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A 24-year-old mother of 3 has given birth to a set of twins in Zaria, with one of them having four hands and three legs. According to DailyTrust, Malama Hawwa’u Jamilu delivered the twins on Sunday, 25th February, 2018. Strangely, Hawwa’u was not perturbed about the physique of … Read more via...

By Anthony Ogbonna Seven persons have been confirmed killed while 15 others sustained severe injuries in a fresh violence that has erupted in Kaduna state. The violence which erupted in Kasuwa Magani village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was as a result of ”some girls … Read...

At least seven people were killed and 15 others persons severely injured following the violence that broke out in Kasuwa Magani village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Spokesman for the State Police Command Mr Aliyu Mukhtar, who confirmed the figure to Channels Television on …...

Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has advised Gov. Nasir EI-Rufai, governor of the state, to go after Fulani herdsmen causing horror in the state instead of protesting teachers and civil servants in the state. Mr. Sani offered the advice in a statement...

Former Governor of old Kaduna State, Lawal Kaita, has died. He passed away on Tuesday at 86. Circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy at at press time, other than that he died in Abuja about 5p.m. A security aide at his Katsina GRA residence said family members were still being...

–The Kaduna state government is celebrating Kaduna city at 100 – See photos - The event is taking place at the Murtala Square, Kaduna on Saturday, December 15 -The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, said the city celebrates because there is a ...... via Nigeria News today &...

A popular Twitter user, Mallam Adamu Hayatu, claims that this is a broadcast by the spokesperson of the Kaduna branch of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).

Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday shared some scripts of the primary four competency test conducted for primary school teachers on his personal twitter handle. While he shared a few scripts with the names of the teachers covered, he said, “We are putting these out in the court of public opinion...

Tracka.ng, an NGO established to track government spending in the country, has released images of a block of classroom reportedly build for N74.8m in Kaduna State

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered Kaduna State Governor, El-rufai to pay the sum of N40m to the President of Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori, as compensation for his unlawful arrest. The court also awarded N10m exemplary damages, with 10% interest in favour of Audu Maikori...

Kaduna State government has assured the Igbo community in the state of their safety. This is in reaction to an audio message alleging killing of Igbos in Kaduna State. At a joint press conference with leadership of Igbo community in Kaduna Friday, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and...

Former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has said that Igbo people have not been treated as co-owners in the scheme of things in Nigeria. The second republic governor admitted that since the civil war ended, Igbo people have not been treated as co-owners of the country. He said...

Two earth tremors hit communities in Jaba Local Government Area in Southern Kaduna. The first one occurred at Kwoi, at about 10:30am on Sunday, September 11th. Hours later, another earth tremor hit Sambang Daji village, also in Jaba, on Monday. Residents were said to have fled in panic. Upon...

Barely four months after an earth tremor sacked hundreds of household in Ikara town in Kaduna State, another broad day tremor has created panic in the Koi town in Jaba Local Government Area of the state. Here are 7 things you need to know about earth tremor: 1. An earth tremor is a term...

There was confusion in Koi town in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State as the earth vibrated twice on Sunday afternoon in the ancient city, forcing residents to panic. This is the second time the town will experience this in 2016, Punch reported. It was gathered that on July 30...

The Kaduna State Government has warned landowners who leave their land undeveloped in the state that they risk losing such land. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the state’s Development Property Company, Mahmud Gazara, said the directive became imperative because the...

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Muhammed Abdullahi, said on Tuesday that the government had begun preparations for the 2017 budget which would be presented to the State Assembly at the end of September. El-Rufai Abdullahi said that the target was for the legislature to...

A new deadly group called “Yan Shara" has emerged in Kaduna state with memebers terrorizing residents. Abubakar Zubair, the spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command said Police has stepped up security following attacks on the residents of the state. According to Premium Times, the new...

The Northern chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Lamido to publicly condemn the recent killing of Mrs Bridget Agbahime who was accused of blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, by irate mobs in Kano State. “Why must it always be Kano State. This is...

In Kaduna State, pundits believed that governor El-Rufai’s outing in the last one year has been impressive considering the programmes and policies he initiated to really bring Kaduna back to life. Analysts are of the opinion that, El-Rufai’s government in one year has brought the desire change...