President Bola Tinubu will pay a one day working visit to Katsina State on Friday. Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, the State Commissioner for Information, made the disclosure during a press briefing on Wednesday in Katsina. He said that the President would commission two out of the numerous projects executed by the Gov. Dikko Radda led administration….
Police officers attached to Border Patrol Zone 4, Katsina, have rejected N1 million bribe, impounded a suspected stolen vehicle and apprehended two suspects in Mashi local government of Katsina State. The Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. He said: “On April 11, 2025,…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday condoled with Dr Dikko Radda, the Katsina State governor, over the death of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Baribari. The 93-year-old matriarch died in the late hours of Saturday, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the president’s spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday. The president described the deceased nonagenarian as a selfless woman…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 627 suspected measles cases across 30 states and 213 Local Government Areas (LGAs) as of January 31, 2025. Dr Jide Idris, Director-General of NCDC, on Wednesday in Abuja, said that this marked a significant drop from the 2,157 cases recorded in January 2024. The…
Bandits have killed five people and abducted 100 people in Zamfara and Katsina State. The bandits hit back again, killing five people and abducting more than 50 people in a series of attacks across Zamfara State. News gathered that since the visit of the Chief of Army Staff last week, no fewer than ten Communities…
An airstrike conducted by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has inadvertently resulted in the deaths of at least ten civilians in Zakka village, located in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred during an operation intended to support vigilantes and the Community Watch Corps (CWC) in repelling a bandit attack amidst…
The Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC), said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates have won all the 34 Chairmanship and 361 Councilorship positions contested during Saturday’s election. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Lawal Faskari, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Sunday in Katsina. Faskari said that five political parties participated…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Maituraka, says members of the party in the state are united who are working as one family. Maituraka stated this while briefing newsmen in Katsina on Sunday following the success of the party at the Saturday’s local government election in the state….
The Katsina State Government, with the support of UNICEF, has mobilised youth groups to plant 100,000 trees, to combat climate change in the state, through the Green Rising Nigeria Movement project. The project is aimed at creating Nigeria Green champions of change initiative, tagged, ‘One Movement, 100,000 Journeys’. Mrs. Stella Okafor-Terver, UNICEF WASH Programme Officer,…
