President Bola Tinubu has said the Federal Government plans to complete the 284 kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. Tinubu stated this on Friday in Katsina, at the inauguration of the Katsina State Agricultural Mechanisation Centre and a 24-kilometre Eastern Bypass, all established by the state government. “Federal Government...
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President Bola Tinubu has called on governors to remain focused on delivering tangible results that improve the lives of their people, urging them to disregard armchair critics. The President gave the charge during a two-day visit to Katsina, adding that the accurate measure of leadership is a positive, visible...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has declared Friday a public holiday to enable civil servants to participate in welcoming President Bola Tinubu to the state for the commissioning of key projects completed by his administration. Governor Radda disclosed this on Thursday after his address at the 2025 International Workers’...
President Bola Tinubu will pay a one day working visit to Katsina State on Friday. The State Commissioner for Information, Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, made the disclosure during a press briefing on Wednesday in Katsina. He said that the President would commission two out of the numerous projects executed by...
Police officers attached to Border Patrol Zone 4, Katsina, have rejected N1 million bribe, impounded a suspected stolen vehicle and apprehended two suspects in Mashi local government of Katsina State. The Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina....
A joint security team in Katsina State has neutralised five suspected bandits and recovered their seven operational motorcycles in Wori village, Dandume Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Katsina. He said that the operation was...
The Katsina State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alh. Armaya’u Abdulkadir, has stated that the party has no factions at the state or national levels. He made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Monday, urging the public...
The National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu has commended security forces for their gallantry and professionalism in rescuing the former Director-General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), retired Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, Amb. Gideon Yohana and 17 others. Receiving the rescued victims, Ribadu also commended the efforts of intelligence agencies involved...
Some political parties in Katsina State have commenced discussions to form a coalition against the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 2027 general election. A former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alh. Mustapha Inuwa, made this known in Katsina on Wednesday, while addressing some People’s Democratic Party...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has said his administration remains dedicated to fostering security, economic prosperity and infrastructure development to make the state beacon of hope and opportunity for all. Radda stated this while addressing dignitaries at the “2025 Hawan Bariki” durbar, at the Government House, on Monday in...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Katsina, Alhaji Abdulaziz Maituraka, has declared that the party will form governments at both the state and national levels in the 2027 general elections. Speaking while hosting Katsina’s newly elected council chairman, Malam Isah Miqdad, and his councillors on Monday, Maituraka, who...
No fewer than nine persons lost their lives and 11 others injured in a lone crash on Malumfashi – Kafur Road in Katsina State. Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Aliyu Ma’aji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Katsina. He said preliminary investigation indicated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday evening, paid a condolence visit to the Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, over the death of his Mother, Hajjiya Safra’u Umaru, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Hajiya Sarafa’u Umaru died on Saturday night at the age...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with Gov. Dikko Umaru of Katsina on the death of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Umaru. This is contained in a condolence message signed by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Sunday in Ilorin. “The NGF celebrates...
The remains of the mother of Gov. Dikko Radda, Hajiya Sarafa’u, have been laid to rest in his home town, Radda in Charanchi Local Government Area. She died in the early hours of Sunday in Abuja at the age of 93 after an illness. The funeral prayer was led...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The mother of Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda of Katsina , Hajiya Sarafa’u Umaru, has died at the age of 93. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Katsina. He said: “With profound...
Katsina State Government has said the winner of the Quranic recitation competition, Abdulsalam Rabiu-Faskari, his father and brother are still alive, but in the custody of their abductors. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, on Friday in Katsina....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF), in partnership with UNICEF Nigeria, have successfully supported out-of-school adolescent girls in Rimi, Mani, and Katsina LGAs of Katsina State through the REACH project weekend. The FINDEF Representative, Sadiya Badamasi, said the initiative has empowered 1,950 out-of-school adolescent girls by...
There have been growing concerns about the obnoxious increasing trend of of ritual killings across Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heightened situation of ritual killings is driven by the quest for quick wealth, poverty, unemployment, and lack of effective legislation. There have also been...
Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, at the weekend expressed his support for the creation of Karaduwa State from the existing Katsina State. He made this statement in Funtua, Katsina State, during the distribution of Ramadan food items and empowerment organised by Sen. Muntari Dandutse, who represents the Katsina South...