Newly sworn in Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda, has issued a warning to bandits and terrorists operating in the state to abandon their cause of action...
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ya’u Umar Gwajo-gwajo, has dismissed reports that the state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, approved the sum of N499.6...
At least 12 people have been reported killed after terrorists attacked Jibia community in Katsina State. The spokesman for the State Police Command, Gambo Isah, confirmed...
Police operatives in Katsina have arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in the state and Zamfara. The spokesman...
90-year-old Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk has tied the knot with his 20-year-old bride, Aisha Iro Maikano. The couple surreptitiously tied the knot in a...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four persons over an alleged attempt to break into a secondary school at Dumukur, Daura Local Government...
Two members of the Katsina State House of Assembly, on Monday, broke down in tears during plenary while deliberating over the escalating insecurity situation bedevilling the...
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has given an insight into how cattle rustling snowballed into the current spate of kidnapping and banditry in the...
Five residents of Jibia in Katsina State have been reportedly killed by Customs officials, who were chasing rice smugglers in the area. Ripples Nigeria learnt that...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has lambasted prominent Nigerians calling on foreign countries to interfere in the internal security affairs in the country, saying they...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has called on residents of the state to defend themselves against bandits as the criminals are not spirits....
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance that governors should be held responsible for insecurity in their states. Masari, who...
An 18-year-old man, Aminu Ali, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping and killing his 3-year-old cousin identified as Amina Ali....
Five women have been confirmed dead while 15 others sustained serious injuries following a stampede that erupted at the residence of a Katsina State-based businessman while...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area Command in Katsina, on Wednesday, said it intercepted smuggled goods worth N79 million between February and March 2021, approximately. Specifically,...
The student abductions in northwestern Nigeria reflect the growing strength of criminal gangs and the weakness of the federal government and its security services. Kidnapping is...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reacted to the abduction and release of 344 schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara local...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has stated that criminals now operate in Nigeria with impunity as if our security agencies are on perpertual holiday. CAN...
Each passing day, Nigeria’s security challenges take a dangerous twist. It would seem that the one who steers the ship of governance from Aso Rock, President...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected fraudster and fake Airforce captain, Khamis Abdullahi. The police spokesman Gambo Isa, in a statement on Tuesday,...
The Chairman of the Katsina State Boards of Internal Revenue (SBIR), Alhaji Aminu Darabati Abdulmuminu, on Saturday explained why the state is rated among the poorest...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, said on Tuesday no ransom was paid to secure the release of 26 girls kidnapped by bandits in Katsina State...
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a housewife, Fatima Bishir, who allegedly arranged the kidnap of her five-year-old daughter in order...
The Katsina State Police Command on Saturday night said the five siblings that died in a bomb explosion on Saturday at Yammama village in Malumfashi Local...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has reacted to the growing cases of insecurity in his domain by declaring that he has failed to protect...
No less than 40 persons have been killed following bandits’ attacks on communities in Katsina State, Ripples Nigeria has learnt. The communities, located in Faskari Local...
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area of the State, Alhaji Abdulhamid Sani has been killed. He was killed on...
The Governor Aminu Masari led government of Katsina State has relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown in the state. The governor said Friday prayers by Muslim faithful and...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari said the state had begun an investigation into the cause of unusual deaths recorded daily across the state involving elderly persons...
A member of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Abdurrazag Tsiga representing Bakori State Constituency is dead. Tsiga, before his death was the House Deputy Leader...
The Katsina State Government has announced a suspected case of Coronavirus in the state. The Permanent Secretary, in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Kabir Mustapha,...
Katsina state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has attempted to provide reasons for the recent spate of killings in some rural communities across the state by marauding...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday warned local communities in Katsina State that revenge killing by any group or individual following bandits’ attacks on some villages in...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N249.5 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal...
The Katsina State chapter of the National Conscience Party (NCP) on Monday accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of offering $193,700 as bribe to members of...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina has implored the military to prove its might by intervening and dealing decisively with bandits who have been disrupting peace in...
A councilor, Gambo Yarliyau, his wife and one-year-old daughter have been freed alongside two other unnamed victims by bandits who abducted them, the Katsina State Government...
Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, on Sunday accused some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja of undermining his administration. The governor said...
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) on Wednesday, promised to lend a helping hand to the education, health and sanitation programmes of the present administration in...
The governor of Katsina State, Bello Aminu Masari has cried for help to put a stop to the increasing spate of kidnapping, banditry and other related...
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State would be leading other northern governors to meet their counterparts in Niger Republic in order to put an end...
Soldiers and some policemen have been mentioned as those fueling the activities of bandits and kidnappers in Katsina. This came as some repentant bandits made the...
Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday, declared his readiness to meet with bandits terrorizing the state at their hideout for dialogue in order to ensure...
Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, on Thursday met with representatives of bandits terrorizing the eight frontline local governments in the state in order to find...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has revealed that six suspected fake youth corps members were arrested during the ongoing registration exercise at the Katsina State...
The World Bank has disbursed N477.8m to 42 communities and seven groups in Katsina State for projects under its supported Community and Social Development Projects. The...
In a bid to beat the 5-day ultimatum given to him, on July 21, 2019, by the Senate to submit his ministerial list and to put...
Two months after his captivity, the Magajin Garin Daura, Musa Umar, the traditional ruler in Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State, who was abducted by gunmen,...
Stakeholders of Ukum local government area of Benue state have threatened legal action, against the Federal government over the plan to create Ruga for herdsmen in...
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has promised to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to find a lasting solution to the activities of...
