THE Kaduna State Government has relaxed the dusk-to-dawn curfew it imposed on Kaduna and Zaria metropolitan cities following the outbreak of violence from the recent #EndBadGovernance protests. The curfew was relaxed on Tuesday morning after an extensive review of the security situation in the two cities, and their environs by the Kaduna State Security Council under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani. In a statement, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, announced that the 6 pm to 8 am curfew has been removed completely. With the development, the statement said law-abiding citizens are free…
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THE Federal Government has said that it is now mandatory for all government organisations and agencies to procure military hardware from the Military Industrial Complex at the Defence Industry Corporation, DICON, Kaduna. While addressing a news conference in Abuja ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Defence Industry Corporation (DICON), the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Ibrahim Kana says it is only when the desired hardware is unavailable at DICON that government organisations will be allowed to make procurements from abroad. Kana explained that the new DICON Act signed into law by President Bola Tinubu mandates government agencies…
POLICE operatives have arrested an eight-month-old pregnant woman who is the leader of an oil bunkering syndicate along with her husband and six others over alleged illegal oil bunkering in the South-East. Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital, adding that the suspects were apprehended on July 4. Though he didn’t disclose the exact state, he said the suspects were involved in aiding and abetting an organized syndicate specialised in tampering with oil pipelines and stealing. “On 4th July 2024, personnel of the Taskforce attached to the South-East Surveillance intercepted…
IN a series of operations, the Nigerian Army has rescued kidnap victims and apprehended suspected Boko Haram commanders and terrorist logistic suppliers, among others. In a statement shared on X.com on Tuesday, the NA revealed that soldiers rescued an abducted former LG chairman and arrested a notorious kidnapping kingpin in Egbe Community of Yagba Local Government Area in Kogi State. The statement partly read, “The suspect, Mohammed Bello, who belonged to a seven-man syndicate specialised in kidnapping unsuspecting citizens, has been on the security agencies’ wanted criminals’ watchlist. “The same troops responded to a distress call regarding a kidnapping incident…
THE #EndBadGovernance protest turned bloody in Kaduna State on Tuesday, following the killing of a teenager by a soldier in the Samaru area of Zaria in the state. News Point Nigeria reports that the late 16-year old boy, Isma’il Muhammad was said to have been shot by the soldier inside his father’s house, while the security operatives were enforcing the 24-hour curfew imposed by the Kaduna State Government following a violent protest that broke out in Zaria and Kaduna on Monday. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the soldier…
THE Kaduna State Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDC) on Monday said its dispute with the state government over tax arrears has been resolved. On August 2, the Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) sealed the distribution company’s (DisCo) headquarters over alleged N600 million unpaid taxes. KADIRS Executive Chairman, Jerry Adams, told journalists that the company was sealed after it obtained a court order. Shortly after, the company announced the disconnection of power supply to the Government House and other state facilities over a N2.9 billion debt. However, in a statement, KAEDC said all issues in dispute were resolved following a series of…
THE Kaduna State Security Council has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities. This is as a result of the protest in the cities. Although normalcy had been restored in some parts of Kaduna, thousands of youths are out on the streets, demanding an end to what they described as bad governance. President Bola Tinubu had addressed the nation, suing for calm, but the protesters said the nation’s number one citizen did not address their demands. In a statement on Monday, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the measure was taken…
TROOPS of the Nigerian Army have arrested a notorious gunrunner on transit to deliver high caliber weapons to terrorists in Kaduna State. A statement by the Nigerian Army on its official X handle (formerly Twitter), said the troops, in collaboration with other security agencies, intercepted the suspected notorious gunrunner, Mallam Hashimu Ahmad, at Saminaka in Lere local government area of the State. The statement said the suspect, who had been on the wanted list of the security agencies for supplying arms and ammunition to terrorists, was captured while on transit to deliver sophisticated weapons to terrorists. Items found in his…
GOVERNOR Uba Sani of Kaduna State has alleged that opposition politicians are taking advantage of the #EndBadGovernance protests for “political revenge” because they lost elections. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain stated this on Channels Television’s The August Protests programme on Friday monitored by News Point Nigeria. He alleged that members of the opposition are mobilising vulnerable people to join the protests. Sani urged them to wait till the next general elections to “change the government through the ballot”. The governor faulted some the leaders of the protests whom he claimed left the protests to children instead of leading from…
THE Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has condemned the destruction and looting of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) Industrial Park in Kano. On Thursday, hoodlums attacked the facility and set it ablaze amidst a wave of nationwide protests against economic hardship. A day after the incident, Sanusi decried the action of the youths, warning that such destruction of public assets should not repeat itself. “Today is a sad day for the people of Kano due to what happened in the state. We sympathize with the entire indigenes of Kano,” he said while briefing journalists on Friday. “What happened is…
