By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna Not fewer than nine persons have been shot dead in Kwasam community, Kauru Local Government Area and Gwada community in Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State by bandits. The attack on the two communities also…
…Says food inflation remains a concern for low, middle, high-income nations By Sodiq Adelakun The World Bank has projected that seven states in Nigeria’s North-west and North-east regions are on the brink of a food security crisis by 2024. The…
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has identified poverty and unemployment as the root causes of the prevailing banditry and kidnapping challenges in the North-West region. Sani made this known on Monday at the Government House. The Governor emphasised that good…
The Police Command in Kaduna State said on Thursday that its operatives arrested eight persons suspected to be highway robbers on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, in a statement, said that operatives from Tollgate Divisional…
A 29-year-old cleaner, Rakiya Garba, was on Thursday arraigned before a Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court for stealing N780,000 belonging to her employer, Hajiya Aisha Sadiq. The defendant, who resides in Malali, Kaduna, was charged with breach of trust and stealing.…
The air component of Operation Whirl Punch has eliminated no fewer than 30 terrorists and kidnappers in an air strike along Kwiga-Kampanin Doka axis, in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy no fewer than 4,000 personnel for the conduct of Saturday’s re-run polls and by-election for the State and Federal Constituencies in Kaduna State. Malam Aminu Idris, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)…
A 39-year-old man, Khalid Rabiu, was on Friday arraigned at a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna for allegedly possessing 3.7kg of Indian hemp. Rabiu was charged with conspiracy and unlawful possession of drugs but he pleaded not guilty.…
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command attached to the Tafa Divisional Headquarters, Kaduna, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered his share of collected ransom. The state police spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement on Thursday, said, “On…
By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a gunrunner with 202 rounds of ammunition. This was contained in a press statement personally signed and issued to journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations…
