Bandits kidnapped 18 persons light when they invaded Keke community close to the millennium city in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. However, 5 of the abducted 18, escaped while being herded along bush paths into the forest. One of the escapees, Engineer Usman Ibrahim said the kidnappers came into the community in the late hours of Monday evening while it was raining and moved from one house to another, apprehending them. According to him, eighteen of them including women and children were among the kidnapped. He said he…
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Update… Buhari sacks two Ministers, redeploys two others
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a reshuffle in yhe federal executive council formed on August 21, 2019. In a statement to cabinet members during the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday 1st September, President Buhari announced that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Engr. Sale Mamman, Minister of Power have been relieved of their appointments. He announced Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, to assume office as the Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, while Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu, Minister of State, Works & Housing…
Read MoreBreaking… Ministers of Agric, Power relieved of their appointments
The Minister of agriculture Sabo Nanono and his power counterpart Mamman Saleh have been relieved of their appointment. The two Ministers who were appointed after President Muhammadu Buhari won his second term in 2019, were said to have been sacked following today’s Federal Executive Council FEC meeting presided by President Buhari. While Nanono hails from Kano State, Saleh hails from Taraba State. Details later…
Read More32 More Bethel Baptist School Students regain freedom, 31 still in captivity
32 more of the over 100 hundred kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna have been freed by their abductors, leaving 31 more still in captivity. The students were said to have been released Friday evening and received at the school premises to be reunited with their parents. Confirming the development to Voice of Liberty, Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna State chapter, Reverend John Joseph Hayab said the 32 released students are with them. Hayab also thanked Nigerians for their support; physical, moral and in prayers for…
Read MoreAbba Kyari: IGP gets Panel’s report
The Special Investigation Panel on the alleged indictment of Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police, has submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba Alkali. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had indicted Kyari in a bribery allegation. The FBI alleged that Kyari was paid a bribe by a serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, to arrest one of his (Hushpuppi’s) friends in a 1.1 million-dollar deal. Kyari was on July…
Read MoreFreed Salihu Tanko Islamic School Tegina students after their release by their captives
Breaking; Tegina abducted Islamiya students released after 88 days
The abducted students of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina in Niger State have been released. Chief of Staff to Rafi Local Government Chairman, Muhammed Muhammed confirmed the release of the students without giving much details. The students were abducted within the school premises in Rafi council of Niger State and spent 88 days in captivity despite millions paid in ransom to their abductors. More details later…
Read MoreEl-rufai’s threat: Gunmen killed 3, abduct 1 officer at Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna
Gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday gained access into the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA permanent site in Afaka, killed two officers and abducted one. This coming few hours after the State Governor, Nasiru Ahmad El-rufai said brute force is the only way out of banditry and kidnapping in an interview yesterday. The gunmen were said to have gained access into the residential area of the military training school around 1:25 am. The killed officers are identified as Lt. Commander Wulah and Flight Lt. Commander C.M. Okoronkwo. While Major Datong…
Read MoreAPC beats PDP in Kaduna Reps bye-election
The All Progressive Congres APC has been declared winner of the Lere House of Representatives Federal Constituency by-election in Kaduna State. APC beats the People’s Democratic Party PDP by polling 33, 958 votes. Declaring the results, the retuning officer, Professor Wada Ademu of University of Jos said the PDP came second with 16, 271 votes while the YPP came distance third by polling 294 votes. By these results, Engineer Ahmed Manir of the APC is returned the winner of the Lere House of Representatives Federal Constituency of Kaduna State. Engineer…
Read MoreKaduna Govt. boots nutrition programmes implementation with release of N132m
Kaduna State Government has released N132 million out of the N300 million allocated in the 2021 budget for Kaduna State Nutrition Emergency Action Plan (KADENAP) to implement nutrition programmes. Umar Bambale, the Project Manager, KADENAP, disclosed this at the 2nd Quarter Coordination Meeting of the State Committee on Food and Nutrition in Kaduna on Friday. Bambale explained that the fund was released by the Ministry of Finance for nutrition-line Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to access and implement planned activities. He said that the MDAs would use the money to…
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