North West

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau. The state government announced the appointment in a statement signed by Ja’afaru Sani. …

• Gov threatens to arrest Yari if killings continue GOVERNOR of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle has accused Abdulaziz Yari, his predecessor, of trying to make the state ungovernable for him by …

THE Zamfara State government has appealed to the Federal Government, the international community and the security agencies, to intervene and help retrieve the sum of N37b from a former governor …

KINGMAKERS of Zazzau emirate have gone into seclusion to pick one of the four top contenders who will eventually succeed the late emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris. This is happening …

THE Sokoto State Hisbah Commission on Monday confirmed the arrest of three people alleged to have circulated a video on social media while sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The News …

THERE was pandemonium at Barkallahu, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State  in the early hour of Friday when unidentified gunmen stormed some households, kidnapping seven persons. It was gathered …

THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the sentencing of 13-year-old Umar Farouq to 10 years in prison for blasphemy. Umar was handed the harsh sentence by Aliyu Kanu, …

THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Kano State, has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Jamila Abubakar, over the murder of her stepson, Muhammad Bashir. Shehu …

Sadiya Wamakko, daughter of a former governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Thursday died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. Sadiya, 23, lost her life following …

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved a bill that would require rape convicts to be castrated. The council posted on its Twitter account on Thursday that the bill …