Unspecified number Students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State were abducted on Friday night after gunmen suspected to be bandit invaded the community. This happened barely a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived in his home state of Katsina for a week-long private visit. Residents told The PUNCH that the gunmen invaded the … Read more
No fewer than 50 persons lost their lives in various fire outbreaks in the Katsina State this year. This is according to the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Home Affairs, AbdulKarim Sirika, who disclosed this on Friday at a media briefing in Katsina He noted that the review of the fire incidents was from … Read more
The Nigeria Police on Friday announced that it has successfully rescued all Nine (9) Police Officers who earlier went missing on 8th November, 2020 between Kankara town and Sheme in Katsina State. The officers, all Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs), were on their way to Gusau in Zamfara from Maiduguri. They were kidnapped between Kankara … Read more
Some of the 26 girls, who were abducted from their village in Faskari local government area of Katsina state, have recounted their sordid and unpleasant experience while in captivity. The girls were abducted from their homes on October 13, and were eventually released on November 3. The details of their release were mired in controversy … Read more
Minerals Katsina State Government on Monday said it would interface with financial institutions as part of measures to raise awareness on effective mineral exploration in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, Commissioner for Resource Development, told newsmen in Katsina that among strategies adopted was the creation of Katsina State Exploration and Mining Company, a special vehicle … Read more
Katsina, Farmers to abandon 58,000htrs of Farmland The Katsina State Government has lamented that the prevailing banditry and other nefarious activities afflicting the state had forced farmers to abandoned 58,000 hectres of arable farmlands in farming communities across the state. The Special Adviser to the state government on Agriculture, Dr. Abba Abdallah, who disclosed this … Read more
Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have killed two bandits, arrested 12, and rescued several kidnapped persons in Katsina and Zamfara States in the last one week. This was revealed by the Acting Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday. Onyeuku said, “On 28 August 2020, troops … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed October 31, 2020, for Bakori State Constituency bye-election. This was contained in a release posted on the notice board of the INEC at its Katsina headquarters and signed by its Public Affairs Officer, Mallam Buhari Abashe on Wednesday, August 26. According to the notice, all political parties participating … Read more
A member of the Katisna State House of Assembly, Nasir Yahaya, has donated a 33KVA transformer worth over N4 million to Kalgo community in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State. Yahaya (APC – Daura State Constituency), made the disclosure in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Daura. Read … Read more
Armed bandits has invaded Kurfi town in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria on Sunday night. An eyewitness told Ekohotblog that the bandits attacked the town when the residents were preparing for Isha’i prayers around 8:00pm. He said that the bandits began shooting sporadically and forced themselves into some households and shops, … Read more
Abubakar Abdullahi, 33, and Abubakar Ashiru, 22, accused of sodomy Victims aged, 8, 9, and 10 Senior Magistrate, Hajiya Fadile Dikko, remands both suspects in police custody A Katsina Magistrate Court sitting, on Wednesday, remanded two men in police custody for allegedly sodomising their neighbour’s sons. Both men, identified as Abubakar Abdullahi, 33, and Abubakar … Read more
-NUJ mourns the death of children in a bomb blast in Katsina -NUJ urges security personnel to deploy more forces to secure the areas -NUJ demands justice for the bomb blast victims Katsina state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Monday, mourned the death of children killed in a bomb blast on … Read more
15 farmers have been killed by bandits in Yar Gamji village, Batsari Local Government Area, Katsina State. Ekohotblog gathered that the victims were attacked and killed by bandits while working on there farms on Monday morning. READ ALSO: Another India Based Nigerian Man Allegedly Docked By Police For Fraud Speaking on the report, the Police … Read more
A 40-year-old man, identified as Abdulrahaman Abdulkarim, has been arrested by the Katsina state police command for allegedly killing his wife and dumping her corpse inside a well. It was learned that the suspect allegedly murdered his wife at Madabu -Dabawa village in Dutsinma Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on the report, the Spokesman for … Read more
Hundreds of residents of Yan Tumaki in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday took to the streets of the town to protest repeated attacks by bandits on the community. The protesters, comprising grown-up men and children, blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Wasari for the spate of insecurity in the state. … Read more
It is no longer surprising to find newborns abandoned on the road by their mothers. Recall the story of a certain young lady from Calabar who was later arrested for abandoning her newly born baby in a refuse dump. Another mother has abandoned her one-day-old baby in Katsina State. She dropped a note too written … Read more
Investigations are currently ongoing in Katsina after 2 person’s died from food poisoning and 17 people have been hospitalized. They reportedly ate the poisoned food at a wedding ceremony in in Mani local government area of Katsina State. The state police command spokesperson, Gambo Isah who confirmed this to newsmen, said the fatalities were recorded … Read more
The Katsina State branch of the Federal Road safety Commission, FRSC, Saturday raised concerns on the influx of banned motor cycles otherwise known as ‘’Okada’’ from other states into Katsina. Recall that states like Lagos, Nasarawa, and others had banned the operations of Okada in the respective states; hence the affected operators are now shipping … Read more
Katsina State Police on Monday, confirmed that its Operation Puff Adder team has rescued occupants of two J5 buses kidnapped by suspected bandits at Ruma village, along Jibia/Batsari road. The police, clarified that seven occupants of the two vehicles were still being looked for on Monday morning. The spokesman for the command,SP Gambo Isah, made … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 77 today. He was born on 17 December 1942 in Daura, Katsina State. He had his early education in Katsina, then went to Kaduna for military training and later Sandhurst in Great Britain, India, and the United States. READ ALSO: President Buhari Returning Nigeria Into Military Era- Okogie The former army … Read more