Tag: Kaduna

Kaduna: 3 reportedly die as police disperse Shi’ites pro-Palestine protesters

Aminu Imam

Members of the Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ites, yesterday, clashed with men of the Nigeria Police when they staged a pro-Palestine protest in Kaduna. According to reports, the IMN members, who came out to declare their unalloyed support for the ‘oppressed’ people of Palestine, started their protest from the premises of the Kaduna State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), marched through Muhammadu Buhari Way to the office of the National Human Rights Commission to submit their protest letter. It was…

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Dr. Bugaje, lashes at el-Rufa’i over Panteka market, others’ demolition

Aminu Imam

Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Kaduna, Dr. Idris Bugaje, has said that he had no hand in the demolition of the Panteka Market in Kaduna. Speaking at the graduation of Panteka Artisans, under the National Skills Qualification (NSQ) certification, Bugaje, decried how former governor Nasir el-Rufa’i displaced ordinary traders in the markets he demolished and reconstructed. He alleged that the newly constructed shops, especially in Kasuwan-Barchi Market, were being sold to people who have nothing to do with the market. Bugaje said the NBTE presented…

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Tinubu task the military on vigilane against insecurity, as NDA graduates 707 Cadets

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Bola Tinubu has urged the military to be more vigilant and committed to safeguarding the country. The president said this on Saturday in Kaduna during the Passing Out Parade of 707 cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy. The cadets commissioned into the armed forces were of the 70 Regular Course, and Direct Short Service Course 27 (Army) and 31 (Air Force). Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said his administration remained committed to addressing all security challenges and will support the military in that respect. He reminded the military…

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CDS vows to go after bandits, terrorists

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country. The CDS made the commitment on Friday in Kaduna when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Uba Sani at government house. He said, “for terrorists and bandits, it’s just a matter of time. We are coming after them and we are going to get them to leave the country completely.” According to him, “we are re-assessing our theatres of operation to make them more robust…

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Kaduna Guber: Ashiru heads to Appeal Court, says Sani’s tribunal victory claim misleading

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in  the 2023 polls, Right Honourable Isah Mohammed Ashiru said the tribunal victory claim by Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress APC is wrong and misleading, asserting that the judgment was in PDP’s favour rather than the APC.  Ashiru stressed that the tribunal has done its bits, but assured that he will move to the upper court for appeal to reclaim his mandate. Ashiru was speaking with selected journalists at his resident in Kaduna Friday, stressing that he met with…

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Digital gadgets, virtual learning skills: EWEI empowers 50 girls in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Cross section of the beneficiaries of EWEI’s Learning without Limits project in Kaduna.

A Kaduna-based NGO, Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) has empowered 50 adolescent girls with digital skills and access to virtual learning as supplementary education platform in Kaduna state. The founder and Programme Director, EWEI, Safiya Ibn-Garba said that the girls were empowered under the NGO’s Learning without Limit (LWL) project. Ibn-Garba said at the project’s closeout in Kaduna on Tuesday, that the 50 teenage girls were selected from eight public secondary schools in the state. She identified the schools as Government Girls Secondary (GSS) Kabala-Costain, GSS Babban Saura, GSS Rigachikun, GSS Television, GSS…

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Youth Unemployment: Milk Value Foundation, ECOWAS partner to tackle menace in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the advocacy for job creation gets louder, Milk Value Chain Foundation in partnership with Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS is out to implement the enhancement of youth employment project aimed at addressing youth unemployment in Kaduna State. The project particularly aimed the pastoral communities of Luumo Kosam and Damau Grazing village milk producer cooperatives in Chikun and Kubau Local Governments.  The Chief Executive Officer of Milk Value Chain Dr. Ishaq Bello said this at an inception workshop organized by the Foundation to sensitize the public on the project Wednesday in Kaduna.…

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Diphtheria: UNICEF Nigeria raises alarm over unprecedented outbreak, advocates urgent vaccination

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF Nigeria has raised an alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination against the unprecedented outbreak of diphtheria. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people, mostly children. In a statement issued Wednesday in Kaduna, UNICEF said most cases are children aged between 4 to 15 years who have not received even a single dose of the vital vaccine, laying bare the urgency of the vaccination situation in Nigeria.…

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Diptheria: 11,000 suspected cases raises need for urgent vaccination in Nigeria

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says it is aware of the mounting concern regarding the recent Diphtheria outbreak across several states with over 11,000 suspected case. The ministry gave the assurance that urgent vaccination efforts were underway. The Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, gave the assurance in an interview on Monday in Abuja. He said that since the confirmation of the re-emergence of diphtheria, the Federal Government had continued to respond to the outbreaks across different states. According to…

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NOA: Kaduna Directory gets new boss

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The National Orientation Agency, NOA Kaduna directorate has a new Director in the person of Alhaji Hamisu Abubakar who succeeds Alhaji Galadima Zubairu Soba. Soba retires after serving the agency for over three decades. Until his appointment in acting capacity, Abubakar was the Assistant Director Special Duties and Local Government operations in the state directory of the agency. According to the Public Relations Officer of the NOA Suleiman Ibrahim, Abubakar joined the agency on the 4th of June, 1993

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