Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dispelled the rumours of him jostling to become Chief of Staff in President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. El-Rufai stated this in Gombe on Saturday while addressing newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufai was in the state to inaugurate...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops of Operation Forest Sanity have intercepted large quantity of ammunition in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the development...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army have neutralised 11 bandits in a battle which took place in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the killing of the 11...
The Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s polling unit, for the governorship and state House of assembly election at Unguwan Sarki 024 Polling Unit where the Governor cast his vote on Saturday. The Electoral Presiding Officer, Haruna Shafiu, who announced the results,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Police Command says it has ordered full-scale investigation into Thursday’s attack on Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai’s convoy. The order is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, on Friday in Kaduna. Jalige...
A spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode has said some members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be working for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The former minister made this known on Channels Television’s special election programme, The...
Gov. Nasir El Rufai has promised to relocate from Kaduna state on May 29, 2023, after handing over to his successor, so as not to interfere with the incoming administration. The governor spoke at a Town-Hall meeting, organized by the central senatorial zone on Monday in Kaduna He expressed...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have killed a notorious bandit commander, ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’, during a clearance operation in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. He...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has inaugurated a 120-tonne per hour fertiliser blending plant in Kaduna on Wednesday. The plant is sited at the Kaduna Green Agro-Allied Industrial Zone (GAAIZ). He said at the inauguration that with every new factory, every new shop and every new park opened, there...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says the state government has attracted a total investment portfolio of $4.48 billion comprising actualized and announced investments in the last seven years. Governor El-Rufai also said that the efforts had resulted in creating 75, 750 direct and indirect jobs. He made this known...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – Civil Society Organizations tracking and monitoring the progress being made by the Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led administration in the education sector, have tasked the government in the area of providing improved infrastructure and learning environment, particularly for girls and those living with disabilities. Members of...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to the people of the state to get involved in agriculture, to reduce hunger and prices of food stuff. Governor El-Rufai gave the advice when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Malam Ahmad Bamalli, on the traditional Hawan...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday said the state government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Management of the University stated this in a...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has warned communities against shielding suspected criminals in their midst as government strive to tackle insecurity in the state. El-Rufai gave the warning on Wednesday when he visited the Chief of Kagoro, Mr Ufuwai Bonet, at his palace in Kaura Local Government Area, to...
Some victims of Monday’s attack on a Abuja-Kaduna train have been admitted to the 44 military hospital and St. Gerald hospital in Kaduna State. It is not yet clear how many persons were injured but the attacked train had the capacity to convey more than 1,000 passengers. At least...
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i is not to be taken lightly when it comes to fighting terrorism in Nigeria. Not only has been exposed to governance at very critical sectors of our national life at both federal and state levels, what one reads about him in the media suggests...
No fewer than 11 people have been killed during an attack by suspected bandits at Kurmin Masara community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the attackers were said to have stormed the community while the residents...