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The late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. 1. Buhari flags off Abuja-Kaduna rail project (DETAILS) President Muhammadu Buhari today commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail project. 2. Stop parading yourself as a saint, Obasanjo Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has disclosed that he rejected the N50 million bribe allegedly given to National Assembly... Read More

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Which President should get the credit for the Abuja-Kaduna railway?

by Joachim MacEbong The Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge railway was opened for business by President Buhari and other government officials today in Abuja, and they took a ride to Kaduna to commemorate it. While that was on however, Nigerian Twitter was busy debating about who should take credit for the achievement. Abuja – Kaduna Rail projectOBJ-... Read More

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Kidnapped Sierra Leone diplomat gains freedom

After four days in captivity, the Sierra Leone Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, who was kidnapped on his way to Kaduna state from Abuja, has finally gained his freedom from his kidnappers. According to Don Awunah, the police spokesperson, Williams was released on Tuesday around 4pm following intense air and land activities within the area... Read More

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Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Kaduna is alive and well

The kidnapped defence attache and deputy head of Sierra Leone’s high commission in Nigeria, Alfred Nelson-Williams, is in good health and alive, says Sierra Leonean authorities. The diplomat was kidnaped in Kaduna on July 1, 2016, while traveling from Abuja to Kaduna state. According to a televised address by Abdulai Baytraytay, the spokesperson to the country’s... Read More

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BREAKING: Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner kidnapped in Kaduna

The Sierra Leone Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Maj. Gen. Alfred Nelson (retd.), was on Friday, abducted by unknown persons along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. According to The Punch, the diplomat was on his way to honor an invitation by the military for a yet to be ascertained programme. Efforts by the Sierra Leonian embassy officials... Read More

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Opinion: Aregbesola, El-Rufai; two of a kind

By Káyọ̀dé Oyèró Last year, the National Youths Service Corps deployed me to Gombe, North-East Nigeria with batch A 2015 which rounded up April this year. For Gombe Kopas, service year began with a labyrinth of fun. Gombe state was under sporadic terrorist attacks considering her proximity to Boko Haram’s base in Borno State so... Read More

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In Kano, man uses son as collateral for bag of rice

Mallam Yusuf Bala, in his chase to nab a bag of rice for himself, ended up leaving behind his five-year-old son as a collateral in the store on Sunday in Kano. According to reports, Bala made it to the rice dealer’s store and purchased a bag of rice. After that, he immediately headed home to get... Read More

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Opinion: El-Rufai, hate speech and the conspiracy of silence

by John Danfulani In November of 2015 Governor Shehu Aliyu Shema of Katsina State was caught in a video calling APC opponents Cockroaches and commanded his PDP troop of loyalist to crush them. In March 2016, the former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan also admonished PDP’s footsoldiers to stone anybody who said change. His Excellency... Read More

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Christian man stabbed ‘several times’ for not observing Muslim fast

Another religious attack broke out in Kakuri, Kaduna on Wednesday when six youths believed to be Muslims stabbed a man for eating at a restaurant during Ramadan fasting. The man, Francis Emmanuel apparently was not partaking in the ongoing Muslim fast as his religion of choice is Christianity but this did not augur well with... Read More

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Killers of abducted Army Colonel arrested (PHOTOS)

Security forces have arrested the suspected killers of Colonel Samila Inusa, the army official who was kidnapped and killed in Kaduna on March 27. Inusa, at the time of his death, was a serving officer at the Nigerian Army School Infantry in Jaji. He was abducted and killed while traveling with his wife. The kidnappers dropped... Read More

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If I’m assassinated, hold El-Rufai responsible – Sani Shehu

Senator Shehu Sani’s rift with the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai is well documented and has been largely political. However, according to the Senator representing Kaduna Central, the Governor threatened his life by describing him and his political associates as “ants he will match and crush”. Sani, speaking through his special adviser, political and ideology,... Read More

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Igbo woman killed in Kano was provoked by her killer – CAN

The Northern chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Sunday, reacted to the gruesome murder of Bridget Agbahime by angry Muslim youths in Kano for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. The christian body described as unacceptable and barbaric while urging the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to call their... Read More

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PDP Governors back Makarfi

Following the crisis generated by the removal of Ali Modu-Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors of the party, on Saturday, disclosed their support for the caretaker committee headed by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi. According to The Leadership, this was disclosed by the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, when he paid... Read More

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This truth is not golden: Africa Check finds holes in El- Rufai’s claims

A research project by the AFP Foundation, Africa Check has found holes in the claims by the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai about gold in his state. El-Rufai had in April said that a single local government area in Kaduna state has more gold than the entire nation of South Africa. However, the research by... Read More

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APC’s Senator Shehu Sani loses mum

The senator representing Kaduna Central in the House of Assembly, Shehu Sani has lost his mother. She died on Saturday, May 21 and was according to Islamic rites buried immediately. Senator Shehu Sani is one of the few voices antagonizing the Federal Government in the Senate over the removal of subsidy and hiking of fuel... Read More

