Katsina State Government is taking census of communities ravaged by bandits to provide psychosocial and economic support to them, an official said on Friday. Ibrahim Ahmad-Katsina, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Security Matters, told newsmen in Katsina that the aim was also to address the trauma...
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Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina State, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Friday....
The Katsina Customs Area Command has seized goods worth more than N79 million from August, 2022 to date. The Controller of the Command, Alhaji Wada Chedi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Katsina. Chedi explained that 15 different models of vehicles were seized in the period under review. He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria will storm Katsina State to endorse the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, under the auspices of Ndigbo Leaders in All...
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested three suspected armed robbers who specialise in using charms to break houses in Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, stated this in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. He said,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Katsina State Government has announced total ban on the sale and smoking of Shisha and other non-medical substances across the state with immediate effect. Governor Aminu Masari have the ban in a statement issued by the state Director of Information, Alhaji Buhari Mamman-Daura, on...
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar-Faruk, says Katsina State is not backward in terms of girl-child education as it is being perceived in some quarters. The emir made the statement when he received members of Girl Education Project (GEP-3) who were on a follow- up visit to his...
In what can be described as a kettle calling a pot black, a group of armed bandits have ‘arrested’ a scavenger, who is into stealing, in Katsina State. PRNigeria gathered that the scavenger, a middle-aged man, specializes in uprooting metal rods and removing iron bars, from deserted buildings at...
Rainstorms have destroyed 3,813 houses in 13 local government areas of Katsina State this year, the State’s Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said. SEMA’s spokesperson, Mr Umar Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Katsina that the storms also killed five persons in the affected...
Katsina State government has procured 10 locally-made Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to enhance security at the frontline areas of the state. Inspecting the APCs on Tuesday in Katsina, Gov. Bello Masari said about N100 million was spent on the procurement. He explained that the APCs which were made in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria have drummed support for the Katsina State Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The igbo leaders also vowed to mobilized the Ndigbo in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Katsina North Senatorial zone has been hit by defections, as many of its registered members have decamped to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It was learnt that about 19,500 registered APC members were received by the PDP in Baure and...
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina state said his state is locked down for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While featuring as a guest on Journalists Hangout, a current affairs programme Wednesday evening on TVC, Masari dismissed the candidate of the Labour...
A Nutrition Manager with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Elhaji Diop, says no fewer than 1.24 million under-five children in Katsina State are stunted due to malnutrition. Diop, from the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, disclosed this on Wednesday in Katsina, at a media dialogue on “Stronger with...
No fewer than 1,500 small holder farmers in Katsina State have received various farming inputs and equipment from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Launching the distribution of the items on Friday in Katsina, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammed Mahmood said the gesture was aimed at...
An online newspaper, Katsina City News, on Thursday doled out N250,000 to a policeman, Nura Mande, who returned missing 800 dollars belonging to a female pilgrim in Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a female pilgrim lost the money at the Katsina Hajj camp while...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command on Sunday said its operatives have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims at Unguwan Dako, Tandama village, Danja LGA of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
The Katsina State Police Command says the ban on motorcycle movements from 10p.m to 6a.m within the city will be reinforced by its operatives. This is contained in a statement by SP Gambo Isa, the spokesman of the command, on Monday in Katsina. He added that the restriction in...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) has rescued no fewer than 615 victims of human trafficking in Katsina State from January 2022 to date. The NAPTIP Commander in the state, Mr Musa Aliyu, revealed this while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Katsina to mark...