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  • Police kill wanted armed robbery kingpin

    Police kill wanted armed robbery kingpin

    The Police Command in Katsina State has killed a suspected armed robbery kingpin, Kane Mohammed, alias ‘Dan mai-keke’, 35, who has been on its wanted list.

    This is contained in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isa, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina.

    Isa said that the development occurred on Jan. 4 at old market area, a notorious criminal’s hideout in Bakori Local Government Area when the police were on patrol.

    He said that the patrol team was attacked by the hoodlums with dangerous weapons during which one policeman sustained injury.

    The PPRO added that the police shot the kingpin as a result of which he sustained injury and died in a Bakori hospital while receiving treatment.

    He noted that the suspect had been on the police wanted list for terrorising people in the Bakori and Funtua axis.

    He said that investigations were ongoing to arrest other members of the gang.

     

  • Buhari treks home after Eid el-Kabir prayer in Daura [Video/Photos]

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined thousands of Muslim faithful to observe the two raka’at Eid el-Kabir prayer in Daura, Katsina State.

    The president arrived the Eid Praying Ground in company of his aides and relatives at about 9.48 a.m. He performed the annual sacrifice of slaughtering of the ram immediately after the prayer session.

    He trekked for over 800 metres from the prayer ground to his private residence amidst chanting of `Sai Baba’ by well- wishers.

    Earlier in his sermon, the Chief Imam of Daura, Safiyanu Dansanwai, who led the prayer, stressed the need for peace.

    He called on the Muslim ummah to pray for peace, harmony and development of the country.

    The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar was among the thousands of faithful who performed the two raka’at prayer.

     

  • Saraki mourns as Senator Bukar is buried, former Reps member passes on

    Saraki mourns as Senator Bukar is buried, former Reps member passes on

    Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed sadness at the death of Senator Mustapha Bukar (APC, Katsina), who was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Capital market.

    TheNewsGuru reports Senator Bukar who was Madawakin Daura died around 10.am today following an illness.

    Born on December 31, 1954 in Daura, Bukar was a first timer at the Senate. A source close to the Senate President confirmed the death of the lawmaker via phone. The source said the deceased would be buried in Daura today in line with Islamic injunction.

    Bukar died less than a month after Senator Malam Ali Wakili passed on at 58. Wakili died on March 17 at his Abuja residence.

    Independence Ogunewe passes on

    Meanwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has confirmed the passing away of a former member of the House of Representatives, Independence Ogunewe.

    Speaker Dogara made this known in a statement today.

    “Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has received with sadness, the news of the death of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Independence Ogunewe,” the statement read.

    The Speaker, describing the late Ogunewe, who was a member of the 5th and 6th assemblies, as a man of courage who stood for the truth always, said he was deeply saddened by the loss.

    He prayed that the Lord grant his immediate family, friends and associates the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

     

  • Over 1,500 APC members defect to PDP in Katsina State

    Over 1,500 APC members defect to PDP in Katsina State

    Over 1,500 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Radda town, Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    The defectors moved to the PDP with their leader, Alhaji Mustapha Radda, APC youth mobilisation officer in the state from 2010 to 2016.

    Receiving the defectors, the PDP state chairman, Alhaji Salisu Majigiri, said the party had constituted reception committee to receive defectors to the party.

    “The committee is mandated to receive all the people who defected to our party from other parties.

    “We shall treat all those who defected to our party equally without any form of discrimination.

    “Just this week, we received Alhaji Umar Tata APGA governorship candidate in the 2015 election to our party together with his supporters.

    “We are ready to provide level playing ground to old and new members during future elections and there will be no imposition of candidates this time around,” Majigiri said.

    In his remarks, Radda, the leader of the defectors, said he decided to dump the APC for the PDP to rescue his people from alleged maltreatment.

    “We have done a lot for the APC, but today my people especially the youths that I mobilised have nothing to show for it.

    “We did not benefit from the APC poverty alleviation programme meant to rescue women and youths from poverty; we have presented several requests to those that matter but we were rejected,’’ Radda said.

    Also speaking, Tata the former APGA governorship candidate said the defectors were prepared for the restructuring of the PDP for effective service delivery.

    He said that the leadership of the PDP had promised to assist the youths with capital to establish their business.

     

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