A federal high court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Group Managing Director (GMD)of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu on charges of money laundering. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on February 3, 2017, raided the Kaduna property of Yakubu and recovered the sum…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa Abuja The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare full scale war against terrorists unleashing mayhem in the country. The called came following the deadly attack on the an Abuja- Kaduna passenger train by terrorists on Monday at about 8pm. Eight people were killed while 26 others sustained injuries from…
The Kaduna state government has confirmed that eight corpses have so far been recovered while 26 people were injured in Monday’s terrorists attack on the Abuja- Kaduna train. Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the state government had received the…
Survivors of Monday’s attack on Abuja- Kaduna train have recounted their ordeals on their hospital beds. On Monday, terrorists attacked a Kaduna bound train from Abuja said to be carrying over 800 passengers on board. The attack was said to have occurred at about 8pm on Monday when the terrorists detonated the rail track. Several…
A Golf 3 car belonging to a journalist, Amos Matthew of New Nigeria newspapers, was stolen on Tuesday at the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna. Matthew was at the party secretariat to cover declaration by the Kaduna state Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Mohammed Dattijo who wants to run for…
The Kaduna state government has confirmed that 34 people, including two military personnel were killed in Sunday’s attacks on communities in Kaura Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the government also confirmed that, over 200 houses and 32 shops were burnt in the attacks while vehicles and 17…
