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The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), has donated N180m to the victims of the bomb incident in Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The donation was announced in a community issued after the meeting of the governors on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna. The forum commiserated with the government and…

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed the attack on the institution by bandits, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted. Jajira said the Academy in collaboration with the 1Division…

The federal government said the ban on Twitter was lifted following agreements reached with the social media platform. The agreement, according to a statement announcing the lifting of the ban, includes legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publications in line with Nigerian laws. The conditions given by the federal government is that Twitter…

The Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria chapters of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association, (NCDPA), have asked the Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, to come out clean of the recent statements made by his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai, concerning the governance of the state. This was contained in an open letter to the governor, jointly signed by…

Bandits have released 32 of the remaining 63 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna. They were released on Friday evening after an undisclosed amount of money was said to have been paid to the bandits. The chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab…