The Kaduna State Government has launched an integrated measles and rubella vaccination campaign aimed at reaching over 4.2 million children across its 23 local government areas. The 10-day exercise, which began on October 18, 2025, is being carried out in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and…
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal on Tuesday told an Abuja Federal High Court that Darius Ishaku, a former governor of Taraba state gave him $5,000 to relocate to Lagos and hide from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ishaku and Bello Yero who served in his administration as permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and…
The Kaduna state police command has arrested four suspected kidnappers who killed their victim, Mohammed Kabiru, a six year old boy after collecting N1 million ransom. Parading the suspects on Monday in Kaduna, Mohammad Jalige, spokesman of the command, said Kabiru was abducted on April 24 at the Badarawa area, Kaduna. He said the suspects…
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, has said that the Kaduna state government has proven that it is possible to use electronic voting to conduct elections in Nigeria. Balarabe stated this on Thursday at a sensitisation programme organised by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) for stakeholders ahead of the September…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to resign if embattled former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is not prosecuted. In a chat with editors at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday, Olukoyede swore to follow the prosecution of Bello to the logical conclusion He also vowed that…
The federal government has lifted the suspension on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement Committee, Kashifu Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform…
