Estimated Reading Time: 1Usman Baba, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, has won the bye-election for Sabon Gari constituency in the Kaduna state house of assembly. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Mohammed-Nuruddin Musa, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, declared Baba as the winner of the[Read More…]
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Breaking: Many travellers are currently trapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway
Estimated Reading Time: 1Many travellers are currently trapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway as angry residents have blocked the road over attacks, especially the killing of a 13-year-old girl by bandits. The tragic incident occurred at Anguwar Magaji in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Residents said bandits stormed the[Read More…]
South-West APC leaders have rejected calls for separation of Nigeria
Estimated Reading Time: 3Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West have rejected calls for separation of Nigeria, saying that the country needs religious and ethnic unity to progress. This is coming amid calls for the creation of a Yoruba Nation in the South-Western part of the country. The[Read More…]
About General Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, killed in a Kaduna plane crash
Estimated Reading Time: 2General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Chief of Army Staff, has died in a plane crash. In a statement, the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that there was an accident involving one of its aircraft in Kaduna but did not go into details. “An air crash involving a @NigAirForce aircraft[Read More…]
Breaking: Military plane crash in Kaduna State – top military chiefs onboard
Estimated Reading Time: 1A military plane is feared to have crashed in Kaduna State, multiple sources confirm to NewsWireNGR on Friday. The training aircraft crashed at the Kaduna international airport. The Ill-fated aircraft was said to have crashed at the airport’s runway The incident was said to have occurred at[Read More…]
In Kaduna, Banks, Schools, Airport, Hospitals, others shut as NLC vows not to back down on Industrial action
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), had vowed not to retreat or surrender on the strike they began in Kaduna as the union commenced a five-day warning strike shutting down electricity supply, government schools and offices, banks, airport, train station. The National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba[Read More…]
Blackout in Kaduna as Labour kickoff 5-day labour warning strike
Estimated Reading Time: 2 The Management of Kaduna Electric has revealed that the current power outage in the state is caused by the five-day warning strike embarked upon by labour unions. Abdulazeez Abdullahi, the company’s head of corporate communications, I’m a statement on Sunday said the Transmission Company of Nigeria[Read More…]
NLC vows to shut down Kaduna over workers sack
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate unions have restated their determination to continue with the planned five-day warning strike over the recent disengagement of civil servants by the Kaduna state government. Ayuba Suleiman, the NLC Chairman spoke in Kaduna during a media chat with journalist[Read More…]
Just In: Parents of abducted Kaduna students protest at National Assembly complex
Estimated Reading Time: 1Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters which include members of the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution are lamenting over what they described as the negligence[Read More…]
Just In: Terrorists storm Kaduna Church, abduct several worshipers in an early morning attacks
Estimated Reading Time: 1At least one person has been confirmed dead while several others have been abducted on Sunday morning when arms-wielding bandits attacked a church in Manini Tasha village, Kuriga Ward in Chukun local government area of Kaduna State. LEADERSHIP Newspaper reports that the dead person was confirmed to[Read More…]
