Four people have been killed by terrorists who opened fire at a wedding ceremony in Diko village, Idasu district in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Friday. The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, January 15. “The marauding bandits stormed a wedding ceremony in…
Danjuma Barde, a first-class traditional ruler in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, is dead. The paramount ruler of the Gbagyi kingdom, better known as ‘Esu Chikun’ in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday, July 21 at the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital Kaduna following an illness….
The immediate-past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Bala Bantex is dead. He was aged 64. Bantex served as deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019 when he resigned to aspire for Senate. Born in 1956, Yusuf Barnabas Bala a.k.a Bantex was an architect and astute Nigerian politician. He was a former state…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has sacked 99 political appointees. The Kaduna state Governor disclosed this during a media chat with some Kaduna-based broadcast journalists. Revealing that the state has started implementing its rightsizing policy but is yet to disengage any state civil servant, El-Rufai noted that the sacked political appointees constitute 30 percent of…
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended the five-day warning strike in Kaduna State. The National President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated this at an emergency meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday evening. According to him, the move was to honour the invitation of the Federal Government on Thursday. Truetells Nigeria reports that the five-day warning…
27 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. They were released today May 5. On March 11, bandits invaded the school located in Afaka along the Kaduna International Airport Road and abducted 39 students. The bandits demanded N500 million as a ransom for their release. However, ten…
The identity of the bandit’s leader holding twenty-nine students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, has been revealed. According to intelligence source, Buderi Isiya, who is in his late 20s has a large number of followers and herds of cattle across Kaduna State. Isiya has not been captured despite coordinating…
Kaduna State INEC Adhoc Staff Recruitment 2021/2022 is currently ongoing, apply below and following the guideline below: In preparations for the forth-coming Local Government Council Elections, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is using this medium to invite applications from suitably, interested, and qualified candidates to fill the various positions listed below; Truetells Nigeria brought…
List Of 20 New Universities NUC Granted License Truetells Nigeria reports that the National Universities Commission has granted provisional licences to 20 newly established private universities. They received their licences from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday. With the approval, Nigeria now has 99 private universities. The universities granted provisional licenses are:…
Bandits operating between Tegina in Niger State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, during their meeting with Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Thursday at Tegina forest, threatened to deal with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. A top source that spoke with SaharaReporters noted that the bandits disclosed this during a peace meeting with the Islamic…
