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From Our Correspondent   Seven persons have been kidnapped by armed bandits at the staff quarters of National Turberclosis and Leprosy Training Centre, Zaria at the esrly hours of Sunday.     The well armed and cordinated operation have succeded in taken away 5 staff of the Centre and 2 …

  –Government appeals against killings and counter killings, destruction of farms and killing of cattle     The Kaduna State Government has noted with increasing concern the sequence of violent incidents, attacks and counter-attacks in Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf local government area over the past week.   In a …

Comrade Silas Adamu Was An Exemplary Leader, Pillar Of Community – el-Rufai     Comrade Adamu was an exemplary leader and a pillar of his community, who lived as a champion of peace.     Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai expressed this in a condolence letter, addressed to the …

  180 rescued, several students missing following attack at Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi LGA     Troops of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of today, Friday, 12th March 2021 rescued 180 citizens, many of them students, at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi …

The Sabon Gari Divisional Police has arrested and detained Malam Mustapha Yauri, Zaria District Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for several hours. Malam Yauri was arrested by Police while snapping a picture of trailer that blocked the Samaru- Zaria Fly-over road in a protest over a rift between …

Kaduna State Government has declared a state of emergency in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)sector, to enable it attain the national goal of making Nigeria Open Defecation Free(ODF) by the year 2025. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye on Thursday, …

Nigeria Labour Congress Kaduna State Council has inaugurated labour/civil society situation room to protect jobs and wages during the COVID – 19 pandemic. Inaugurating the committee in Kaduna, the state Chairperson of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman said such committee was inaugurated at the national body and the state councils …

Sheik Sani Yakubu, Chairman, Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Zaria Local Government has sacked Malam Abubakar Sarki-Aminu for his compliance with Kaduna State Government order on congregational prayers. The shieldg online that Abubakar is the “Imam ratib” meaning the Imam for five daily prayers at Sheik Abubakar Mahmood Gumi …

Kaduna State Government has  appealed  to  the new  General Officer Commanding(GOC) of One Mechanised Division, Major General Usman Mohammed, to  dedicated troops that will aggressively patrol some hotspots  in four local government areas. Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan who made the appeal on Friday, at the …