Author: Northern Rose

Kano, Jan.18, 2026 Kano State Police Command, has confirmed arrest of three suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano on  Saturday 17th January, 2026. A statement signed by CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, the Command’s public relations officer, made this known on Sunday. It said that under the direction of Kano’s Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, a team of police crack operatives successfully arrested the suspects. The suspects, according to the statement, were Umar Auwalu 23 of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters Kano, Isyaku Yakubu AKA ‘Chebe’, 40 years of…

Dutse, Jan. 11, 2026 Jigawa state Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Jigawa, has demanded for justice through a swift, transparent, thorough and impartial investigation into a case of abduction and rape of a Minor from Hadejia area of Jigawa, by a suspect believed to be a security operative. A statement signed by Esq AB Umar, Publicity Secretary NBA Jigawa state Branch, made this known on Saturday, appealed for action to ascertain the culpability of the suspect and any other persons complicit in this egregious case. According to the statement, the association received with profound shock and immense pain,…

O Dutse, Jan. 8 2026 One Abubakar Muhammed of Nomi village in Taura local government area of Jigawa state, has been sentenced to death by hanging,or raping a 15-year-old boy. Justice Ado Yusuf of court 5, Jigawa state high Court delivered the judgment on Thursday, when the convict pleaded guilty to the charge of having unlawful carnal intercourse with a 15-year-old boy from the same vicinity. In his judgement,  Justice Yusuf said the convict committed an offence contrary to Section 3(1) a&b of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law, and punishable under Section 3(2) 4 & 5 of the…

Jigawa, Jan. 6, 2026 Former Minister of Defence, Mr Badaru Abubakar, has dismissed reports circulating on social media, alledging that he is defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the claims as baseless and speculative. In a statement signed by the former minister on Tuesday, he categorically stated that the report was entirely false and a declared it a product of political mischief. Badaru in the statement, revealed that he remains firmly committed to the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a founding member, noting that his loyalty to the party remains absolute and unwavering. He however, urged the…

Kano, Jan.4, 2026 The Parents’ Association of Maryam Abacha American University (MAAUN), have commended the Founder and President of the MAAUN Group of Universities, Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, for the successful conduct of the institution’s maiden convocation ceremony. The Association’s Chairman, Alhaji Mustapha Balarabe, made the commendation on behalf of parents, during an interaction with journalists shortly after the convocation ceremony held at the university’s campus in Kano. Balarabe said, parents were particularly impressed by Professor Gwarzo’s decision to sponsor 45 best-performing graduates, for postgraduate studies in foreign universities, describing the initiative as a major boost to academic excellence and…

Yobe, Jan. 4, 2026 Yobe State in Nigeria’s northeast is in the news again for apparently wrong reason. Reports of the outcome of a preliminary findings from a Chronic Kidney Disease research conducted by the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BIORTC) have raised serious public health concerns across communities and questioned early responses to epidemic on the part of the authorities as well as access to healthcare facilities by the masses. The revelation also exposed an apparent lack of access to portable water supply, a basic necessity the people need to enhance their standard of living. The research led…

Abuja, Jan. 4, 2026 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to track and apprehend the perpetrators of the Kasuwan Daji attack. A statement signed by Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, made this known in Abuja on Sunday. The statement disclosed that the President also directed security agencies to rescue all the abducted victims urgently. The directives according to the statement, was issued in response to the…

Nigeria Dec. 29, 2025 Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, has expressed deep shock over the tragic news of a fatal accident involving journalists, staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and Gombe Ministry of Information. A statement signed by Mr Ismaila Uba Misilli, Director-General Press Affairs, Gombe government House, made this known on Monday. The accident, as confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corp, occurred along the Billiri-Kumo Road, while the victims were returning from a colleague’s wedding ceremony in Kaltungo. Gov. Yahaya according to the statement, described the incident, as a tragedy that has plunged Gombe State into mourning, noting…

Dutse, Dec.25, 2025 Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa state has appointed  Local Government Coordinators for the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme (RHWDP), to steer the movement in Jigawa state. The state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Dutse. The appointments according to the statement, are part of the Namadi administration’s sustained commitment to strengthening grassroots governance. “It also aims at promoting inclusive development, and ensuring effective implementation of the Renewed Hope Agenda at ward and community levels,” Musa explained in the statement. The report added that the…

Dutse, Dec. 25, 2025 Jigawa state Governor Umar Namadi, has grated state pardon to nine inmates serving various sentence in Jigawa state correctional facility. The state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Dutse. He stated that amongst those pardoned, there were two young offenders, who were granted pardon to continue pursuing their higher education. According to him, “The two young offenders have excelled in their studies and had exhibited good character while in detention, thus qualified for the executive pardon. “The remaining seven inmates have substantially…