have been killed in Anguwan Mailafiya, Gwong Chiefdom, Jama’a local government area of Kaduna state. Details of the latest attack are still a little bit sketchy but the gunmen were said to […]
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Residents doctors in Kaduna State have begun an indefinite strike on Tuesday over the “sorry state” of healthcare facilities in state government hospitals. Joseph Jokshan, president, Association of Resident Doctors in the state, said at a press briefing Monday night in Kaduna that the state government had not responded to any of the doctors’ demands […]
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Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says he wants Nigeria’s crude oil to get exhausted so the nation can start to think and develop other revenue sources. The governor made the statement on Saturday in Ibadan while speaking at the 2017 town hall meeting/founder’s day celebration in memory of Ojetunji Aboyade, a renowned economist. “Because Nigeria […]
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In a statement by Olatokunbo Adesanya, the Nigerian Air Force revealed that its beetle aircraft crashed in Kaduna on Thursday. It was further stated that the experienced instructor pilot on board lost his life. The Statement A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Beetle Aircraft today crashed in Kaduna while on a mission. The only soul […]
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Northern youths under the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (ACF) have reiterated that the quit notice given to Igbo resident in the northern part of Nigeria is still in force. At a meeting in Kaduna on June 6, ACF gave Igbo in the north up till October 1 to leave the region. But speaking with reporters […]
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Some APC Senators, Representatives and journalists were on Sunday attacked at the the Kaduna State Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) by “political thugs”. Reacting to the situation, Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, condemned the attack, saying that nobody would be allowed to stifle freedom of expression in a bid to achieve […]
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Some political thugs invaded the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council on Sunday, injured journalists, vandalised properties and disrupted a press briefing by some APC chieftains in the state. The thugs were said to have over powered policemen at the entrance to the NUJ secretariat where Senators Shehu Sani and […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered fresh security reinforcements in Kaduna State following the reported communal clashes that resulted in the loss of lives in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice-President), said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, […]
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