Kaduna, Rural Roads The Kaduna State Government has earmarked the sum of N970 million for rural feeder roads projects in 2021, under its Ministry for Local Government Affairs. This is contained in the breakdown of N1.9 billion allocated to the ministry for capital projects in the 2021 approved budget document. The document obtained by the … Read more
The Chairman Christian Association Nigeria, CAN in Kaduna State Rev. Dr. John Joseph Hayab has called on Christians to use the Christmas period to pray for continuous peace and harmony among Nigerians in the country. The CAN Chairman who stated this in his Christmas message in Kaduna urged Nigerian Christians to pray for the country … Read more
Kaduna State government has directed Civil servants below Grade Level 14 are to work from home from Monday, 21st December 2020, subject to directives or summons by their supervisors who may require their presence in the office. In a statement by the Special adviser to the state governor on Media and Communication Mr Muyiwa Adekeye … Read more
No fewer that Seven people were killed when bandit unleashed terror on residents of Gora Gan community in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna state. Eko Hot Blog understands that among those killed in the attack, which happened on Thursday night, was a six-year-old child, Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs, who … Read more
Kaduna State Ministry of Education has directed all schools in the state to close on Wednesday, 16th December 2020. The Ministry of Education made the decision following the rising cases of people affected by COVID-19 in the state. In a statement on Monday, Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Shehu Usman Muhammad said all schools are to … Read more
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, has threatened to impose a second lockdown in the entire State if the rate of COVID-19 infections continues to rise. The Governor made this remark following the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state, stating that he was worried that the rate of infections will soon overwhelm the state’s … Read more
Register The Kaduna State Government says it has so far captured 265,275 Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) in its Social Register. Mr Biya Dogon, Head of Operations, State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Planning and Budget Commission, made this known in Kaduna at a two-day 4th Quarter Review Meeting of the Kaduna Social Protection Accountability Coalition, … Read more
Many were killed when the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike launched an offensive on the hideouts of bandits in Kaduna State. Ekohotblog reports that The development is coming barely 24 hours after killing many bandits in Kaduru forest in the state. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche disclosed this in a statement … Read more
Troops of the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested two suspects over the murder of the district head in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement issued on Friday. Haruna Kuye, who was the … Read more
Nine students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state, who were abducted by kidnappers have reportedly been released after a week in captivity. They were abducted during an attack on motorists along Kaduna-Abuja road on Sunday. The students, from the Department of French, were travelling to Lagos for a programme at the Nigerian French Language … Read more
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to 130 victims of flood disaster in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, northwest- Nigeria. The materials were distributed to the beneficiaries on Wednesday at the local government Secretariat in Kafanchan. Presenting the relief items to the beneficiaries, the Agency’s Senior Relief and Rehabilitation officer, … Read more
As the harmattan season draws close, the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency SEMA, is set to embark on agressive Media campaigns to prevent dry season disasters in the state. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Mallam Abubakar Hassan stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. … Read more
Killings in Kaduna Gunmen killed 16 persons in Kaduna State in the past three days, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said on Tuesday. Aruwan said in a statement that many other persons were also injured when gunmen attacked Giwa, Zangon Kataf, Igabi and Kajuru Local government areas of the state … Read more
Kaduna State Government has disclosed a plan of getting an annual revenue of N1.6bn from the Kaduna Galaxy Mall currently being constructed. Managing Director, Kaduna Market Development and Management Company, Muhammed Bayero, said the mall, which was about 50 per cent completed, would attract investments to the state capital and house multiple businesses. Bayero told … Read more
A six-year-old girl’s lifeless body has been found at a cemetery in Kurmi Mashi area of Kaduna metropolis. The girl identified as Aisha Ya’u was suspected to have been raped to death. It was gathered that after returning from Islamiyya on Sunday around 11 am, the girl went to play in the neighbourhood until a … Read more
Nutrition No fewer than 124 children have died of malnutrition in Kaduna State between January and September with 15,329 cured of the diseases within the same period. The State Nutrition Officer, Mrs Ramatu Musa, made this known in Kaduna on Thursday, while presenting the nutrition situation in the state at a two-day meeting organised by … Read more
Curfew The Kaduna State Government has lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in all the 23 local government areas of the state with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. Read Also: Trump Goes Nightmare-Scenario According to him, heads … Read more
Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Northern Governors, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, and Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, are in crucial meeting over insecurity in the North and in Nigeria. The meeting, which kicked off at the Council Chambers … Read more
We wish to bring to the notice of the good citizens of Kaduna State the looting and vandalization of the National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Laboratory and Office located at Narayi by hoodlums. In the course of this sad incident, fake, expired and seized contraband products were looted. They also … Read more
Relaxed curfew in 21 local government areas (LGA’S), but said Chikun and Kaduna South Local Government Areas The Kaduna State Government has relaxed curfew in 21 local government areas (LGA’S), but said Chikun and Kaduna South Local Government Areas will remain on a 24-hour lockdown. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and … Read more