Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna State Governor, has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools that are vulnerable to bandits’ attacks. He made the decision following the recent attack on the Bethel Baptist school in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The marauding raiders had stormed the school, in the early hours of Monday, to…
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 Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shut down Nigeria over the “arrogance” of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Comrade Williams Akporeha and Comrade Afolabi Olawale, National President and Secretary in a statement said NUPENG is deeply saddened with the violent turn of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) peaceful protests by…
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…