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“His blockos are still PDP” | 7 nasty insults Shehu Sani threw at Governor El Rufai

It is no new news that Governor of Kano state, Nasir El Rufai and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani despite being members of the same All Progressives Congress (APC) are sworn enemies with endless personal attacks in between them. The latest person to fire his weapon of words in the cold war between the two... Read More

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Shehu Sani calls APC’s bluff, describes El Rufai as a ‘rotten egg’

Human right activist and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has dared the Kano state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His dare comes after he was threatened with expulsion by the party for speaking against President Muhammadu Buhari’s oil subsidy removal policy yesterday. Shehu Sani has always been at loggerheads with the governor of... Read More

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How kidnappers took two Reverend Sisters

Kidnappers who think nothing of ‘the fear of the Lord’ Kidnapped two Reverend Sisters, along with their driver. The kidnappers staged the attack after learning of a meet scheduled for the sisters in Ogun state and which they would journey to, from their place of work in Kaduna, on Friday. The plan? To make some money off... Read More

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‘We buried 347 corpses’ | ‘Only a few were buried’ – Between Army and Kaduna state govt

The Kaduna state government and the Nigerian Army, on Monday, gave different figures of corpses that were buried during the December 15, 2015 clash between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the Army in Zaria. The state government at the hearing of the commission of inquiry into the bloody massacre affirmed that at least... Read More

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‘Sentence 50 Shiite Muslims to death’ – Kaduna govt tells court

Following the brutal clash between the Nigerian army and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiite sect) in December 2015, the Kaduna State Government, on Thursday, prayed a high court to sentence fifty Shiite Muslims to death over the killing of an army officer. The state government had preferred a 5-count charge against the Shiite sect... Read More

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PFN to El-Rufai: ‘Prepare to jail 5,000 pastors in Kaduna’

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, has informed Governor Nasir El-Rufai to prepare to imprison 5,000 pastors if the Religious Bill currently before the state House of Assembly is passed into law. The PFN said on Tuesday, that the pastors in its fold would rather obey God than obey the proposed... Read More

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‘Jonathan did his best for Nigeria’ – Oritsejafor

The outgoing President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has stated that former President Goodluck Jonathan is a good man who had good intentions for Nigeria. Speaking in an interview with Punch Newspapers, Oritsejafor said he’s shocked whenever people say negative things about Jonathan. “I’m often shocked to read on the pages... Read More

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‘Buhari is a man of intergrity, his name cannot be found in Panama papers’ – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, stated that he was persuaded to contest for the 2015 governorship election by President Muhammadu Buhari. While noting that President Buhari is an honest man whose name cannot be linked to the international Panama Paper scandal, El-rufai stated that he wouldn’t have contested the election if... Read More

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‘There’s more gold in Kaduna state than in South Africa’ – El-Rufai

Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, revealed on Wednesday, that the gold deposit obtainable in just one local government area of the state was bigger than South Africa’s gold reserves. While speaking at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall, the governor said Kaduna state is gearing to... Read More

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Kidnapping: State of emergency declared in Kaduna

The Kaduna Police Command, on Tuesday, declared a ‘state of emergency’ in the state, following the increased spate of kidnapping incidents. According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zubairu Abubakar, an anti-kidnap squad has been constituted to fight kidnapping in the state. Abubakar, who stated this during an interview with newsmen, noted that the... Read More

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El Rufai isn’t swayed by public criticism, religious bill is here to stay

Despite the heavy criticism from the general public over the bill proposed to legislate religious activities in Kaduna state, Governor Nasir El-Rufai remains unperturbed. The governor’s resolute stance was revealed by his political adviser, Malam Uba Sani while addressing men of the press in Kaduna. Sani said certain people that were out to cause mischief... Read More

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Nigerian Army to give N1m for information on ‘abducted Colonel’

In a bid to ensure the swift and safe return of the abducted military personnel, Colonel Samaila Inusa, the Nigerian Army has jerked up the reward for anyone with useful information to N1 million. In addition to the cash reward, the Nigerian Army promised to give adequate protection to such a person who provides useful... Read More

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In Kaduna, pupils ‘abandon school’ after eating government’s free meal

The Kaduna state Government, on Monday, disclosed that primary school pupils in the state abandon their classrooms after eating the free meal provided for them by the state government. The students are said to have formed a habit of leaving school immediately after eating on the pretense of looking for water to drink. Shehu Adamu,... Read More

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February 22, 2016

Zaria massacre: Shi’ite Muslims fail to turn up at commission of inquiry

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria failed to send representatives to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna state government to investigate the circumstances that led to the clash between the Nigerian Army and the Shi’ite members on December 12, 2015. While the Nigerian Army, on Monday, sent representatives to the public sitting... Read More

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February 18, 2016

Shiites: ‘It’s unconstitutional to detain our members without charges’

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, whose headquarters was attacked and their members arrested/killed by the Nigeria Army, have called on the federal government to investigate the arraignment of some of her members in a Kaduna court. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Malam Ibrahim Musa on Wednesday, IMN said... Read More

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