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Some policemen attached to the Sabon Gari Police Division, Kaduna State Police Command, have been accused of torturing a 27-year-old undergraduate of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Kaduna, Benjamin Wankaa, to death. The victim, who was returning in his car from a party, where he had performed...

Residents of Kagurdna, Kakau District of Chikun local government area of Kaduna State are living in fear following the abduction of 60-year old wife of the village head, Chief Amos Yerima by suspected Fulani gunmen. The incident is said to have taken place Friday morning. Though details are...

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji MuhammadSa’ad Abubakar III has condemned what he called the ongoing unjust, heinous and dastard acts of destructions of lives and properties c in Southern Kaduna. A statement from...

The free school feeding in Kaduna schools has been halted, according to Governor Nasir El Rufai. Speaking in an interview published by Daily Trust, he said the scheme was stopped due to a lack of funds. "We were encouraged to start the programme because the office of the Vice President...

Senator Shehu Sani has issued a statement over the attack on his office by gunmen earlier today: Some few minutes ago I received a report that some heavily armed thugs raided and attacked my constituency office located at Stadium Roundabout by constitution Road Kaduna.They unleashed terror on...

Governor Nasir El Rufai has narrated the history of herdsmen violence in Southern Kaduna, adding that his government have paid some of the herdsmen to stop the attacks. He made the revelation while speaking with newsmen recently. “For southern Kaduna, we didn’t understand what was going on and...

Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sokoto has stated that Nigeria has the potential to become a developed nation, but is hindered by several issues. “We have no reason in Nigeria to be where we are today economically, politically and in terms of infrastructures too. Nigeria...

The feud between Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state and Senator Shehu Sani has gotten messier. According to Premium Times, some APC officials in the state has revealed that El Rufai offered them a N3m bribe to suspend Senator Sani. Abbas Anni, the chairman of APC, Ward 6, spoke on behalf...

The NNPC is building infrastructure to ensure the importation of crude oil from Niger to the Kaduna refinery, NNPC GMD Maikanti Baru has announced. This will curb the frequent disruptions in the supply of crude oil to the Refinery by Niger Delta militants and oil pipeline vandals, he said, when...

A prominent Islamic Preacher, Sheikh Abdulaziz Yusfuf in Saminaka, has been abducted by gunmen. Sheikh Abdulaziz is from Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state. He is based in Jos, Plateau state. He is a one time Acting Secretary-General of Jamatu Nasril Islam(JNI), National Headquarters...

Senator Kabir Marafa of Zamfara state has lost two of his kids to a fatal car accident. Awwal and Maryam Marafa died on Monday, November 7, while returning to Abuja from Kaduna. The sombre news was announced by the NNPC.

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, said its attention has been drawn to the news that Kaduna State Government, in an official Gazette, No.21, declared the IMN an unlawful society.‎ “At the same time, Governor El-Rufai said his government ‘did not and cannot ban any religion.’ This two-faced...

Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state has explained that his government only outlawed the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and did not ban the activities of Shiite muslims in the state. The IMN is a religious movement affiliated with Shiite muslims. It is headed by El Zakzaky, an outspoken...

An angry mob has hacked about 14 Fulani herders to death in Kaduna state in retaliation for a recent attack in Godogodo by suspected herdsmen, AFP reports. A commercial bus driver, Adamu Aliyu said he was returning to Plateau state via Kaduna with 8 passengers who were herders when his bus...

Suspected herdsmen have killed over 20 people in Southern Kaduna, causing fear and tension. Among those who were killed are two security officers. They were attacked at a military outpost at Godogodo village. Kaduna State Police spokesman Aliyu Usman, vowed that the police will arrest those...

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shi'ites, embarked on their Ashura procession in Kaduna state this morning despite the state government's ban on their activities. SEE PHOTOS:

The spokesman of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise referred to as Shiite Ibrahim Musa has disclose the group’s plan to stage a peaceful procession. In a statement sent by email yesterday, Musa promised that the procession which marks Ashura day would be peaceful as it had...

Several armed Nigerian soldiers and policemen who surrounded a Shiite gathering at Zango Road, Kaduna, have withdrawn. Worshipers had gathered to commemorate historical events associated with the Islamic month of Muharram that are particularly significant in the Shia calendar, when the...

Armed Nigerian soldiers and other security operatives yesterday swooped down on a gathering of the sect’s members in Kaduna days after the state government outlawed the movement. The security operatives surrounded the worshipers who were gathered in a building to commemorate historical events...

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has stated that the tremor that occurred in Kaduna state might be attributed to stress released from fault system in the area, as a result of resettlement of rock under the environment. Speaking during a press briefing, the Director...