President Tinubu assures of state police, directs immediate review of security operations in Katsina
President Bola Tinubu has said that the armed forces will deploy more advanced military hardware and surveillance gadgets in Katsina State to halt the recent spate of attacks on innocent citizens by bandits. The President, who received a delegation of eminent citizens of the state led by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda at the State House, […]
Insecurity: declare state of emergency in Katsina, Zamfara, ADC tells Tinubu
Worried by the deteriorating security situation in the north western part of the country, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Katsina and Zamfara states which have been at the centre of the more gruesome killings in the last few days. It will […]
Senator Akaagerger dies at 69.
The former Military Administrator of Katsina State who handed over to the civilian governor at the return to democratic rule in 1999, Joseph Akaagerger has died, aged 69. Senator Akaagerger, who was born on May 5, 1956, retired from the Nigerian Army as a Colonel and later represented Benue Northeast in the Senate from […]