Abdul Samad Rabiu (ASR) Africa, an affiliate of BUA Group of Companies, turned the sod of a N250 million Administrative Block and Conference Room at Al-Qalam University, Katsina, on Thursday. In 2022, ASR Africa announced the launch of its 2023 Tertiary Education Grant Scheme to cover 22 institutions, one of …
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27,300 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State on Tuesday defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Sandamu Local Government Area of the state. The PDP governorship candidate, Senator Yakubu Lado, who stormed the area as part of his campaign tour of the state, decried the …
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Military operatives conducting a search and rescue operation have rescued Lt Col NB Ahmad who was abducted by notorious kidnappers at a route between Yankara and Mai Lafiya, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Lt. Col NB Ahmed who was kidnapped last Friday, 8th January 2023 is a Commanding …
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The Katsina State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 19 years old boy suspected to be a member of the proscribed terrorists group, Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to the spokesman of the Command, SP Gambo Isah, the suspect identified as David Eric Uchenna also goes by the name Ibrahim …
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The Katsina State Police Command, on Friday, paraded one Maryam Habibu, 18, for throwing her ex-husband’s four-year-old stepson, Jamilu Rabi’u, inside a well. The action of the divorcee, a resident of Leko village in Danja LGA of Katsina State, eventually led to the death of her stepson. According to the …
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TWENTY-one children who were abducted by terrorists in Katsina State have regained their freedom. The children were kidnapped on Sunday while working on a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Reacting to the kidnap of the children, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday urged …
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At least eight persons have been kidnapped in Katsina after a fresh attack on the State metropolis by terrorrists in the early hours of Tuesday. The motorcycle-riding gunmen stormed Shola Quarters behind the Federal Medical Centre in the city capital around 4 am. Spokesperson of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah …
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Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the states most ravaged by banditry. A source in the area said the terrorists wore veils (hijab) worn by Muslim women to disguise, while their men wore flowing gowns called, ‘babanriga’. The spokesperson for the state police command, …
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Bandits have killed 16 people in separate attacks on remote villages in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, an area wracked by cattle-rustling and kidnappings, officials said Tuesday. Gunmen on motorcycles separately stormed the Dantakuri, Tsayau, Barza and Zakka villages late on Sunday through Monday, shooting residents and stealing cattle, they said. …
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The Kastina State Police Command is holding a family of five in its custody for allegedly feeding a day-old baby boy to a dog as meal.The incident happened at Saika village in Batsari Local Government Area. The suspects include 15-year-old Wosila Halilu, her three stepbrothers and her mother. It was …
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