President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after a four-day trip to Doha, Qatar, where he participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, LCDs. At the UN conference in Doha, Buhari joined the UN Secretary General, António Guterres and other world leaders...
Katsina State
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has received seven top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and more than 10,000 of their supporters in Katsina on Tuesday. Most of the defectors are close associates of the former governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema. Director-General of...
Youths and women in Katsina State have pledged to deliver two million votes to the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the presidential poll billed to hold on Feb 25. Malam Ahmed Adamu, Special Assistant to the Presidential Candidate on Youth and Strategy,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has all the support and confidence to win the presidential, governorship and other positions in Katsina State at the forthcoming general elections. The party’s gubernatorial candidate, Sen. Yakubu Lado-Danmarke made the declaration at a campaign rally on Wednesday in Matazu Local Government...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria has canvassed supports for the Katsina State Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda. The leader of the group, Comrade Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, while addressing...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of scores of vigilantes at Yargoje Forest in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The insurgents ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading. In a statement issued...
The Presidency has frowned at the fake reports of stone-pelting incident at Hotoro area of Kano on the day of the visit to the city by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Daura returned all thanks to God for safety in life’s journey over many years. Buhari, who stated this when he visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, highlighted the years of battle during the Nigerian Civil War and some personal challenges as...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced a two-day official visit to Katsina State. During the visit, Buhari would commission some projects and inspect others executed by the administration of Gov. Aminu Masari. Some of the projects ready for commissioning include Kofar-Kaura and kofar-Kwaya underpass, Katsina Revenue House, among others. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Hoodlums have attacked the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, alongside his campaign team members after a successful rally in Katsina state. The Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina State. Dr Pricilla Ibekwe, Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, said this on Monday in Abuja, during a Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of...
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have attacked the New Life for All Church in Kankara local government area of Katsina State and kidnapped 25 worshipers on Sunday, January 15. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor Aminu Bello Masari on Christian Affairs, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, disclosed this sad...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has berated Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita (PDP-Katsina North) for alleging that the state government plans to use N1.1billion of state funds to campaign for the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kaita was elected on the platform of APC...
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on...
The Katsina State Government has approved the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) request for the use of the Muhammad Dikko Stadium for its presidential, governorship and other campaign rallies. This is contained in a letter signed by Alhaji Suleiman Kankia, the Permanent Secretary, Political and Common Service, on behalf of...
Hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) supporters in Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Campaign Council said this when he spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. Alhaji Abdulkadir said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Operatives from The Katsina State Police Command has repelled a terrorists attack and neutralized two wanted terrorists on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Katsina, identified the two notorious terrorists as...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to unite and cooperate with one another as a prerequisite for victory in the coming general elections. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman said he made the call when he received Dr Dikko Radda, the governorship candidate...
At least 19 worshipers have been abducted by a gang of terrorists in the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness told Channels Television that the hoodlums stormed a mosque located at Maigamji community on Saturday night at about 7:40 pm, whisking away 19 of the worshipers....
The Nigeria Immigration Service Special Border Command in Jibia, Katsina State, has retrieved 513 national identity cards and voter cards from some foreigners. The Controller of the command, Kelechi Ekeoba-Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the newly established Jibia border command. He said that 202 voter...