For Nigeria to take its rightful place in the comity of nations, the quality of leadership in 2023 must change.Also, Nigerians must vote for good leaders, rather than queue behind leaders who mortgage their lives by giving them money and food as incentive in exchange for votes. Former Governors of Ogun, Anambra and Kaduna states,…
A businesswoman, Sadiya Abubakar, on Monday dragged her ex-boyfriend, Hassan Momoh to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for assaulting her for demanding the N100, 000 he owed her. A Police Counsel, Insp. Luka Sadau, told the court that on Nov. 11, the case was reported to the Magajin Gari Police Division….
An undisclosed number of persons have been reportedly abducted by armed bandits along the Kaduna- Abuja highway, Sunday evening. Sources say some travellers who attempted to run for safety were also shot by the bandits. As at the time of filling this report, attempts to reach the Kaduna State Police command did not yield results…
The Middle-Belt Youth Assembly on Wednesday asked the European Union to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to release the travel documents of the supreme leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. The Assembly, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Yunana Kambai, insisted that…
Thirteen Zaria Local Government employees have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen while returning from a condolence visit around Giwa local area in Kaduna State. It was gathered that the victims, mostly women, were abducted along Zaria and Giwa local council at about 5pm on Monday. Sources say only the driver was allowed to go in…
A High Court in Kaduna State has ordered Today Publishing Company, publishers of The Union newspaper, to tender an apology and pay N10 million for defaming the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Governor El-Rufai had approached the court in 2015 after the newspaper published false claims about his assets declaration, in suit number KAD/KDH/285/15, which had Today’s Publishing…
Scores of bandits have been reportedly killed and their camps destroyed by the troops of the Nigerian Military in a clearance operation carried out in Igabi and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The troops also reported that the wife of a notorious bandit was arrested together with their spiritual leader in a Chikun…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced a reduction in the number of trips on the Abuja-Kaduna rail service for three days due to scheduled maintenance. Fidet Okhiria, NRC’s managing director, said this in a statement released on Sunday. Okhiria said that the reduction in the number of trips would take effect from October 19 to 21….
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says speedy justice cannot be dispensed by overworked judges. He believes it is important to lighten the burden of judges as the credibility and effectiveness of law and order strategy depend on the speedy dispensation of justice. The governor made the remarks on Friday at the swearing-in of new high court judges,…
