The Kaduna State House of Assembly has written to the state’s Ministry of Finance to demand the details of financial transactions under the immediate past governor Nasir El-rufai’s administration between 2015 and 2023 in connection with the state assembly’s probe of all finances, loans and contract projects awarded under the El-Rufai administration. Kaduna Assembly set…
A 13-man committee has been set by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate financial dealings, loans, grants, and other project implementations from 2015-2023 under former Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure. The House, while setting up the committee on Tuesday, also mandated the committee to invite notable personalities who served during the period, including contractors,…
The Defence Headquarters, on Sunday, disclosed how troops successfully rescued no fewer than 137 abducted pupils and teachers of LEA School Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna within Zamfara State. It would be recalled that about 287 pupils and teachers of the school were abducted by suspected terrorists on March 7, 2024,…
No fewer than 87 persons were on Sunday night kidnapped by terrorists after launching a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to reports, Harisu Dari, a member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, while confirming the incident to newsmen on Monday in Kaduna, said the terrorists also broke…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, condemned the abductions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Borno State and Students and teachers in Kaduna State. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, described the abductions as heinous while directing security operatives to rescue those taken away immediately. The statement reads, “I…
Suspected bandits, on Thursday morning, invaded LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped scores of pupils and teachers. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:20 am, immediately after the morning assembly. According to locals, the Headteacher of the school and some other staff were among…
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No fewer than four suspected terrorists have been killed, while 11 kidnapped victims have been rescued by the troops of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna. The rescued victims are Zakari Galadima, 54; Ishaku Galadima, 50; Habibu Illaysu, 40; Nuzuli Ibrahim, 18; Ramatu Aliyu, 60; Ubaida Mubarak, 30; Zaliha Mubarak, 9-month-old; Umma Haruna,…
No fewer than 30 terrorists and kidnappers have been eliminated by the air component of Operation Whirl Punch in an air strike along the Kwiga-Kampanin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. AVM Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, while revealing this in…
One million naira bribe has been rejected by a police Divisional Officer offered to him by a suspected kidnapper to stop his arrest in a hotel in Kaduna Community. According to a report, the arrested bandit allegedly offered the bribe out of the ransom recovered from him by the police at a hotel in the…
A notorious terrorist and kidnap kingpin, “Janari’’ and several members of his syndicate, on Saturday, were neutralised by the air component of the special joint military task force “Operation Whirl Punch.’’ AVM Edward Gabkwet, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, while stating this on Sunday in Abuja, said that Janari and his cohorts had…
Suspected gunmen on Thursday night, attacked Kuriga community, killing a school principal, Idris Abu Sufyan while abducting his wife and her baby, an incident which threw the community, located along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway into confusion. According to local sources, the bandits stormed Sufyan’s house on Thursday night, shot him dead and whisked away his wife…
The Supreme Court, on Friday in Abuja, upheld the election of Governor Umar Sani as duly elected governor of Kaduna State. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun-led five-member panel of justices affirmed that the appellants failed to prove the allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act 2022. The Informant247 reports that the Peoples…
General Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, while fielding questions from newsmen at his maiden interaction with the media, condemned the accidental attack, where scores of civilians in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, were killed. General Musa, while admitting that the incident is calamitous, said the Armed Forces of Nigeria…
In a compassionate gesture, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who also serves as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), expressed heartfelt condolences to the victims of the recent mistaken drone strike in Tundun Biri community, Kaduna State. Governor AbdulRazaq visited Governor Uba Sani to personally convey condolences on behalf of his fellow Governors…
Members of Northern Caucuses in the House of Representatives on Monday, in commiseration of the ‘accidental’ bombing in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna, paid a condolence visit to the victims’ families. In a statement by the Chairman of Caucuses, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, said, “Members of the Northern Caucus of the House of…
In commiseration of the ‘accidental’ bombing in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna, all the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have donated their December salaries, amounting to N109m, to the victims. Senator Jibrin Barau, the Deputy President of the Senate, made this known at the Kaduna Government House while leading…
The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Friday, pledged to ensure justice for the victims of the Nigerian Army airstrikes in the Tudun Biri area of the state and provide continued support to the affected families. Sani, while speaking on Channels TV, emphasised his administration’s commitment to investigate and bring those responsible for the error…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, assured that whoever is found culpable of the bombardments of Tudun Biri village that killed over 120 villagers will be punished accordingly while also assuring that all the victims will be taken well care of under the Folako Initiative which will be commenced by this month.According to…
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a renowned Kaduna Islamic Scholar, has faulted that the Sunday bombing of villagers in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state was intentional. The scholar, while delivering his weekly lecture at the Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna, said it was wrong to target women and children, including the elderly,…
