Residents of Kapam community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Friday, protested against the destruction of their farms by a toxic chemical from the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC). Residents of the community, mostly women trooped out for the protest as early as 6am on Friday,blocking the gate to the refinery…
Deborah Yakubu, a 200 level student in the Department of Home Economics, Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto, has been killed for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. The incident occurred on Thursday in the school. It was gathered that, Yakubu, an Indigene of Zuru, Kebbi state, was accused by a Muslim student for allegedly abusing…
The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the federal government is now paying more for fuel subsidy than before. El-Rufai disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after delivering the lead paper at a capacity-building workshop on Enhancing Skills of Government Officials in Policy Implementation and Productive Human Resource Management for political…
Two of the remaining three abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released after spending about six months in captivity. Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab disclosed this on Sunday in Kaduna. He added that one student is still being held…
A father and his son have been arrested by the police for impersonation during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday after inspecting the Kaduna State University University (KASU) Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre. Oloyede…
Mutfwang laments challenges facing Nigeria, says 2023 should be a turning point The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has lamented the challenges facing Nigeria since independence, saying the 2023 general elections should be a turning point for the better. He said the quality of leaders that will…
