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  • 22-Year-Old Man Arrested For Kidnapping Step-Sister To Raise Money For Girlfriend In Katsina

     A 22-year-old man, Ibrahim Kazeem has been arrested by the Operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad , SARS Katsina State for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of his six-year-old step-sister in Makera Funtua Local Government Area of the state. .The victim, Asiya Kazeem was abducted while returning from an Islamic school on April 16,2019.Dur ...

  • Woman Kills Her Step Daughter For "Distracting" Her Husband In Katsina State

     A woman identified as Aisha Abubakar has been arrested by men of the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly killing her stepdaughter over rivalry with the deceased’s mother.The woman killed the deceased who was also known as Aisha Abubakar by poisoning her food.The command’s spokesman, Gambo Isah, who disclosed this while parading the susp ...

  • Katsina State: President Buhari Commissions Transport University In His Hometown, Daura (VID/PICS)

     President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned a new Transport University in Katsina State.The university is said to be the first of its kind in Africa and it is located in Daura, the hometown of President Buhari.Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony of the university in Daura on Monday, Buhari said the school will enhance employment opportunit ...

  • Video: Fuel Seen Smuggled In Sacks From Niger Republic Into Nigeria Through Katsina

     The Nigerian government may continue to close its porous border till 2020 to curb smuggling and tackle illicit trades between neighboring nations, and there is not stipulated date for the re-opening of the borders.Since the border closure, this illegal business of smuggling petroleum products from Niger Republic into Nigeria from the Katsina Board ...

  • How Concoction Drink Killed Guest At A Wedding Ceremony in Katsina

     A wedding ceremony at Barhim village in Batagarawa Council Area of Katsina State went awry after a guest lost his life when he drank a drug-laced concoction that was served at the event.The incident, which occurred last Saturday, saw a couple of criminal elements introduce the concoction to the wedding event, with some of the guests said to have s ...

  • Armed Robber, Ibrahim Usman Nabbed With Stolen 32-seater Toyota Coaster Bus In Katsina (Photo)

     Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered a 32-seater Toyota Coaster bus.Spokesman of the command, SP Isah Gambo, said that the suspect Ibrahim Usman was arrested on Sunday, November 10. . "Today being 10/11/2019 at about 06:30hrs, based on a tip off, the Command succeeded in arresting one Ibrahim Usma ...

  • Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Wife Of Katsina’s Deputy Accountant General

     Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Hajiya Lubabatu Sani Lawal BK, the wife of the Deputy Accountant General of Katsina state, Alhaji Sani Lawal B/K.It was gathered that about gunmen numbering about 10, stormed her residence located within the Government Reserve Area (GRA) at about 9:00PM on Wednesday.According to reports, her ...

  • How We Were Tricked Into Slavery, Starved For Days - Katsina Indigenes Rescued From Burkina Faso

     Some indigenes of Katsina state who were rescued from Burkina Faso have spoken about their sad experiences. The 13 victims from Katsina State were handed over to the Chairman of the transition committee for Kankara council area, Mallam Anas Kankara on Thursday night after they had undergone profiling in Katsina. The council chairman consequently f ...

  • Katsina State Government To Negotiate Release Of 20 Citizens Sold As Slaves To Burkina Faso

     The Katsina State Government has revealed plans to negotiate the release of 20 of its indigenes, who were kidnapped by bandits and sold as slaves in Burkina Faso.According to Guardian newspaper, the victims were sold to a human trafficker in Benin Republic, who then resold them to another buyer in Burkina Faso.Burkina Faso is notorious, in some ci ...

  • My Negotiation With Armed Bandits Is Yielding Results - Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari

     Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has stated that his negotiation with armed bandits in the state is currently yielding results as crime has reduced drastically in the state. Masari said this on Saturday September 21st while responding to criticism he has received so far from members of the opposition who are against his negotiation with arme ...

  • Repentant Bandits Release Nine Teenage Girls, 1 Boy In Katsina

     No fewer than 9 additional teenage girls and one boy were on Monday released by repentant bandits in Katsina State, as the dialogue and peace initiative of the state government continue to record success.The victims were kidnapped from Ruma, Batsari Local Government Area of the state some weeks ago.The victims said that they spent about 32 days in ...

  • Gunmen Storm Katsina LG Chairman’s Residence, Kill Security Guard, Abduct His 2 Kids

     Gunmen on Wednesday, stormed the residence of Kabiru Matazu, Chairman of Matazu Local Government Council in Katsina State, killed the gateman and abducted his two children.It was gathered that the suspected bandits numbering about 20, stormed the house about 2 .10am and started shooting.Confirming the incident, spokesperson of the Katsina State Po ...

  • PHOTOS: Katsina State Governor Visits Fulani Herdsmen Bandits For Negotiations

     Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari visited Fulani bandits today at their camps in Faskari LGA Days after Their Leader Visited Him In Katsina.So Fulani terrorists deserve negotiation? ...

  • Trouble Looms As Thugs Burn Down APC Office In Katsina

     A group of angry thugs have burnt down the Private Residence of the Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa and the Office of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Damusa LGA of the state.The hoodlums were said to be protesting what it described as ‘complicity’ on the part of Alhaji Inuwa towards the armed banditry att ...

  • Leader Of Bandits Holds AK 47 Meant For Military While Striking A Pose With Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari (Photos)

     Katsina state governor, Bello Masari(Left) meets the leader of the bandits, Katsina State Chapter posing with AK47 assault rifles meant for only military personnel, to discuss how to end the kidnapping, killing of Nigerians in the state. ...

