Main Menu

Tag: katsina state

Masari: Bandits Deceived Me Twice With Qur’an; I Regret Negotiating With Them

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina has said that he regrets trusting bandits, who deceived his government into believing that they had surrendered their weapons by swearing with the Qur’an inRead More

CSOs Decry Banning Of Activities Of Volunteers In Katsina

Katsina State
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Katsina State, has described the banning of the activities of volunteers (Yan-sakai) group by the state government as another way of worseningRead More

Banditry: Katsina Government Reopens Filling Stations, Cattle Markets In Troubled Areas Five Months After Closure

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has ordered the immediate reopening of all filling stations and cattle markets earlier closed as a result of cattle rustling and banditry in theRead More

Three ‘Repentant’ Bandits Working With Katsina Government Arrested For Armed Robbery, Cattle Rustling

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari
The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested three repentant bandits for robbery and cattle rustling in the Ingawa Local Government Area of the state. The three repentant banditsRead More

UNICEF Io Empower 9,000 Vulnerable Children In Katsina

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
No fewer than 9,000 vulnerable children in Katsina State are to benefit from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) cash transfer in order to enhance and sustain their educational programmes.Read More

Defend Yourselves: Katsina Youths Mock Governor Masari Over His Advice, Purchase Catapults To ‘Stone’ Heavily Armed Bandits

Defend Yourselves: Katsina Youths Mock Governor Masari Over His Advice, Purchase Catapults To 'Stone' Heavily Armed Bandits
Some youths and residents of Katsina State have obtained catapults, saying they will begin to stone bandits in the state, in line with the advice of the state government. GovernorRead More

CSOs Warns Of Impending Food Crisis in Katsina Over Banditry

Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), have warned that the spate of banditry and other security challenges bedeviling some communities in Katsina State may trigger a looming food crisisRead More

Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Scores In Katsina

Gunmen
Gunmen have launched fresh onslaught on Batsari town, the headquarters of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing one Mallam Hassan Bako-zago and kidnapped scores of other residents. TheRead More

Fire Destroyed N902.1m Properties In Katsina Central Market, Says Committee

Mysterious fire gutted the Katsina Central Market
The Chairman of the Administrative Committee inaugurated by the Katsina State Government to unravel the cause(s) of the mysterious fire that gutted the Katsina Central Market, Alhaji Tasi’u Dandagoro, hasRead More

Three Months After, Katsina, Kaduna, Niger Battle To Rescue 109 Abductees

Abductees
Sokoto LG chairman, others take refuge in Niger Republic CAN urges FG to free RCCG members The governments of Katsina, Kaduna and Niger States have intensified efforts to free 109Read More