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Kaduna, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, January 16th, 2012
The deployment of soldiers in the streets of Lagos may have stirred protesters to insist on going ahead with the public denunciation of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. For the sixth day running, protesters gathered in parts of Kano and Kaduna, insisting on the reversal of the pump price of petrol […]
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Kaduna, Oil Politics, State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Residents of Kaduna metropolis have received the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government with mixed reactions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the state government announced the imposition of the curfew on Tuesday, after its security council meeting which reviewed the ongoing petrol price hike protest and the attendant nationwide strike called […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, Oil Politics, State News
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Labour and civil society groups in Kaduna on Tuesday suspended street demonstrations after a teenager was shot by the police during the ongoing protest against fuel subsidy removal. The unidentified teenager was shot around the Old Panteka in the Tundun Wada area of the state capital. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the teenager was […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, Kano, State News
Friday, December 30th, 2011
A ghastly motor accident involving a trailer and a commuter bus yesterday claimed 20 lives with 7 others in critical condition along Kaduna-Kano highway. The incident occurred between Gaida village, near Kwanar Dan Gora in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State at about 6am when a trailer load of sheep from Yobe enroute Port-Harcourt […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
About 10,000 persons staged a peace procession in Kaduna State yesterday against the Christmas Day bombings of a church in Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State and in other parts of northern Nigeria. The procession, which took place in Zonkwa, the headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area (LGA), called for a united voice against terrorism. […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Just as the residents of Kaduna State were getting over the explosion that rocked the metropolis Monday afternoon which injured three persons, unknown gunmen yesterday killed five persons in the state. The Monday explosion, however claimed the life of a two-yea-old girl, Lois Obajemu, yesterday after unsuccessful medical attention in an undisclosed hospital in Kaduna. […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
KANO – (AFP) – An explosion killed an unclear number of people and caused panic in the northern city of Kaduna on Wednesday, residents and police said, but initial indications showed it was accidental. “Initially, we thought it was a bomb blast, but our preliminary assessment has shown that it was an accidental explosion from […]
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Kaduna, State News
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa File copy Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday threatened not to pass the 2012 budget presented by the executive if it was not satisfied with the performance of the 2011 budget. The House Committee Chairman on Information, Mr. Yakubu Yusuf, expressed the view shortly after members […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Kaduna — KADUNA State is under tension over fears of reprisal attack, following the murder of two Christian women worshippers inside a church by unknown gunmen. The attack by the gunmen also left 11 critically injured in Zonkwa village in Zangon Kataf Local Government in the state. The women were said to have gone for […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Kaduna, Party Politics, State News
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kaduna State chapter has said that with the increasing spate of insecurity in the State, Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa may have lost grip of the state’s affairs. To this end, the ACN has declared Yakowa missing for allegedly paying nonchalant attitude to the plights of the people, but decided […]