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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, November 25th, 2012
A roadside orange seller was killed on Thursday by a high-speed convoy belonging to Kaduna State governor, Patrick Yakowa, the victim of a car carrying one of his commissioners. And despite efforts to kill the story in the Nigerian media, an angry Kaduna resident who called SaharaReporters confirmed that the governor’s convoy not only killed […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Kaduna, Ogun, Party Politics, Presidency, State News
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Chief Meni Jonathan | credits: thestreetjournal.org Ogun State Government Ibikunle Amosun, his Kaduna State counterpart, Patrick Yakowa, and the Congress for Progressive Change have expressed their condolences to President Goodluck Jonathan on the death of his younger brother, Meni. Meni, 45, died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Tuesday. Amosun, in a statement by […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna Kaduna State governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday said that he sacked over 4,000 primary and secondary schools teachers in a move to ensure quality and vibrant education sector in the State. In a speech delivered at the joint national graduation and award ceremony of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, Yakowa […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, October 28th, 2012
KADUNA, Nigeria — A suicide attacker drove a car bomb into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, sparking fierce reprisals that saw a Christian mob burn a man alive in day of a bloody of violence that left at least 10 people dead and 145 wounded. Christian youths took to the streets of the […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, October 28th, 2012

_At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing during mass at a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, officials say. The attack happened in Kaduna, scene of many sectarian attacks. The blast was caused by at least one vehicle being driven towards the church loaded with explosives, witnesses […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, October 15th, 2012
The Police in Kaduna have confirmed the killing of 22 persons following attack by a notorious gang on Dogon-Dawa village in Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria. The state Commissioner of Police Olufemi Adenaike who confirmed the incident, disclosed that gunmen suspected to be armed bandits attacked their victims who were returning from the mosque after early […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
By Luka Binniyat According to Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, his agenda is a simple, but tough one – Peace, Unity and Development (PUD). And in the areas of the Development (D), his supporters are saying that he has genuine reason to beat his chest so far. Recently, a happy motley throng of thousands […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Part of Kaduna metropolis was on Tuesday thrown into confusion as two suspected suicide bombers blew up themselves while taking an object suspected to be a bomb to an unknown destination. The two suspects, according to an eyewitness, were on a motorcycle heading towards the northern part of the state at about 3pm when the […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Headlines, Kaduna, Kano, National Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Sokoto, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Monday, July 2nd, 2012

National Youth Service Corps members | credits: Corps members posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states have asked the National Youth Service Corps to redeploy them from these trouble states. The corps members, who expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the Batch B NYSC service year, said they […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Scene of a bomb blast | credits: File copy DAVID ATTAH gives a detailed account of what transpired penultimate Sunday, when Kaduna State became a theatre of war. The time was 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Madam Victoria Akpojiyovwi, fondly called “Mama” by her grandchildren, would by now be giving praises to the […]