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Three academic staff of Shehu Idris College of Health, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have been kidnapped. The victims were kidnapped on Sunday while travelling to Makarfi from Zaria in Kaduna. Among the kidnapped lecturers are two women, Rabi Dogo and Halimatu Malam, and the director of the institution’s dental school, identified…

Traders at Sheikh Mahmud Gumi Market have distanced themselves from a faction of their market association which denied involvement in the purchase of the All Progressives Congress Congress (APC) nomination form for Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i. The Sheikh Mahmud Gumi Market Association on September 10 was announced as joining four other…

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A major tussle for supremacy in the Kannywood film industry has finally come to an end with Adam Zango reconciling with Ali Nuhu. The two Kannywood giants have been entangled in squabbles that divided the industry into two factions. Zango posted a picture on his Instagram wall kneeling before Ali…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has adopted indirect primaries for selecting its candidates for the 2019 general elections. The chairman of the party in the state, Emmanuel Jekada, announced the decision in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday. Mr Jekada said the state executive committee had at…

A group has paid the N45 million required  by President Muhammadu Buhari to buy the presidential form of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said. The group's action comes barely 24-hours after the formal announcement of dates for the APC primaries and fees for forms for…

Kannywood legend, Ali Nuhu, has added yet another award to his collections; this time around, it is the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2018, (AMVCA ) for the best indigenous movie of the year. This year, the award process was filled with many surprises and enthralled winners. The event was…

Residents have ignored a curfew imposed on Kwaru and Ungwan Yero communities August 26 by the Kaduna State Government. The state government announced the restriction on movement in the area after a fight by rival gangs left two youth dead. Governor Nasir El-Rufai visited the families of the victims following…

A former National Emergency Management Agency boss, Sani Sidi, has picked the PDP nomination form to contest for the highest seat in Kaduna State. The form was presented to the representative of Mr Sidi, Ahmed Maiyaki, a former spokesperson to governor Ramalan Yero and a host of others by Hassan…

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The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kwaru and Ungwan Yero, two communities affected by violence. This extends the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew earlier imposed on the neighboring communities in Kaduna North Local Government Area. The government, in a statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai's spokesperson,…

Suspected gang members on Sunday evening went on rampage in Malali, a community in Kaduna State, attacking residents. The violence is believed to be gang-related with residents saying the attackers were from Badarawa, and that they attacked residents of Unguwan Gado in Malali area of the state. Umma Dauda, a…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have entered into a partnership to provide quick medical assistance to disaster victims in the country. The two have constituted a Bilateral Technical Working Group (BTWG) to draw up details of the working relationship. Sani Datti, Head Media…

“We have lived under the threat of the unfortunate event at Unguwar Yero and Kwaru for a very long time. We are being terrorised by boys who attack even in broad daylight with dangerous weapons. They collect your possession and run into the community,” Lawal Hussaini said. Several residents of…

Colleagues have condoled with Kannywood star actress, Nafeesa Abdullahi, on the death of her mother. Nafeesat announced the death of her mother on her Instagram page on Saturday. "16 years ago one of the two walls shattered, when my father died, and you never allowed us felt his absence, you…

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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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