A retired Airforce officer, Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Maisaka, has been killed by gunmen at his residence in Ragasa, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, Igabi Local Government Area. Maisaka who is said to be the proprietor of MSK Hospital Rigasa, was shot to death in the early hours of Tuesday at his Makarfi Road residence…
Hon. Isah Ashiru has again picked the governorship ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state again. A former state and federal lawmaker, Ashiru was the party’s candidate in 2019. He poled 414 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sani Sidi, a former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…
The Kano state police command has arrested 41 suspects in connection with the killing of Rano Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Baba Ali, a Chief Suprintendant of Police (CSP). Spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Ali was killed on Sunday after hoodlums attacked Rano police station and set some parts of…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The University of Jos, has asked students to return home following the four weeks warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A statement signed by the Deputy Registrar of the University, Abdullahi Abdullahi, said the management of the institution took the decision at a meeting on Friday. The statement…
Rev. Fr. Abraham Kunat, a Catholic Priest at the St. Bernard, Idon Gida Parish, Kachia Local Government Area and eight residents of Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, have been abducted in separate attacks by bandits. The clergy man was said to have been abducted at his residence at about 12:30am on Tuesday. His…
BRITONS hugged themselves and celebrated Monday, July 19, 2021 “Freedom Day” as the eclectic Boris Johnson government eased COVID-19 restrictions. That day, a dark sturdy man with tribal marks was led away from the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He had lost his freedom, and an uncertain future awaited him. The arrest or capture…
