Tag: Kaduna
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Anxiety in Ogun, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa as parties await tribunals’ verdicts
With the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) through with its assignment last Wednesday, attention has now shifted to the Governorship Election Petition Tribunals in the states where incumbent governors are eagerly waiting to know their fate. Section 285 (6) of the 1999 Constitution stipulates that “an election tribunal shall deliver judgment in writing within 180…
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FG begins nationwide distribution of 1m free meters in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos
ABUJA—THE Federal Government last night said that it will commence the distribution of free meters with the target of getting 30 million consumers. The National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP, is expected to commence today, Friday, October 30, 2020, and to be simultaneously launched in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja DISCO franchise areas. The free meter…
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Kaduna Students’ Abductors Demand N20m Ransom
The abductors of the students of Prince Academy in Dabam-Kasaya community in Chikun Local government Area of Kaduna State are demanding a N20 million collective ransom. The ransom demand was for the five victims including their teacher, Christina Madugu. Daily Trust reported how the students, Happy Waziri, 16, Ezra Bako, 15, Miracle Danjuma, 15, Favor…
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Kidnapped Kaduna School Victims Regain Freedom
Six students and two staff of Engravers College who were kidnapped from their school recently have regained their freedom. The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed their release in a statement today. He said, “We are relieved that this criminal violation of the right to liberty is over and…
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Gunmen Invade Another School in Kaduna, Abduct Principal
The Principal of Government Technical Secondary School, Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been abducted following an attack on the school by gunmen. The gunmen were said to have invaded the school in the early hours of Thursday and broke into the principal’s house. This is coming a week after bandits…
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Gunmen Abduct Six Female Students, Two Teachers In Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted six students and two teachers from a private secondary school in Kaduna State. The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Mr Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the abduction to Channels Television on Thursday. According to him, the incident took place at Kakau Daji, a village located behind the…
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El-Rufai enrols son in public primary school
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Monday enrolled his six-year-old child, Abubakar into primary one in Capital School Malali, Kaduna, a public school, in fulfillment of a promise he made in 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufa’i had in a state broadcast in December 2017, promised to enroll his child…
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Votes recount: Court dismisses PDP’s appeal
The Kaduna Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Isa Ashiru against the refusal of the Kaduna State Governorship Petition Tribunal to order for the recount of votes. Delivering judgement on Thursday, Justice Hussaini Muktar also affirmed the orders of the…
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You have no right to license preachers, court tells Kaduna govt
A Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday ruled that the state had no right to screen and issue licences to preachers in the state. But Justice Hajaratu Gwadah ruled that the state government had the right to regulate religious activities in the state. The judgement was delivered in suit filed by the Pentecostal Fellowship of…
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For Wearing Skimpy Dresses, Court Sentence Two Women In Kaduna
A Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Tuesday sentenced 20-year-old Farida Taofiq and Raihana Abbas to two months in prison each for wearing skimpy dresses. Taofiq and Abbas, residents of Argungu road in Kaduna, were convicted after they pleaded guilty to “constituting public nuisance and indecent dressing.” The two convicts however pleaded…