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North West Commission: Middle Belt hails Senate suspension of board members’ confirmation

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2024November 25, 20240

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Kaduna State chapter, says suspending the confirmation of the nominated Board members of the North West Development Commission will allow President Bola Tinubu to do what is just and fair. The Senate plenary session of 19th November, 2024, had suspended the confirmation of the Board...

Peter Obi pays condolence visit to Makarfi

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2024October 17, 20240

The 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi has condoled with the former governor of Kaduna State over the death of his son, Faisal. Obi, along with Yusuf Datti, visited Makarfi and his family in Kaduna on Thursday. In a post shared with photographs via his X account,...

Kaduna council polls: Stakeholders call for peaceful elections

NewsDeskNgOct 15, 2024October 15, 20240

The Network of Peace Journalists (NPJ), in collaboration with the Conflict Mitigation and Management Regional Council (CMMRC) and Community Peace Observers (CPO), has urged for peaceful elections in all 23 local government areas in the state. Ibrahima Yakubu, team leader of the NPJ, in a statement, stressed the importance of...

PDP Governors condole with Makarfi over son’s death

NewsDeskNgOct 14, 2024October 14, 20240

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP-GF, has commiserated with a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, over the death of his son, Faisal. The forum Chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, made the condolence in a statement issued by its Director-General, Emmanuel Agbo, on Monday in Abuja....

Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing

NewsDeskNgOct 7, 2024October 7, 20240

The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Kaduna State chapter, has described as disturbing, depressing and shocking the exclusion of its members in the recently constituted Governing Board of the North West Development Commission, NWDC, by President Bola Tinubu. A statement issued by its chairman, Mr Luka Binniyat on Sunday evening said,...

Pastor Adeolu Adeboye: Ronchess Global Resources debunks false allegations against company director

NewsDeskNgSep 2, 2024September 2, 20240

Recent developments in the ongoing dispute between Ronchess Global Resources Plc and the Kaduna State Government have unveiled a number of inaccuracies, particularly regarding the purported involvement of Pastor Adeolu Adeboye, a director at Ronchess. Ronchess, a privately owned, internationally focused construction enterprise, has executed multiple infrastructure projects for the...

Zangon Kataf council chairmanship: Group warns against violating rotation agreement

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The people of Zangon Kataf have raised concerns about the violation of the agreed rotation of the council chairmanship between the people of Zonkwa and Zango Kataf constituencies. The agreement ensures that the council chairmanship is returned to the other constituency after the incumbent finishes his or her term in...

Gov. Sani: External influences engineered protests

NewsDeskNgAug 7, 2024August 7, 20240

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has linked the nationwide protest against bad governance and hardship to external influences, citing the involvement of underage children, who participated and waved foreign flags. Sani, while assessing the security situation in the state, expressed worry for the innocent residents affected, including those who could...

Nigerian Army arrest officer who gunned down 16-year-old protester in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgAug 7, 2024August 7, 20240

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of its personnel who gunned down a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed during the ongoing EndBadGovernance protest in Kaduna State. According to reports, the young boy was killed on Tuesday when the troops of the Nigerian army stormed the Samaru community in Zaria to...

NSCDC deploys 2,000 personnel in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgJul 31, 2024July 31, 20240

No fewer than 2,000 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kaduna State Command, have been deployed to protect lives, property and critical assets during the planned nationwide protests. The state Commandant of the corps, Mrs Lucy Fakoya, disclosed this while addressing officers and men of the...