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The Kaduna Islamic cleric kidnapped last week, Ahmad Algarkawi, has been freed, the police said on Sunday. Mukhtar Aliyu, the spokesman for the police in Kaduna, confirmed the release to PREMIUM TIMES. "Yes the sheikh has been rescued by the police in Kaduna. And as far as I know there…

A Kaduna High Court on Thursday fixed October 4 to rule on the bail application of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife Zinat. The presiding judge, Gideon Kurada, adjourned the matter after counsel to the defendants, Maxwell Kyon, moved the application for…

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A Kaduna High Court on Tuesday freed scores of Shiites accused of wrongdoing by the Kaduna State Government in the violence of December 2015 that led to the massacre of over 300 Shiites. The judge, D.S. Wyom, discharged all the accused while ruling in a no case submission filed by…

The Kaduna State All Progressive Congress has said that it will not be distracted by the recent comments made by the senator representing Kaduna North, Suleiman Hunkuyi, that he is back to the Peoples Democratic Party to help the party regain power in 2019. Mr Hunkuyi is among 14 senators…

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A newspaper publisher in Nigeria has been suspended from a local press union for publishing fake stories. The suspended journalist, Ephraim Ikpe, was reported to the union for using The Wave, a local newspaper he publishes in Akwa Ibom State, to run fake stories against Cletus Ukpong who is PREMIUM…

A media aide to the Akwa Ibom governor who has been campaigning strenuously to discredit PREMIUM TIMES investigative series on public schools in the state has finally admitted to the rot in one of the affected schools. The aide, Essien Ndueso, has also been on a smear campaign against our reporter,…

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Kannywood's Ummah Shehu has told PREMIUM TIMES that not having a film village in Kano was a big disaster for the kannywood entertainment industry. In an interview with the actress and producer in Abuja, Ummah said Kannywood would have been a world class entertainment label if the proposed film village…

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The Akwa Ibom State Government has come under severe criticism for sponsoring a smear campaign against a PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Cletus Ukpong. Mr Ukpong’s name and photograph appeared in fake stories in local newspapers in Akwa Ibom immediately PREMIUM TIMES began running his investigative series which exposed the rot in…

While votes counting is ongoing, PDP supporters celebrate 'victory'on the street of Ado Ekiti https://youtu.be/MdJsUyPD99A

The Akwa Ibom state government has launched a blistering media campaign against a PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Cletus Ukpong, whose investigative reports exposed the rot in public schools in the oil-rich state. The six-part investigative series, which have prompted debates on the state government priorities and spending, detailed the harrowing experience…

Samuel Aruwan, the spokesperson to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that no governorship aspirant in the state can defeat Mr El-Rufai in 2019. "None of the current aspirants for the position of governor of Kaduna State can beat Malam (El-Rufai). They only aspire to be there but they…

The splinter faction of Nigeria's ruling party, APC, has named its national and state leaders. The faction, which calls itself "Reformed APC" addressed a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Buba Galadima, who read the text of the press statement, was announced as the national chairman of the faction; while Kassim Afeguba, a…

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Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai will swear-in the newly elected chairmen of the 19 elected local government councils on Tuesday. The state government announced this on Monday through a statement by the governor's spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan. It said caretaker committee chairmen had been appointed for the four local government councils…

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned a reported attack on security agents, and the destruction of property by suspected members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria. Members of the Shiite group staged a protest in Kaduna on Thursday against the detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Mr El-Zakzaky…

The Kaduna State Pension Bureau has announced that pensioners on the defined benefits scheme who have invalid or duplicate BVNs will be suspended from the pension payroll by July 2018. A statement signed by the executive secretary of the Kaduna Pension Bureau, Dan Ndackson advised affected retirees to effect necessary…

A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi, has said he has no sympathy for any political party in Nigeria. He also said he stands by his call on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to alleged failure of his government. Mr Gumi, a very influential Islamic cleric, particularly in Northern Nigeria,…

About 50 suspected thugs, known as 'Yan Sarasuka' or 'Yan Shara', meaning 'sweepers', have been arrested in Kaduna in the last fours days. In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, spokesperson to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, said the governor directed security agencies to deal decisively with the menace of…