Senator Danjuma Laah, the senator representing Southern Kaduna senatorial district, has urged security agencies to stop the persistent attacks on Southern Kaduna communities. In a statement on Monday, he said was saddened by the orgy of violence that has resulted in killings and destruction of property in communities in the area. He condemned the attacks…
Operatives of the Nigeria police in Kaduna state have arrested a suspected international car thief. In a statement on Friday, Mansir Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, said the suspect, identified as Mubarak Kabiru, was arrested in a hotel in Kaduna following a tip off. Hassan said, “On the 27th of May, 2024,…
In this column, last week, I wrote about “The madness which manifests as nothing more than a sickness, to borrow from Michel Foucault, that points at the abnormality that had seized the mind of Abuja, and elsewhere”. I posited, among others, that the madness which manifests in the officialdom has turned our quarters of political…
The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has distributed foodstuffs worth millions of naira to the needy for the Ramadan season. In a statement on Monday, Abdullahi Usman, said the distribution of the food stuff was flagged of on Monday in Kaduna and Zaria. He said the food items,…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), says it has arrested a total of 5,488 suspects in parts of the country and rescued 170 kidnapped victims between June and July 2025. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing police officers at a theor strategic conference in Abuja. He said the suspects were…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate. “This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act,…
