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    Metro Kaduna: Muslim Youths Stab Christian Man For Eating During Ramadan Fasting [PHOTOS]

    A 41- year old carpenter, Francis Emmanuel, was on Tuesday afternoon stabbed by unknown youths for eating during Ramadan fasting, the Nation reports. Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday morning visited the victim of the assault at St. Gerard Catholic Hospital, with a directive that police must...
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    Metro Onitsha, Kaduna, Aba As World’s Most Polluted Cities - See LIST

    Most large cities in the developing world are breaching global air pollution guidelines, according to new data from the World Health Organization. Onitsha, a fast growing city in Anambra, a South-East state in Nigeria, has been tagged the world’s most polluted city according to a report...
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    Metro Kaduna: Gunmen Murder District Head in Sanga LG

    Gunmen on Sunday night killed Bala Madaki, the district head of Fadan Karshi in Numana Chiefdom of Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to NAN, Mr. Madaki was killed alongside his nephew, Emmanuel Tanko, 19, at his residence in Fadan Karshi. The Sanga Interim Management...
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    Metro Kaduna: Governor El-Rufai Introduces Geographic Information Service [See Photos]

    Governor Nasir El-rufai has introduced the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS). its purpose is to replace the old Ministry of Lands, and is now building a digital land registry. It will be recall that the Kaduna State Executive Council at its fifth meeting on Monday, 14 September...
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    Metro NNPC Staff Abducted By Unknown Gunmen In Kaduna - See Photo

    A staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), identified as Yusuf Abdulkadir has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Kaduna. Abdulkadir, who is a staff in the NNPC Abuja office was said to have been abducted on Saturday at his residence in Rigachiku, Igabi local...
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    Politics Your Religious Bill Is Cruel - Senator Shehu Sani Blasts Gov El- Rufai

    Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central has once again come against Governor Nasir El-Rufai his plan to regulate public preaching in the state through the proposed religious bill currently in the state House of Assembly. He described the law as draconian, which had no place in a...
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    Metro Shi'ites Issue Statement on Links With Boko Haram Sect

    The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites, has reacted to claims by security agencies in the country that the movement has links with the Boko Haram sect. The movement’s out-rightly denied the claims in a statement signed by its spokesman, Ibrahim Musa made available to...
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    Metro Nigerian Police Declare State of Emergency in Kaduna

    The Kaduna state police command has declared a state of emergency to stem rising cases of kidnapping in the state. Zubairu Abubakar, the command’s spokesman, disclosed this in an interview with NAN, saying that a special team of anti kidnap squad has been formed to track and dislodge criminal...
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    Metro Kaduna Religious Preaching Bill: 5 Things You Need To Know

    As the controversy over the proposed religious bill sent to the Kaduna State House of Assembly by the executive rages, there have been mixed feelings. Here are some basic things you need to know about the proposed bill... - The bill, which is an amendment of a 1984 edict on public preaching...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Intercepts Armed Robbers, Kills 2 in Kaduna

    Troops from 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna have intercepted armed robbers at Pambegwa, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two of them. Disclosing this in a statement signed by 1 Division Deputy Director Public Relations, Colonel Usman Abdul, the Army division said items...
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    Business Kaduna: Pharmacists Council Shuts 50 Illegal Drug Stores

    The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has shut down over 50 drug stores in Kaduna State for allegedly operating illegally without approval from the council. Accrording to ChannelsTV, the raid, which was conducted at some pharmacies and patent medicine outlets within the state’s capital on...
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    Metro Kaduna: El-Rufai Takes Drastic Decision To Regulate Religious Preaching

    Govenor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has forwarded a bill to the State House of Assembly to regulate religious preaching across the state. The bill titled: “A bill for a law to substitute the Kaduna State religious preaching law, 1984”, which is also aimed at banning the usage of...
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    Metro Fatal Accident Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Leaves 30 Dead

    No fewer than 30 male passengers died in an accident that occurred along the Adeosun area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday after a trailer conveying them tumbled down the road. Over 50 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash, while two rams were killed. The...
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    Metro Shi'ite-Army Clash: El-Rufai Inaugurates Judicial Commission of Inquiry

    Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai inaugurated the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Shi'ites-Army clash in Zaria on Friday, January 29 at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House. The Commission is being chaired by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, the presiding justice of the Port Harcourt...
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    Business Telecoms Operators May Shut Down Operations in 7 States

    Telecom operators have threatened to shut down network services in seven different states over closure of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) by the state governments. According to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, yesterday...
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    Metro Aisha Buhari Visits Wounded Soldiers in Kaduna Hospital

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Hajiya Aisha, yesterday called on the Nigeria Army to ensure prompt payment of entitlements to the families of soldiers who lost their lives in the battle field. Hajiya Aisha made the call when she visited the 44 Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna yesterday to...
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    Metro El-Rufai Launches School Feeding Program in Kaduna state - See Photos

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai has launched School Feeding Program in Public Primary Schools in Kaduna State. The flag off took place at LGEA Primary School ,Aliyu Makama Barnawa-Kaduna, Kaduna South Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The School Feeding Programme will provide one meal per day to...
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    Metro Over 700 Shi'ite Members Still Missing After Army Clash – Islamic Movement

    The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has calimed that more than 700 Shi'ite members are still missing almost a month after its members and soldiers clashed in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to PUNCH, the Shi’ite Muslim group, which is led by Sheik Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, said it suspected that those...
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    Metro El-Zakzaky’s Followers Demand His Release or Else...

    Hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, South West zone, on Friday, joined calls by some Nigerians for the release of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Nigeria Tribune reports. Speaking on behalf of the group at a press conference held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists...
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    Metro Kaduna Youths Protest 10-month Power Outage

    Youths of Kamanzo Community in Kaduna metropolis have embarked on protest over alleged 10 months of power outage in the area by barricading the roads causing gridlock for several hours on Monday, DailyPost reports. The District Head of Kamanzo Community, Malam Dan-Makama, who confirmed the...
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