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Man drags sibling to court in Kaduna over inheritance
A 38-year-old man, Aliyu Yusuf on Monday dragged his brother, Ibrahim, before a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State over a house they inherited from their late father.
Court grants woman’s prayer to divorce herself over abandonment
A Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna on Monday granted the prayers of a housewife, Fatima Yakubu, divorce herself on grounds of abandonment.
Two killed, others injured in Kaduna community
Security operatives, on Tuesday, conducted further air missions over locations in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, even as they rescued a minor from bandits in Igabi Local Government Area.
Court orders woman to breastfeed baby for 20 months to stave off dowry return
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Monday ordered one Bilkisu Abdullahi, a nursing mother, to breastfeed her two-month- old daughter for 20 months in order to stave off the return of dowry she collected from her estranged husband.
Three in police net for ‘stealing’ three-day-old child in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects for stealing a three-day-old child in Kaduna.
Another six-year old girl raped by 50-year old man in Kaduna
Hanyi Danmasani is a village located in the same district area with Rigasa (the largest community in Kaduna where Abuja-Kaduna train terminal is located). The community is between Badiko and Nnamdi Azikiwe Bypass by Kaduna South local government.
Gunmen kill students’ union leader, abducts one
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the Rigasa Old Students Association president, Comrade Auwal Rabiu near a train station at Rigasa in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State..
Gunmen kill 1, abduct another along Kaduna train station
Gunmen on Friday night killed one person, abducted another with the third person shot on the leg when the armed men launched an attack in Rigasa; a suburb of Igabi local government area of Kaduna state.
Governor El-Rufai to build third by-pass for Kaduna city, with tollgates
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El Rufai has said that third by-pass will be built in Kaduna to connect north side of the city from Kakau end of Abuja-Kaduna highway to complete existing western and eastern by-pass in the State capital.
Court remands tailor for ‘injuring’ his customer
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered that a tailor, Abdulaziz Sani, 22, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly breaking his customer’s arm.
Kaduna denies report on abduction along Abuja-Kaduna Highway
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, alongside the Police Commissioner, Umar Musa Muri and Operation Thunder Strike Sector Commander, Colonel Ibrahim Gambari, led journalists to the location where the said abduction was said to have taken place to interact with residents of the area.
Kaduna convicts 605 lockdown violators
For violating the lockdown order imposed on Kaduna to prevent the spread of COVID-19,the Kaduna State Ministry of Justice has convicted 605 persons between Thursday and Friday last week,
Kaduna ICT Hub funds inventor to produce ventilators
The Kaduna State ICT Hub has granted financial resources for the production of ‘sophisticated’ ventilators whose prototype was fabricated by Dalhatu Usman, a 200-Level student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
Kaduna sets up mobile courts to prosecute lockdown violators
Kaduna State Government has set up mobile courts to prosecute violators of the lockdown order occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Kaduna sets up mobile courts to try violators of curfew
In a letter by the state Solicitor-General, Chris Umar to the Chief Registrar of Kaduna State High Court dated April 22, the decision was taken by the State Executive Council to enforce the executive order.
Lockdown: Kaduna residents complain of hunger
Some residents of Kaduna have expressed reservation over the stay-at-home order imposed on the state government and alleged that starvation was setting in.
Kaduna court frees 87 shiite members
The court in the northern city of Kaduna “discharged and acquitted” the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria for lack of evidence linking them to the death of the soldier during the bloody encounter in December 2015, Haruna Magashi told AFP.
Rotimi Amaechi: I was not attacked in Kaduna
There had been reports that the minister and hundreds of train passengers escaped naarrowly Sunday night after suspected kidnappers opened fire on their vehicles as they left the Rigasa station in Kaduna.
Panic as gunmen attack travellers near Kaduna train station
There was confusion on Sunday night when suspected gunmen attacked travellers along Airport Link Road near Rigasa railway station in Kaduna State.
Man sues wife for refusing him sex
A 58-year-old trader, Ibrahim Lawal, on Thursday dragged his wife, Saratu Musa, before a Sharia court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State, for allegedly refusing him sex for 48 days.
Kaduna fire service records 84 fire outbreaks in January
The Kaduna State Fire Service says it recorded 87 fire outbreaks and seven deaths in January 2020.
Kaduna records fresh Lassa fever case
The Commissioner disclosed that a 34-year-old male patient contracted the disease in Kajuru Local Government Area of the State, and was being managed at a designated Infectious Disease Control Centre in the state.
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