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#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Katsina relaxes curfew

5 months ago6433 min

The Katsina State Government has reviewed the curfew recently imposed throughout the state. PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the curfew restricted movement from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am, which has now been relaxed to 10:00 pm to 5:00 am across the state. The Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, announced that the Acting Governor, Mallam Faruk Lawal, was satisfied with the reports on the improvement of the security situation throughout...

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Hoodlums invade Katsina churches, loot musical instruments

5 months ago6147 min

No fewer than 205 church chairs, musical instruments and other equipment worth millions of naira were said to have been stolen by hoodlums in Katsina State on the first day of the ongoing nationwide protest against hardship, PUNCH Metro gathered on Sunday. Our correspondent learnt that the hoodlums invaded a Living Faith Church in the Daura Local Government Area of the state, looting 205 chairs, musical instruments, and other valuable items worth millions of naira....

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Katsina traders count losses, lament low patronage

5 months ago6144 min

Traders in Katsina State capital, Katsina State, on Sunday, decried low patronage following the nationwide #EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protests. PUNCH Metro had earlier reported that the protests had led to various degrees of injuries of unspecified number of both the security personnel and protesters, looting of government and private establishments as well as destruction of property worth billions of naira in the state. The traders, who are mostly petty traders, spoke with our correspondent on Sunday and...

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Accident, not shooting, caused Katsina NSCDC officer’s injury

5 months ago995 min

The Police Command in Katsina State said there was no loss of life recorded in the state during the nationwide hunger protests. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday. “The command wishes to address a misleading viral video circulating on social media platforms of a security agent lying motionless on the ground alleged to have been shot dead by a police officer while trying to...

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APC Women Leader In Katsina Confesses To Be Bandits’ Informant, Got Part Of Several Ransoms

5 months ago813 min

She confessed to have participated in another cattle rustling operation which also fetched her the sum of N20,000 only. One Aisha Abubakar, a women leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who doubles as a bandits’ informant, has confessed to receiving only N5000 from N9million and a motorcycle paid as a ransom to bandits in Katsina State. Abubakar reportedly organised the kidnap of five members of the family of the Tsaiyaya Ward APC chairman...

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BREAKING: 28 Children Kidnapped In Fresh Bandit Attack In Katsina Regain Freedom

9 months ago1123 min

The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of 28 children, who were abducted in Kasai Village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday, April 1, 2024. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that 30 children were kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village. However, the police later said 28 children were kidnapped. Residents of the area claimed that the fresh attack took place in the early hours of...

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BREAKING: Terrorists Ambush, Abduct 30 Children In Katsina Community In Fresh Attack

9 months ago1129 min

Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. At least 30 children have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. ...