Lagos, Kaduna and Edo State are among other states listed most indebted states of the federation with a combined profile of $1.84bn. According to statistics from the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Wednesday, the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory owe $3.65bn in foreign debts as against the $7.61bn owed […]
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A prominent Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has said that Boko Haram is 100 per cent a Muslim problem, accusing some people in the North of “cooperating with and working to protect them.” Gumi said in the current April edition of The Interview, that, “Boko Haram as it is now cannot prosper in Ibadan […]
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The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced that 347 persons were killed during the December 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Balarabe Lawal, disclosed this in a government submission at the ongoing Public Hearing of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the clash. The burial of the victims […]
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The Kaduna state police command has declared a state of emergency to stem rising cases of kidnapping in the state. Zubairu Abubakar, the command’s spokesman, disclosed this in an interview with NAN, saying that a special team of anti kidnap squad has been formed to track and dislodge criminal gangs. He said the declaration of […]
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The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has condemned the anti-corruption war by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying it is driven by political consideration. Speaking at the 8th Forum of the laureates of Nigerian National Order of Merit in Abuja, Sanni said no issue should dominate national discourse more than corruption, adding that political […]
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GOVERNOR Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State yesterday disclosed what looked like an admittance that he was indeed attacked spiritually. He was speaking on the incident for the first time while addressing a workers’ rally in Kaduna. El-Rufai, had shortly after superintending over the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship primary election, “disappeared” for […]
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Hundreds of Nude women who were apparently angered by the recent killings of over 50 persons in their villages, thronged out yesterday to protest before the convoy of Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero in Sanga local government of Kaduna State. Governor Yero was on a visit to the victims of the recent attacks in Fadan Karshi […]
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