Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says intelligence collaboration remains the most effective tool for addressing security threats in the North-West region and beyond. The governor stated this on Thursday in Kaduna while declaring open a conference of State Directors of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the North-West. Represented by Sule Shuaibu (SAN),…
Emmanuel Kure, Chairman of the Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA), says the designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” by United States President, Donald Trump, is a welcome development. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, Kure, a former National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), said the move has…
The Gbagyi Development Union (GDU) has raised the alarm over what it described as “recurring incidents of insecurity ravaging” Gbagyi communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, spokesperson of group, Caleb Nayaro,lamented that several communities in Chikun have continued to suffer devastating attacks, abductions, and destruction…
Sunday Katung, the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations about Katung’s planned defection had trended for weeks amid denials by his aides. The senator officially announced his defection in a resignation letter addressed to the PDP…
Gunmen have reportedly killed Yahaya Kambasya, a pastor, and abducted 20 others in Farin Dutse, Kauru LGA of Kaduna state. The bandits were said to have invaded the community in the early hours of Tuesday. Kambasya preached at the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), popularly known as HEKAN. Members of the church were…
A federal high court in Abuja has sacked a federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara state, Abubakar Gummi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Delivering judgement on Thursday, the presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, held that Gummi’s defection was unconstitutional since there was no division in…