  • This Is How How Bandits Sacked Katsina Town, Kidnapped 49 People, And Stole 'Everything'

     Shocking details have emerged of how a town in Katsina State was ransacked overnight and dozens of inhabitants and property carted away in an attack by bandits.Wurma, a border community near Zamfara State, was attacked late on Monday which went on till early morning on Tuesday.Wurma is located 8 kilometres off Katsina—Dutsinma Road, a distance o ...

  • President Buhari Meets The Local Organising Committee Of "President Buhari Cup For Change" In Katsina (PHOTOS)

     President Buhari meets the Local Organising Committee of "President Buhari Cup for Change" in Daura, Katsina State.President Muhammadu Buhari has urged more young men and women in Nigeria to pursue sporting careers, which can bring rewarding incomes, promote healthy local and global relationships, and ensure unity.The President, in a sta ...

  • President Buhari Today Paid A Sympathy Visit To IDPs In Batsari Katsina State

     Following issues of insecurity, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 14, visited Batsari local government area to sympathise with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the area. Channels TV reports that Batsari is one of the eight local government areas disturbed with the activities of banditry and kidnapping in Katsina state. In his a ...

  • Two Neighbours Remanded In Prison For Allegedly Defiling, Impregnating Woman With Mental Illness In Katsina

     Two neighbours, Nasiru Musa, 35, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 27, have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly molesting and impregnating a 26-year-old woman suffering mental illness in Katsina.The suspects, who were said to be the victim’s neighbours at Goya village in the Funtua Local Government Area of the state, are being prosecuted for alleg ...

  • Official Visit: President Muhammadu Buhari Arrives Daura, Katsina For Eid-el-Kabir

     Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived Daura, Katsina State, for a nine-day official visit, which includes celebrating the Eid-el-Kabir with family members, and commissioning of developmental projects.The President was received by Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu and top government officials at the Uma ...

  • Sad! HIV Positive Man Rapes 14-Year-Old Girl In Katsina

     An HIV-positive man from Gwarjo village in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Audu Ado, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 14-year old girl while fully aware of his status as HIV carrier.The presiding magistrate of the Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court, Hajiya Fadile Dikko, ordered that the suspect be remanded ...

  • DPO Allegedly Impregnates And Murders 16-Year-Old, Rabi Abdullahi Housemaid In Katsina (Photo)

     The body of a housemaid allegedly killed and dumped in the bush by a Divisional Police Officer has been found. The decomposing body of a 16-year-old housemaid allegedly killed and dumped in the bush by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Mashi Local Government Area, Garba Talawai, has been found by the police, a report by DailyNigerian has ...

  • BREAKING: Airforce Jet Crashes In Katsina

     A Nigerian Air Force jet, on Wednesday crash landed at Katsina State.This was confirmed by the force in a statement on Wednesday.According to the statement signed by NAF’s spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the incident happened as the aircraft was returning from an operation against bandits in Katsina.Daramola, said that details of the ...

  • Bandits Abduct Katsina Village Head In Fresh Attack

     Some unknown gunmen suspected to be armed bandits on Tuesday afternoon abducted the village head of Garin Labo in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.The village head, whose name was not given, was said to have been abducted about 1pm while on his farmland along with some other villagers.Sources said the bandits stormed the farmlands on ...

  • Soldiers Allegedly Forced Boys Out Of Vehicles, Cut Their Hair And Demand N1000 In Katsina (Video)

     A Twitter user @ikedichim this evening shared a video of some soldiers allegedly assaulting young men plying Funtua road, Katsina state earlier today.According to the twitter user, the soldiers ordered the boys from the vehicles they were riding in, allegedly cut their hair and thereafter demanded for N1000 for the service. He however did not stat ...

  • Kidnappers Or Cattle Rustlers Caught Will Be Put To Death In Katsina

     Governor Aminu Masari has signed into law mandatory death sentence for anyone convicted of cattle rustling or kidnapping in Katsina State, according to a report by Channels Television. Similarly, the offence of rape carries the mandatory sentence of life in addition to fine and compensation to victim. More details later... ...

  • 34 Persons Reportedly Killed As Bandits Invade 3 LGAs In Katsina

     No fewer than 34 persons have been reportedly killed on Tuesday by suspected armed bandits in three Local Governments Areas of Batsari, Danmusa and Faskari in Katsina State.Vanguard quoted locals as saying that 18 were killed in Yargamji, Batsari LGA, 5 killed in Mara Zamfarawa in Danmusa LGA and 11 killed in Sabon Layi village, Faskari LGAScores ...

  • One killed, Several Injured As Bandits Raid Katsina Village

     Armed bandits last night attacked Wagini village of Batsari local government area of Katsina State, killing one person and injuring three others.The hoodlums stormed the village at about midnight, shooting sporadically and setting ablaze cars and houses belonging to the locals, Daily Trust writes.The deceased, whose identity was yet to be ascertai ...

  • Katsina State Police Explains How President Buhari's Village Head Was Abducted

     The Magajin Yari Daura is a younger brother of the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, and by the traditional title, he is expected to succeed his elder brother as Emir. Buhari’s Aide De Camp (ADC) is married to the daughter of the abducted Magajin Yari Daura.Addressing newsmen in Katsina yesterday, spokesman for the state police command, Ga ...

  • Patient’s Husband Steals N2M Hospital Equipment, Sells Them For N5K In Katsina

     Equipment worth N2million which were stolen from the Malumfashi General Hospital in Katsina State, have been reportedly sold for N5,000 by a suspect who took his sick wife to the facility for treatment. .Hamza Sani was nabbed within the premises of the hospital while in possession of some stolen equipment and he led the police to the arrest of his ...

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