Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as ‘Shiites’, on Friday in Kaduna called on the Federal Government to free their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeena, from detention. Members of the sect, who marched on…
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Kaduna Women rejoice over hike of cost of Alcohol
The prices of beer and cigarettes rose yesterday as the new excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco began, just as many women said their husbands can now stay at home with the families. A cross section of women…
Kaduna APC faction splits
A faction of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, ‘APC Kaduna Restoration Group’ has further divided in two. Aggrieved members of the faction further factionalized the group, appointing a new chairman and a new secretary. The restoration group…
JUST IN: CAN GEN. SEC. IS DEAD
The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. Although details of the death are still sketchy, Inside sources learnt that he died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after a brief illness. The death of Asake…
KADUNA MASSACRE: BUHARI OKAYS NEW BATTALION
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said those behind persistent killings in some parts of the country had a sinister agenda to instigate war for selfish purposes. He also approved the establishment of a new battalion of the Nigerian Army and…
KADUNA POLICE CONFIRMS 45 VILLAGERS KILLED BY BANDITS
The Kaduna State Police commissioner, Austin Iwar, on Sunday confirmed that 45 villagers were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. Residents said the killings occurred around 2:30 p.m. when the bandits stormed the village…
KADUNA SENATOR ESCAPES THUGS’ ATTACK DURING POLITICAL MEETING
A senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North) on Sunday escaped attack by thugs during a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he convened in Kaduna. Mr Hunkuyi had convened the meeting to sensitize…
KADUNA GOV’T CHARGES EL-ZAKZAKY, WIFE, TWO OTHERS FOR MURDER
The Kaduna State Government has charged the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, and two others with various offences including murder of a soldier. The allegedly murdered soldier,…
KADUNA: APC OPPOSITION CHAIRMAN GOES MISSING
The chairman of the Kaduna All Progressive Congress faction opposed to Governor Nasir El Rufai, Danladi Wada, is missing, his family has said. Mr. Wada went to a nearby mosque close to his Kaduna Angwan Rimi GRA residence, around 5:30…
KADUNA CRISIS: EL-RUFAI ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF LABOURER
There was confusion Thursday morning in Kaduna State when youths numbering about 200 burnt a Church and a Police station in Narayi in Chikun local government area of Kaduna. The youths, it was learnt, set ablaze a branch of the…