Sunday Katung, the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speculations about Katung’s planned defection had trended for weeks amid denials by his aides. The senator officially announced his defection in a resignation letter addressed to the PDP…
Uba Sani, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, has debunked rumours of a “cold war” between Kashim Shettima, the party’s vice presidential candidate and Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Speaking at the inauguration of Shettima as the Chairman, Arewa Women for Tinubu (AWT), on Friday in Kaduna, Sani described the rumours as malicious…
The Zamfara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the gruesome murder of Mallam Hamisu Danjibga, a Correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria ( VON), in the state. In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, Ibrahim Ahmad, secretary of the state Council of the NUJ, called for a thorough investigation into…
The governor of Plateau state, Caleb Mutfwang, has approved the appointment of heads of some agencies and special advisers. The appointments were announced on Tuesday in a statement by Hassana Ayika, a permanent secretary, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect and directed…
The police in Kaduna have arrested three suspected internet fraudsters notorious for defrauding unsuspecting students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) of their school fees, to the tune of over N60m. In a statement on Wednesday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, identified the arrested suspects as Muhammad Uthman Busari of Nariya…
Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU), Kaduna state, has faulted reports alleging that two herders were lynchend by angry mob on Sunday in Birnin-Gwari community, saying that those killed were terrorists mercenaries from Sudan. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, had in a statement by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the two herders…
