Kaduna Govt Bans Tricycle Operators From Major Roads
The Kaduna State Government has banned tricycle operators from plying major roads within the metropolis, in line with the ongoing transport sector reform. Director-General, Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA), Hajiya Aisha Sa’idu-Bala, announced the...
Ban On Alcohol Sale: Court Adjourns Until Sept. 1
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zaria, on Tuesday adjourned until Sept. 1, hearing in a suit filed by the Sabon Gari local government against owners of hotels, bars and brothels. The suit was filed against...
One Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna
Gunmen on Monday reportedly abducted an unconfirmed number of students from a school in Kaduna State. The incident was said to have taken place at Prince Academy in Samba-Kasaya, a village around Buruku area in...
Public Holiday: WAEC Candidates Not Affected – Kano Official
Kano State Government has clarified that the Thursday public holiday to mark the new Islamic year does not affect students writing the West African Examination (WAEC) in the state. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi...
NAPTIP Arrests Labourer For Sodomising 12 Children In Sokoto
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a labourer, Lawalli Bala, of Rikina village in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State for alleged homosexuality. Bala was alleged to...
Kano Bus Mass Transit Set For Take Off
Kano State Ministry of Housing and Transport has finalised moves to ensure the effective takeoff of the newly introduced bus mass transit service in Kano metropolis. Commissioner of Transport, Mahmud Muhammad disclosed this in a...
Kano Traffic Agency Bans Long Vehicles From Offloading Goods During The Day
The Kano Road and Traffic Agency has prohibited long vehicles from off loading goods during the day along some roads and in some markets in the state except at night. The roads are Bello and...
COVID-19: Jigawa CJ Directs Reopening Of Courts
The Jigawa Chief Judge, Justice Aminu Sabo, has directed all courts across the state to reopen for normal judicial activities. Ag. Director, Administration and Publicity of the state’s Judiciary, Auwalu Balago, announced the directive in...
Flood Wrecks Havoc In Kafanchan
Four communities in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday were flooded following a downpour. The affected communities are Ungwan Musa, Ungwan Rimi Road, GDSS road, Bayan Loco and parts...
Badaru Signs Revised 2020 Budget
Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has assented to the revised 2020 budget, with a pledge to stick to financial discipline and implementation in line with budgetary policies. The reversed budget was reduced from...
Attacks: El-Rufai Imposes 24-hour Curfew On Two LGAs
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jemaa and Kaura local government areas of the state following the rising insecurity in the councils. The curfew was prompted by the latest...
Sokoto Govt Approves N4.6 bn For Schools, Road Projects
The Sokoto State Government has approved N4.6 billion for the construction of two newly established schools and a road projects. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Isa Bajini, made the disclosure in a statement by Muhammad...
Eid-el-Kabir: Zamfara APC purchases over 1,000 rams, 200 cows for members
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has purchased over 1,000 rams and 200 cows, to be distributed to its members ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Alhaji Lawal Liman, the State’s APC Chairman,...
