The federal government has rolled out plans to subsidise Compress Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle conversion kits to members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employer Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO). The Programme Director and Chief Executive Officer of Presidential Initiative on CNG, Micheal…
The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier who killed a 16-year-old protester in Zaria. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said soldiers were enforcing the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna and Zaria metropolis following reports of violence during the nationwide protest. He said the soldiers were attacked…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation for its unrelenting commitment to the fight against hunger and poverty in Nigeria. Sani made the commendation on Thursday while flagging off the distribution of 35,000 of 10kg bags of rice to the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna state by the foundation. The…
The remaining three children of Janet Gimba, the Kaduna customary court judge who were held in captivity by bandits, have been freed after 15 days in captivity. Godwin Ochai, chairman of the Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said the children were released on Tuesday. Family sources also confirmed the release in a…
Two of the 66 members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, who were abducted in church on Sunday, October 31, 2021, have been killed by their captors. Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, disclosed this in a statement…
The Kaduna state government says troops have neutralised many bandits,including some of those behind the kidnapping in 2021 of students of the Federal College of Forestry and the security breached at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in…
