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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Sunday, September 8th, 2013
By Ngozi Uwujare A newly wedded wife, Jamila Saidu Umar is now cooling her heels in police cell in Katsina State after being arrested for pouring hot water on her husband, Aminu Umar, during an argument over sex. It was gathered that Umar incurred his wife’s wrath when he accused her of not performing to his […]
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Governors, Katsina, Rivers, State News
Friday, May 24th, 2013
NO fewer than 23 governors, it was gathered on Thursday, have endorsed the decision to pick Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State as consensus chairmanship candidate for the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). Sources said though Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State had also indicated interest in the job, he would be asked to withdraw in […]
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Katsina, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency, State News
Friday, May 17th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 17/05/2013 Breaking news from Katsina State in Nigeria’s North-West indicates that the state may be the next target of Boko Haram Islamic insurgents. As Nigeria’s military forces asserted control over the troubled North-East following Tuesday’s emergency rule imposed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan, reports came […]
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Akwa Ibom, Benue, Katsina, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
…2015: We need prayers – Anenih From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with prayers, the ruling party will survive its present challenges and retain its position in the polity. Anenih disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
A baby girl with what appears to be two heads has been delivered of a woman at the General Hospital, Malumfashi, Katsina State. The baby also has a cleft palate and stunted fingers. The News Agency of Nigeria reported one 19-year-old Zainabu Dahiru gave birth to the baby, which also had no eyes, on Sunday. […]
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Headlines, House, Katsina, Legislature, Senate, State News
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacked the power to withdraw the certificate of return issued to any candidate declared the winner of an election by its returning officer. Justice Gladys Olotu gave the judgment in a suit filed by some candidates of the Congress for Progressive […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
A female corps member from Edo State, Shemahu Momodu, has been delivered of a baby girl on the first day of registration at Katsina State orientation camp. The state NYSC coordinator, Mr Ebenezer Afolalu, who disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2012 batch “B” corps members, on Wednesday, said the corps member gave […]
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Katsina, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, April 27th, 2012
In a swift reaction to the bombing of the Kaduna offices of The Sun, Thisday and Moment newspapers yesterday, the Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has described the incident as sad, unbelievable and shocking. In a statement issued by the governor’s media spokesman, Reuben Buhari, it noted that it was inhuman to subject journalists […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
A housewife, Hussaina Sani, 35, has alegedly killed her 66-year-old farmer husband, Sani Dan-Mamman, in Mujifa, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Daily Sun learnt that Dan-Mamman had demanded an explanation from his second wife after he was given a meager lunch. According to a source, the man had given his wife two measures […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Despite the hic-cups being experienced over the implementation of the new minimum wage, the Katsina State government, in collaboration with the state Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has urged workers that were over-paid to report such mistakes or face the consequences. Addressing a joint press conference in Katsina, on Wednesday, the government enjoined staff that received […]