The Kaduna State Government has constituted a 65 member transition committee for smooth handover to the incoming administration on May 29. Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the outgoing governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Media and Communication, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the 2023 Transition Committee comprises nominees of the outgoing…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned some projects initiated by the Kaduna state government amid tight security. A combined team of heavily armed soldiers and the police were deployed to strategic places while helicopters were seen hovering around the city. Kaduna is one of the northwest states under attack by bandits with people being killed…
Chaplain of the Catholic Community in Kaduna Polytechnic , Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, has been killed by terrorists. Vitus who was also the Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), was killed on Saturday in his farm located in Kujama, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state….
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that it may not recognise the outcome of violent party congresses. In a statement on Monday in Abuja, spokesman of the commission, Mr. Festus Okoye, threatened that any political party that cannot conduct peaceful congresses would be blacklisted. Okoye lamented that the level of violence in the…
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Northern part of the country have declared support for power shift to the south. They have therefore, asked presidential aspirants from the north to withdraw from the race. The decision was announced in a statement issued by the governors at the end of their meeting on…
The federal government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays for Muslims for Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Wednesday in a statement signed by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Shuaib Belgore. The minister wished the Muslim faithfuls a happy celebration and urged them to imbibe the virtues of…
