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Special Assistant to Sen. Shehu Sani on Politics and Ideology, Malam Suleiman Ahmed, says nothing will deter his principal from criticising the “anti-people” policies of the state government, led by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Ahmed stated this in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna yesterday while...

At least 300 members of the Shi’ia sect were killed by the army, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to halt human right abuses in the Nigerian military. “The killing of hundreds of Shia Muslim members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), by...

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has given assurances that from 2016, the country’s oil sector will experience a turn around that will allow the refineries work effectively and then petroleum products will be available to Nigerians at affordable prices. He said that as a...

Governors of Nigeria’s 19 Northern States on Saturday in Kaduna endorsed the actions in Kaduna State, the location of last weekend’s violence involving Nigeria's Shiites and the Army. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting, the governors stressed that all Nigerians should respect the...

The DMO was established on 4th October, 2000 to centrally coordinate the management of Nigeria’s debt, which was hitherto being done by a myriad of establishments in an uncoordinated fashion. This diffused debt management strategy led to inefficiencies. According to recent figures released by...

A former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has advocated the removal of petrol subsidy as a way to address the perennial fuel scarcity in the country, ChannelsTv reports. Mr Tinubu made the pronouncement in Kaduna State as a Guest...

Draped usually in a black flowing gown made of silk, with a white turban sitting firmly around his head, the leader of Shiite Muslim in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, cuts the image of a divinity – certainly that is not the quality he will attribute to himself. For a man of El-Zakzaky’s...

Thousands of Nigerian Shiites have staged protest in different countries including the largest march in Kano, Kebbi and Bauchi to protest against the arrest of their leader EL-Zakzaky and the death of their members during the 2-day violent clash with the Nigerian Army.. See photos:

Tension is currently on in Kaduna as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria are said to have embarked on a protest over the arrest and detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El Zakzaky. Channels Television reported that the protest is currently going on in Tudun Wada and Kawo areas in...

Sa’ad Abubakar, the sultan of Sokoto, has warned the federal government not to allow the crisis between the military and the Shi’ite Islamic Movement of Nigeria go out of hand. According to The Cable, the monarch called on President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a judicial commission of...

Following last Saturday’s violent clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Muslim sect, Shiite, in Zaria, Kaduna State, Iran has called on Nigerian authorities to respect religious figures and sites, Vanguard reports. “Nigeria… is now dealing with problems arising from extremism and...

President Muhammadu Buhari declared Saturday in Kaduna that job creation will remain one of the topmost priorities of his administration’s economic agenda because it was vital for the attainment of the Federal Government’s other objectives of improved security and poverty reduction. Speaking...

Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said yesterday that his principal will be stepping on “big toes” in the war against corruption. But he will not be surprised if those affected fight back. Shehu spoke in Kaduna at the opening...

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has called on Nigerians to thank God for delivering the country from the hands of Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP because he nearly destroyed the country. The governor said Buhari inherited an ailing country from Jonathan on...

The senator representing Kaduna North, Shehu Sani, has condemned the Kaduna State government for organising music festival as the nation faces economic and security challenges. “Attending Kaduna Musical festival amounts to canonization of Emperor Nero. I call on President Muhammadu Buhari to...

Six months after emerging as the ruling National party and taking power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been factionalised into two camps in Kaduna State, according to Leadership report The new APC group which called itself “True APC”...

Barewa College is a college in Zaria, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford, it was originally known as "Katsina College." It switched its name to "Kaduna College" in 1938 and then "Government College, Zaria" in 1949 before settling on "Barewa...

A middle aged man, on Wednesday in Kaduna slaughtered four of his children and attempted to kill himself after an alleged quarrel with his wife. Neighbours said that the man had quarrelled with the wife throughout the night, forcing her to leave the house located on Ahmadu Bello street in Kawo...

A student of Government Junior Secondary School, Badarawa, Kaduna may have been killed, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries when hoodlums attacked the school yesterday, causing pandemonium and confusion. LEADERSHIP learnt that students attempted to defend themselves with...

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, on Thursday described those who are agitating for the filling of party positions, following the appointment of some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains into government positions as ignorant of party’s constitution. The governor noted...