Residents of some communities in the Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised an alarm over the influx of bandits. The residents, said the fleeing bandits who have been moving to the area in droves were possibly dislodged…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to immediately reverse the apparently unjustified suspension of internet and telecommunication…
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has inaugurated a 14-member committee to monitor and enforce executive order (containment) with the mandate to ensure decisive compliance to end the menace of banditry, kidnapping and other social vices in the state.…
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will collaborate with drivers’ unions in Katsina to reduce accidents on the highways in the state. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Ali Tanimu, made the disclosure in a statement issued by…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Katsina State government said it may institute a legal action against the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to serve as deterrent over the reckless killings of people by customs vehicles in the state. Governor Aminu Bello Masari…
At least sixty persons lost have their lives across many communities in Katsina State following the outbreak of cholera in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja disclosed this on Saturday during the 2021 Annual General Meeting of…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit Katsina State, where he is expected to inaugurate the Multi-billion naira Zobe Water Dam Project and the 50-kilometre Dutsinma/Tsaskiya road. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Malam Abdu Labaran, the Director-General…
A 90-year-old Yusuf Yarkadir has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling drugs to the youths in his Yarkadir village in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina state. Full of regrets under interrogation,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) special troops operations for fighting banditry, kidnapping, cattle rusting and other criminalities. Buhari made the commendation in a message to Operation Hadarin Daji in commemoration Easter in Katsina on Monday.…
The Katsina State Government is planning to reintroduce development levy and cattle tax in order to raise its revenue. Alhaji Faruq Lawal-Jobe, who chairs the committee on the reintroduction of the taxes made the disclosure at a public sensitisation on…
