Author: Emmanuel Bagudu
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JUST IN: El-Rufai declares NLC President, others wanted for allege economic sabotage
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-rufai has accused the national leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress of economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure. This according to the governor is an offence that contravenes the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Kaduna state. In Tweet on Tuesday on his private verified twitter handle @elrufai, Governor El-rufai also announced that…
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Pro-Elrufai group begins protest over NLC’s 5-day strike in Kaduna State
Following the commencement of the five-day strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna on Sunday, a group of youths with no defined name have come out in hundreds protesting against the strike action in solidarity with the Kaduna State government. The NLC and its various affiliates had planned and have began its strike…
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NAF neutralizes armed bandits in Kaduna
Aerial patrols, show-of-force to be sustained over Kaduna metropolis, major routes and other locations of interest. According to the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the air component of Operation Thunder Strike conducted a series of aerial missions across several locations, as reported in operational feedback from the Nigerian Air Force…
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BREAKING: Confusion as train loaded with water pipes derail in Kaduna
A train loaded with water pipes, heading to Zaria and Kano from Lagos State on Thursday derailed at the Ungwan Kanawa area of Kaduna North Local Government, Kaduna State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident, which occurred at about 5:45 pm, resulted in confusion and the Kaduna State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Hafiz…
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BREAKING: Former Women Affairs Minister, ‘Mama Taraba’ is dead
A former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly called ‘Mama Taraba’ is dead. According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, she died on Friday evening in an Egyptian hospital after battling a protracted illness. She was 61 years old. She was Minister of women affairs in President Buhari’s first term in…
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Bandits reportedly write, threaten to attack Veritas University, Nigerian Law School
The Management of Nigerian Law school and Veritas University in Bwari have been forced to shut down following a letter they allegedly received from bandits who threatened to attack and kidnapped their students. Thenewsguru.com TNG confirmed the development from some of the students who have returned home following closure of the said schools. A security…
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Tension in Kaduna as bandits threaten to kill remaining Greenfield University Students
Bandits have told the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA Hausa) that they they will kill the remaining 17 students abducted from Greenfield University, Kaduna State if the remaining N45million naira ransom is not paid to them by Tuesday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that parents of the abducted students have so far gathered and…
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May Day 2021: You fired 60,000 workers, Kaduna lawyer blasts El-Rufai in open letter
Founding Executive Director of House of Justice and Human Right Lawyer, Gloria Ballason ESQ, has accused the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai of power abuse which she said is conspicuous in the sack of sixty thousand workers, displacement of traditional institutions, land grabbing among others. In an open letter made available to TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, Miss…
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[EXCLUSIVE] May Day 2021: How Nigerian Governors are handling New Workers’ Wage
April 18 2021 makes it two years since President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the bill to increase Nigeria’s minimum wage. The new wage bill puts the minimum monthly salary of an average Nigerian worker at 30,000 naira ($98); from 18,000 naira. But as the world marks the 2021 Workers Day today, it is clear…
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BREAKING: Bandits release new video of 29 students abducted from Kaduna school
…includes abducted wife of naval officer After releasing ten of the initial thirty-nine kidnaped students of federal college of forestry mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state, bandits have released yet another video of the remaining students. Recall that TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reported on 11th March this year, the attack and kidnapping of the thirty-nine students. Five of the…