…and industries in the country’s highest-demand areas, namely the Lagos axis, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano and Enugu-Port Harcourt. He said the constraints in the sector were not limited to generation and transmission but also included how much power was taken up and delivered at the distribution end. Tegbe stressed that the propo…

…Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin, Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Benin City, Abuja, Jos, Kaduna and Kano. Of the 13,251 respondents, 53 per cent were male and 47 per cent female, while 85 per cent were between 18 and 45 years. The researchers used structured surveys and device observation to examine applications installed o…

…directive, issued to newsmen on Monday by the Customs Federal Operations Unit, Zone “B”, Kaduna, added, “The objective is to obtain genuine feedback that can contribute to strengthening integrity mechanisms, improving operational processes and supporting the Service’s continuous institutional improvement.” The zone com…

Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners has expressed gratitude to Governor Uba Sani for releasing N3.659 billion for the payment of gratuity and death benefits. In a letter signed by Aboman Ladan and Alhassan Balarabe Musa, Chairman and Secretary respectively, the union noted that the Governor’s ‘’comm…

…thunderstorms and rainfall in several locations, including Bauchi, Gombe, Abuja, Kaduna, Jos, Makurdi, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Owerri, Enugu, Akure and Abeokuta, among others. For Bauchi, NiMet forecast thunderstorms during parts of Sunday, while Gombe was also expected to experience thunderstorm conditions. However…

…across major producing states.The association identified Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Adamawa among the affected states, linking damage to farms with reduced availability and higher prices.It also cited rising seed costs as another challenge confronting producers.These pressures are affecting the s…

…and small-scale businesses if elected president in 2027. Obi spoke on Saturday in Kaduna at a political gathering organised by the NDC, where he and Rabiu Kwankwaso, his running mate, addressed supporters on their plans for Nigeria, particularly in the area of job creation. Obi said his administration would run an incl…

…The intelligence reportedly revealed the movement of armed elements from Katsina through Kaduna to Plateau State. It further indicated that suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) operatives and local collaborators were conducting surveillance and reconnaissance of potential targets. Consequently, police f…

…to the police, intelligence revealed the movement of armed elements from Katsina through Kaduna towards Plateau State. “There is an increased mobilisation of terrorist elements for possible coordinated attacks on places of worship, schools, NYSC orientation camps and other vulnerable locations,” it stated. The Force al…

…cash becomes a possible price for survival. From Kebbi to Zamfara, Kwara, Sokoto, Borno, Kaduna and other parts of the North, accounts obtained by Arewa PUNCH show how ransom has become deeply woven into the kidnapping crisis. In some cases, families pay millions of naira and secure the release of their loved ones. In…

…He said the operations covered the FCT and Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Niger and Kaduna states. “One of the major suspects arrested is 25-year-old Isaac Zegbe, a former AEDC employee, who allegedly worked with his accomplices to vandalise more than 15 kilometres of aluminium conductors between Yangoji and Abaji. “T…

…had already been recorded over Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, Kano, Jigawa and Kaduna.NiMet shares new forecast for Monday, September 14, 2026, showing how weather conditions may affect different parts of Nigeria. Photo: Gettywarns 27 areas of thunderstormsNiMet said the system is moving westward and will affec…

…agency said was planning to transport the consignment to Jos for onward distribution. In Kaduna State, a female suspect, Hannah Michael, was arrested at Gonin Gora with 369.6kg of cannabis. Meanwhile, four suspects, including 70-year-old Godwoman Gboriye, were arrested at Ovom, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, with 110 bags of…

…and selling ahead of the 2027 general elections. Ndagoso, who is the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, made the call in Osogbo, Osun State, in his address at the opening session of the second plenary meeting of the CBCN, hosted by the Osogbo Catholic Diocese. The cleric, who noted the growing disenchantment among…

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has said it lost more than 200,000 cattle to rustling, while over 50 of its members were killed by bandits between January and September 2026. The Chairman of MACBAN in the state, Alhaji AbdulHamid Musa, disclosed this at a pr…

…recovered a pump-action gun and ammunition, two speedboats and four outboard engines. In Kaduna State, police, vigilantes and local hunters raided suspected bandit camps in Auchanawa and Wambai, Ikara Local Government Area. Two suspects were reportedly neutralised and two kidnapped victims rescued. However, three local…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed former Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, incumbent Senator Lawal Adamu Usman, former Senator Shehu Sani and serving Senator Sunday Marshal Katung among 33 candidates cleared to contest the three senatorial seats in Kaduna State in the January 20…

…Cross River State Colleges of Nursing, as well as institutions in Bauchi, Anambra, Kaduna, Taraba, Zamfara and the Federal Capital Territory, among others. Speaking on the intervention, the Managing Director and Chief Executive of NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, said the Fund was investing in the human capital required…

…coming presidential election, they will attack some states. They planned to go through Kaduna, Jos and come down to Osun State.Their targets are places of gathering, such as churches, mosques, markets, schools, clubs or viewing centres, etc., and we are asked to put tight security in place in our churches." by Linda I…

…first to stalk and bully Buba online, accusing him via Facebook and WhatsApp of giving a Kaduna cleric, identified as Assadus Sunna, money in “Ghana-must-go” bags meant for bandits, and of distributing motorcycles to bandits rather than to constituents as claimed. The petition urged the police to investigate and identi…

…on his official X account, said the recovered campus, formerly NOK University in Kachia, Kaduna State, was converted into the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia (FUASK) following its final forfeiture to the Federal Government. “A university seized from crime is now a federal university. The recovered campus…

The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Dahiru Liman, has sponsored a bill seeking to regulate house rent charges imposed by landlords and property owners across the state. The proposed legislation is aimed at addressing rising accommodation costs, which have placed increasing financial pressure on low…

…quoting wholesale prices between N1,290 and N1,400 per litre. Retail pump prices in Kaduna have reportedly climbed beyond N1,330 per litre.NNPCL Outlet Prices Climb Across Key CitiesThe Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has adjusted prices at its retail stations nationwide. Checks by Petroleumprice.ng showed…

…notorious bandit kingpin Kachalla Gwaska. Ori participated in operations across Zamfara, Kaduna, and Niger states, and the Niger Republic, and revealed that over N226 million was collected as ransom from multiple abductions. Also paraded are Mamman Haruna and Aliyu Lawali, who detailed their involvement in massive catt…

…helped to prevent high-profile attacks.These are people found complicit in the Abuja/Kaduna Train attack and were planning more kidnappings of foreigners, students, women and their children on a large scale to demand state recognition and freedom to practice their religion somewhere, hence arrest of their leaders provi…