Ministries, courts, schools and commercial banks were shutdown on Monday in Kaduna in compliance with the nation wide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The labour unions had on Friday declared an indefinite strike over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariffs. Business activities…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, set up a 13- member fact finding committee to investigate financial transactions, loans, grants and project executions under the eight year administration of former governor Nasir El-rufai. El-Rufai was governor of Kaduna state between 2015 and 2023. The committee was set up on Tuesday during a special…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has restated his administration’s continuous support to security operations to achieve lasting peace for sustainable development in the state. According to a statement on Sunday by Ibraheem Musa, spokesperson to the governor, Sani spoke on Saturday, during the 2024 annual cultural activities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)…
Sixteen people have died while four others were seriously injured in a fatal motor accident along Kano- Zaria highway. The accident was said to have occurred on Sunday at about 11:30am. The passenger bus, which took off from Kano, was heading to Markudi, Benue state, when it crashed at Taban Sani Junction, Tashar Yari, along…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has discovered other fraudulent dealings involving COVID-19 funds, World Bank loan, Abacha recovered loot at the ministry of humanitarian affairs. Spokesperson of the commission, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement said the funds were released to the ministry by the federal government to…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested one Jubril Musa, said to be a major arms dealer supplying arms to bandits in Plateau state. In a statement on Thursday, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the NPF, said Musa was apprehended with a cache of weapons. He added that the suspect confessed to supplying arms to bandits…
