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December 9, 2012

Report: The secret life of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s love-child, Tenny Hamman

by Isi Esene Nigerian Civil War rebel leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu recently shocked many even in death when it was revealed ...

December 2, 2012

Opinion: Do state governments need commissioners?

by Tonnie Iredia Commissioners are neither appointed nor retained in Nigeria to do any meaningful work. Instead, they are essentially ...

November 30, 2012

Report: Indomie factory shut down by restive youth in Kaduna

by Akan Ido Reports say youth in five communities in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State have shutdown ...

November 27, 2012

Death toll rises in Jaji terrorist attack

by Isi Esene More people have reportedly died as a result of the explosion which occurred last Sunday at the ...

November 25, 2012

Breaking News: Huge bomb-blast reported at a church in Kaduna

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports of a bomb-blasts at a military protestant church right inside the Armed Forces ...

November 15, 2012

TICKER: Woman charged to court for ‘initiating 12 year-old girl into witchcraft’

A 50 year-old woman, Binta Mohammed, on Wednesday appeared before a Kaduna Sharia Court, Magajin Gari for alleged initiating a ...

October 29, 2012

TICKER: Kaduna gov’t to pay bills of blast victims

The Kaduna State government yesterday pledged to pay the medical bills of the 145 victims of St. Rita’s Catholic Church ...

October 28, 2012

Youth go on rampage after Kaduna church bombing as President Jonathan again condemns attack

by Isi Esene The church bombing which occurred earlier today has sparked reprisal attacks by the youth of the area ...

October 28, 2012

Report: Another bomb blast hits Catholic Church in Kaduna

by Isi Esene Reports coming in indicate that a suicide bomber has hit St. Rita Catholic Church at Ungwar Yero ...

October 4, 2012

Robbery suspect joins police college to become officer

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Police College at Kaduna recently found a robbery suspect among it newly admitted recruits undergoing ...

September 30, 2012

On the offence: Army explains why it attacked Boko Haram stronghold in Kaduna

by Isi Esene A Nigerian Army joint force today released a statement giving reasons for launching a pre-emptive strike on ...

September 30, 2012

Explosions in Kaduna, as grenade kill Sunday School boy in Nairobi, Kenya

by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force on Sunday morning shot and killed two suspected Boko Haram militants who ...

September 20, 2012

Anti-Islam film: Thousands march in protests in Zaria

by Isi Esene Thousands of Muslims marched in Zaria, Kaduna State today in protest against the amateur movie said to ...

September 19, 2012

Oando, Rockson, and 19 others shorlisted as electricity distribution companies

by Isi Esene Nigeria is inching closer to achieving steady power supply as the National Council on Privatization (NCP) Tuesday ...

September 2, 2012

Give me my wife: Husband drags mother-in-law to court for “withholding” his wife

by Isi Esene There was drama in a Kaduna Sharia Court yesterday when Malam Mohammed Abdullahi dragged his mother-in-law, Habiba Mohammed, ...

August 15, 2012

Update: Kaduna explosion aimed at shutting Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi up

by Akan Ido There are indications that the bomb which exploded in transit yesterday afternoon in Kaduna might have been ...

August 14, 2012

2 reported dead in Kaduna explosion

by Hauwa Gambo Two have been confirmed dead and four feared dead as a bomb conveyed on a motorbike has ...

August 12, 2012

Fear: Bishop laments marked drop in church attendance

by Mayowa Salami Church leaders are beginning to voice out their discontent over the shortfall in attendance in church services ...

August 8, 2012

Feel safer already? Nigerian Army churns out 439 more counter-terrorism soldiers

by Isi Esene Apparently as a response to the spate of terror attacks perpetrated by militant insurgents, almost daily in ...

August 1, 2012

“We give thanks to Allah…” – Boko Haram takes responsibility for Monday attacks, promises to slaughter women “like rams”

by Isi Esene The radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, yesterday claimed responsibility for the attack on the home of the ...

July 30, 2012

Gunmen attack VP Sambo’s house in Zaria

by Isi Esene A cobbler has been shot dead in an attack today on a house purported to be that ...

July 7, 2012

You’re free to go, NYSC DG tells corps members

by Isi Esene National Youth Corps members posted to Kaduna have been handed something that must feel like a get-out-of-jail-free-card ...

July 6, 2012

The Police IG just gave his number to the public (we called it and it doesn’t work)

by Doyin Jaiyesimi Mohammadu Dahiru Abubakar, Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force, wants to be as close to Nigerians ...

July 5, 2012

Stop fretting, you guys are safe – FG tells corps members

by Hauwa Gambo Worried that you might not be safe in any of those volatile states where bombs have been ...

July 4, 2012

One injured in Kaduna blast

by Hauwa Gambo A man is reported injured in Kaduna after after an explosive device on the road went off ...

June 22, 2012

Elnathan John is mad about Kaduna: How to get angry

by Elnathan John I interrupt the ‘How To’ series to say one thing. I am angry. Very angry. So ...

June 21, 2012

Abimbola Adelakun: Nigeria is headless, and we are going nowhere

by Abimbola Adelakun In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit. Judges 17:6 (NIV) In ...

June 20, 2012

We’ve heard that before: President Jonathan can rule from anywhere in the world, says Maku

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has come out forcefully to condemn those who are criticising President Jonathan ...