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The ad-hoc committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate the eight year administration of ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai has summoned some former and present government officials to appear before it. El-Rufai governed the state from May 2015 to May 2023. According to a statement by Suraj Bamalli, Media aide to…

The Kaduna state police command has refuted claims of an explosion on the Josawa road in the Abakpa area of the capital city. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, Mansir Hassan, police spokesperson, said the incident, which was initially reported as a suspected blast, was not an explosion. Hassan said a 12-year-old victim identified…

A court in the District of Columbia, United States has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records of their investigations on the alleged involvement of President Bola Tinubu in drug trafficking. The judge of the court, Beryl Howell, on April 8, ruled that FBI and DEA “must…

The Kaduna state government has confirmed that eight corpses have so far been recovered while 26 people were injured in Monday’s terrorists attack on the Abuja- Kaduna train. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the state government had received the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 12 fresh applications had been submitted by associations seeking to register as political parties. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. This brings the total number of applications…