IN what seems like a back-and-forth game, the management of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected power supply to the Kaduna State Government House and other state government offices over unpaid bills amounting to N2.9 Billion. This followed an earlier sealing up of Kaduna Electric headquarters by the Kaduna Internal Revenue Service on Friday morning over unpaid taxes of over N600 million. The Executive Chairman of the service, Jerry Adams, who led the operation, explained that the Service secured a court order for the immediate closure and taking over of the Company’s property until all unpaid taxes are settled. However,…
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested 25 suspects involved in violent attacks on government agencies. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, disclosed the arrests on Monday, noting that some of the apprehended individuals are members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Among the items recovered from the suspects were an AK-47 rifle, live ammunition, a jackknife, and a police camouflage uniform. Some of the arrested individuals were found in possession of these items, raising concerns about the extent of the planned violence. The arrests come amid heightened tensions and protests in Kaduna, which have seen a…
HUNDREDS of travelers are currently stranded at the Suleja axis of the Abuja-Kaduna highway in Niger state. This is as a result of protesters blocking the free flow of movement on a section of the road. An Abuja resident, Abubakar Ibrahim, who was billed to travel to his home state of Kaduna, told Daily Trust around 11 40 am on Thursday, that the vehicle he boarded had spent over two hours around Gauraka junction. “I left Zuba town where I boarded the vehicle before 10 am, but we have been made to stop here around Gauraka junction where we have…
VETERAN broadcast journalist, Alhaji Lawal Yusufu Saulawa, has died at the age of 80 years. He died Saturday night at his residence in Badikko, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state. Saulawa served as a BBC correspondent in the 70s, Commissioner of Information in old Kaduna State in the 80s, and pioneer Commissioner of Information in Katsina State. He was Director of Programmes at the Voice of Nigeria and Executive Director at FRCN. After his retirement, he served as the General Manager at Nagarta Radio Kaduna. His funeral prayer was held at Danfodio Juma’at Mosque Sunday afternoon, with hundreds…
THE Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Thursday, said it has uncovered a plot by mischief-makers to attack car owners, landlords and smartphone users during the planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest slated for next month. “Already, we have detected some unscrupulous elements bent on hijacking the planned protest to make it violent. Many are therefore following in ignorance,” said Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, at a press briefing in Abuja. “For instance, there are indications that if you possess a smartphone, if you possess a car, if you possess a shop, if you own a house or even use air…
THE inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to file processes before a Kano High Court has stalled hearing in the ongoing fundamental rights suit of the leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and seven others. Daily Trust reports that the applicants in the suit are the NNPP, Dr Ajuji Ahmed, Dipo Olayanku, Ahmed Balewa, Chief Clement Anele, Lady Folshade Aliu, Eng. Buba Galadima and Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. The EFCC is the respondent in the case. When the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, counsel for the applicants, Robert Hon, told…
THE Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has expressed concern over the rising cases of out-of-school children, poverty and other socioeconomic problems in the North, stating that the region was on the brink of collapse if the leaders do not come together to find solutions to the challenges. Sani raised the alarm during a courtesy visit of the National Chairman of the Arewa Consutative Forum (ACF), Mamman Osuman to Kaduna State. He said, “This new executive committee has emerged at a time of great challenges. We are confronted with difficult developmental and security questions. Criminal elements have been laying siege…
TWO journalists who were kidnapped by bandits a week ago have regained their freedom. Abdulgafar Alabelewe of the Nation Newspaper and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint Newspaper were abducted from homes in the Danhonu community in Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna on Saturday, July 7th. Although police authorities in the state have not confirmed the development, a relative of one of the victims told Channel Television that they were released on Saturday afternoon, and are on their way to Abuja for medical attention One of the journalists Abdulgafar Alabelewe was released along with his wife and two…
THE Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, specifically on the right to life, security of person, freedom of expression, assembly and association, prohibition of torture, the duty of the state to investigate, and the right to effective remedy. The applicants, Obianuju Udeh, Perpetual Kamsi and Dabiraoluwa Adeyinka, alleged that these violations occurred during the peaceful protests at the Lekki…
AFTER 15 days in captivity, the three remaining kidnapped children of a Kaduna state Judge, Janet Gimba, have regained their freedom. Chairman of the Kaduna state Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Barrister Godwin Ochai, confirmed that the children were released on Tuesday. He thanked God and everyone who stood by the family. This newspaper recalls that Justice Janet Gimba and her four children were taken from their home located in Mahuta New Extension, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state on 23rd June, 2024 at 11pm. She was later released five days ago, leaving her children in custody…