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Residents of Barga, Awon ward in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have commended the state governor, Senator Uba Sani, for approving the establishment of a Military Forward Operations Base (FOB) to address the security challenges in the area. Leader of the community, Zanko Adamu, made the commendation during a tour of the project…

Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, has asked community and traditional leaders to deal decisively with the menace of informants undermining security in their localities. In a statement he shared on his X handle, after an emergency security meeting on Wednesday with stakeholders from the seven Local Government Areas worst hit by insecurity, the governor…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has dismissed insinuations that he was in support of the removal of National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. According to him, it is impossible for him to advocate the removal of someone he helped to appoint, adding that his confidence in Ayu’s ability to lead…

An armed gang, suspected to be assassins have killed Ahmad Abubakar Kotorkoshi, welfare officer of the Gusau chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Zamfara state. In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, chairman of the chapter, Junaidu Abubakar, said the deceased, popularly known as Ahmed Kotorkoshi, was gruesomely murdered at his Kotorkoshi residence, Bungudu…

Uba Sani, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, has debunked rumours of a “cold war” between Kashim Shettima, the party’s vice presidential candidate and Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Speaking at the inauguration of Shettima as the Chairman, Arewa Women for Tinubu (AWT), on Friday in Kaduna, Sani described the rumours as malicious…