In a direct response to the challenged posed to him by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El- Rufai has published his monthly salary which reflects a gross pay of N555,926.74 and take home pay of N470,521.74 The governor also published his security vote and budgets of […]
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The first 100 houses constructed under the Public Private Partnership initiated by Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i for low income earners in Kaduna State have been completed. The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that the ”Affordable Housing Scheme” was inaugurated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Jan. 12, 2016 in Kaduna. NAN reports that a total […]
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Fellow Nigerians, let me begin by welcoming our dear leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, back home from his medical vacation in London. We have every cause to be thankful to Allah, the Merciful. The Yoruba have a very apt adage for what happened to President Buhari: we should be grateful to the death that wanted to […]
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Gunmen on Monday killed 14 persons and injured many others, in an attack on Ashim village in the Takad chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of southern Kaduna State. Mr Alexander Iya, chairman of the local government’s interim management committee, who briefed newsmen on the incident, said that the gunmen stormed the village “around 6 […]
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The Kaduna State Government has barred personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from erecting checkpoints in Kaduna and other urban centres in the state. The directive is contained in a statement issued in Kaduna on Wednesday by Mr Samuel Aruwan, Special Assistant to Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i on Media and Publicity. It said that […]
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The Nigeria Police said it had arrested 17 suspects involved in the recent killings in Kafanchan, Kaduna state. Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, Chief Superintendent of Police, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja when he presented the suspects before newsmen. He said that 29 assorted firearms were recovered from the suspects after a discreet and […]
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The Police in Kaduna on Sunday confirmed that gunmen attacked Zankan village, a Fulani settlement in Kaura Local Government of the state. The spokesperson of the Kaduna Police, Aliyu Usman, said in Kaduna that the incident occurred at about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday. He said one person was killed and five others injured in the […]
Continue ReadingThe Kaduna State government spent N8.4 billion on sweets, Juice and other food items between 2011 and 2015 under the administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Alhaji Mohammad Abdulahi. Abdullahi at a round table on the Kaduna State 2017 budget proposal organised by the state chapter of the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that over 300 houses were affected by the earth tremor that hit Kwoi in Kaduna State last week.The agency’s Zonal Coordinator in the North West, Musa Illalah, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mr. Ilalah, however, said […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Sambang Dagi in Jaba Local Government of Kaduna State witnessed another earth tremor in the early hours of Monday.The incident occurred barely 24-hours after the first tremor was reported at Nok village about 20km away from Sambang. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the second vibration occurred around 4a.m Monday, leaving shocked […]
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