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Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has handed over the transition committee report to the governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani on Saturday at the Government House, Kaduna. Speaking during the event, the outgoing governor said in 2015, his administration was not fortunate to get outgoing officials to brief the transition committee before inauguration. He said the transition…

The Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami, has passed on. Sami died in a London hospital following a brief illness. He was aged 81. The Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, confirmed the monarch’s death in a statement on Sunday. The Kebbi state government expressed deep…

The family of late Felix  Aliyu, a 15-year-old student of Airforce Comprehensive School, Kaduna,  have demanded for thorough investigation into the  circumstances that led to his death. Aliyu, who was newly appointed deputy head boy  of the  school, was said to have been killed on June 19, 2024, allegedly by two outgoing senior students of…

Nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits while an unspecified number were abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The attack was said to have taken place at about 10:30pm on Monday, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. According to sources in Kasuwan Magani, the vehicles were many and were heading…

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the sealing of secretariats of all the 17 local government areas in Plateau state. The state Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement through the command’s spokesman, Alabo Alfred. The said the action was taken to prevent a breakdown of law…