Katsina State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema has reacted to the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the implementation of the new national minimum wage in the state. Addressing the people of the state in a live broadcast shortly after the state executive council meeting, Governor Shema said […]
About 110 houses have been washed away in Baure and Garki villages in Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State following a heavy down pour. The incident, which occurred on Friday, started around 6 am and lasted for about five hours. The flood was blamed on blocked drainages, even as most of the houses affected were on […]
A suspected bomb believed to have been planted at the divisional police headquarters in Dutsinma, home town of Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, by Islamic millitants Boko Haram, has caused severe panic in the town the entire state. The said attempt to blow up the police station came in the wake of penultimate Monday’s explosion […]
Katsina state governor, Ibrahim Shema who was sworn in May 29 for a second term, in this interview with explains that the primary responsibilities of government are to provide for the general well being of the people. He throws light on how his administration in the last four years, saved N16. 7billion and provided projects […]
Despite the early commencement of accreditation of voters at various polling stations for the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections, the exercise recorded a very low turnout in Katsina State. Investigations carried out by the Nigerian Tribune across sections of eligible voters said that the low turnout was as a result of fear as […]
• Niger, Nasarawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Oyo, Ogun affected • Imo dicey-Low voter turnout in several states • Police detonate bomb near INEC office in Delta Early results trickling in from different zones indicate that the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) are making serious inroads into erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled […]
Four persons have been burnt and 45 inmates released from the Federal Prisons in Funtua, Katsina State as the police and other security agencies battled to suppress the orgy of violence that had gripped the state since Sunday. Although state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, had imposed a curfew between 9pm and 7am on Monday, […]
Post-election violence swept through some Northern states on Sunday night and Monday as results of the presidential poll released by the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly showed Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as the winner. States where violence flared were Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa, Katsina, Plateau, Yobe, Bauchi, Borno, Katsina and Sokoto. In states like Kano, Bauchi […]
Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced. Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]
Results of Saturday’s National Assembly elections announced on Sunday by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission showed many Peoples Democratic Party heavyweights defeated in their senatorial districts and constituencies. The results also indicated that the PDP might lose its stranglehold on the National Assembly with its majority membership and a sign of the […]
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