Kaduna

The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna has confirmed the death  of its priest, Rev. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, just a day after he was kidnapped. Okechukwu was the pastor of St Mary Catholic Church, Tachira, Kaura Local…

A divorcee, Aisha Zubairu, on Tuesday prayed a Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, to marry her off to her old lover, Aminu Saminu. The complainant had dragged her father, Zubairu Surajo, to court over his…

A 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, was on Thursday remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter with rat poison. Michael was arraigned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)…

A teenager, David Jonah has been jailed for 30 days for stealing a he-goat. A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court pronounced the verdict on Jonah on Wednesday after the police charged him with two counts of trepass and…

After ten months in captivity, Doctor Ganiyat Popoola, has breathed the air of freedom. The female doctor, who is a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted…

Omiete Blessing The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh has revealed that the State is among the top three States that will be celebrated at the 2024 Private Sector Health Alliance Nigeria Awards and Gala Night…

An Okada rider, Malam Isma’il Abubakar told a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari Kaduna State that he provides four square meals for his wife every day. While responding to allegations by his…

The troops of Sector 4 Operation Whirl Punch have rescued 13 hostages from a kidnappers’ den in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and…

A 40-year-old man, Cletus Gandu is to spend nine months behind bars for stealing two tubers of yam Gandu's confession that he stole the tubers of yam because he was hungry and plea for leniency did not sway Magistrate…

Socioeconomic activities flourished in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states on Saturday as residents shunned the one-million-man nationwide protests. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hordes of people in the…