First class monarch dies in Kaduna

The Etsu Chikun, Dr. Danjuma Barde, a first class traditional ruler in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Wednesday at the 44, Nigerian Army Referral Hospital Kaduna, following an illness. President of the Gbagyi Development Association (GDA), Mr. Peter Aboki confirmed…

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Foundation asks El-Rufai to reduce tuition fees, offers scholarships to indigent students

The Kaduna based Marshall Katung Foundation (MKF) has asked  Governor Nasir El-Rufai to reduce tuition fees in state government owned tertiary institutions to enable indigent students to acquire education. Founder of MKF, Mr. Sunday Katung, a former member of House of Representatives and the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state…

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Bandits shoot down airforce jet in Zamfara

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its fighter jets has crashed in Zamfara state. There was reports of the crash on Sunday, but the NAF, had in a statement by its spokesman Edward Gabkwet, denied the reports of the crash. However in a statement on Monday, Gabkwet confirmed the incident, disclosing…

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Gov. Abubakar pledges support to immunisation campaign programme by NGO

Acknowledging the successes recorded in increasing immunization coverage and reducing infant deaths from vaccine preventable diseases in state, Governor Badaru Abubakar, has pledged to support an iNGO, New Initiatives – All Babies Are Equal Initiative (NI-ABAE) in its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. NI-ABAE is providing cash to mothers as incentives to encourage them to…

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Group pick holes in bill to reform traditional institutions in Kaduna, says it will make non-muslim traditional rulers weak, inferior

The Adara Development Association (ADA), an umbrella body for the Adara ethnic nationality in Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Areas of Kaduna, has kicked against an executive bill by the Kaduna State Government, seeking to reform traditional institutions in the state. According to the Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the executive bill titled, “A…

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