Katsina

Bandit attacks: Katsina bans commercial phone charging centres

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has suspended business outlets from engaging in phone charging in the banditry-prone areas…

3 years ago

Updated: Traditional ruler, lawmaker’s wife, two children kidnapped

Bandits have abducted a traditional ruler in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Wawa of Wawa, Dr Mahmud…

3 years ago

FG approves N6.52bn for ranching in Katsina

The Federal Government has approved N6.52 billion for ranch development in Katsina State. This was made known when President Muhammadu…

3 years ago

Katsina, Daura emirates suspend Sallah festivities over insecurity

Katsina and Daura emirate councils in Katsina state have suspended public activities for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations for security reasons.  …

3 years ago

Katsina district head suspended for allegedly sponsoring banditry, kidnapping

Katsina Emirate Council has suspended district head of Kankara, Yusuf Lawal, for allegedly sponsoring the activities of bandits. The suspension…

4 years ago

Katsina moves to stop street begging, plans Almajiri education reform

The Katsina State Government is set to modernise the Almajiri system of education and halt the menace of street begging…

4 years ago

Bandits kidnap Katsina 91-year-old monarch, kill three in Kaduna

Bandits have kidnapped a 91-year-old village head of Kunduru, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, in the Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina…

4 years ago

Katsina truck accident claims 13 lives, 70 injured

At least 13 people died on Thursday night in a truck accident that occurred on Kaita/Dankama Highway, Katsina State, with…

4 years ago

Bandits: Residents of Katsina communities relocate to LG headquarters

Many residents of communities of two local government areas in Katsina State, Batsari and Jibiya, have relocated to the headquarters…

4 years ago

Katsina student who escaped from bandits, says we’re 520 when they counted

One of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, who later escaped, says 520 of them…

4 years ago