Radda mourns as ex-Katsina military administrator Akaagerger dies at 69

The Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda, has received news of the passing of Colonel Joseph Akaagerger, who served meritoriously as Military Administrator of Katsina State from August 1998 to M...

19th May 2025

Police arrest four suspected drug traffickers in Katsina

Katsina State Police Command has arrested four suspects attempting to smuggle some illicit drugs to Maradi in the neighbouring Niger Republic. The suspects, aged between 20 and 35 years, were arrested...

18th May 2025

Hajji: Katsina donates R1,228,200 to pilgrims

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umar Radda, has donated R1,228,200 to pilgrims for Hadiyyah (sacrificial goat), as he urged the muslims to pray for a lasting peace while in the holy land. The governor d...

18th May 2025

Katsina to host national statistics meeting on state GDP

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, will formally declare open the first biannual meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics scheduled for May 21-22, 2025, at the Katsina State Secr...

17th May 2025

Northern group decries renewed bandits' attacks in Katsina 

The Coalition of Northern Groups, Katsina State chapter has on Friday called for an immediate action to address the renewed bandits’ attacks on communities in the Southern part of the state. Sta...

16th May 2025

PHOTOS: Windstorm wreaks havoc in Katsina, leaves residents homeless

A devastating windstorm swept through parts of Katsina State on Wednesday evening, destroying numerous homes and displacing several residents across multiple communities. The storm, which followed the...

15th May 2025

Men need to speak out on sexual harassment - Don

A lecturer from the Department of History and Strategic Studies, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Professor Elizabeth Yecho, has advocated the urgent passage of laws that promote women’s...

13th May 2025

Police nab suspected fraudster, recover fake currencies

Operatives of the Kaduna Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old suspected fraudster, Sanusi Ahmed of Sokoto Rima quarters, who specialises in circulating counterfeit currencies in Kaduna. Briefing...

12th May 2025

Police arrest 273 suspects for robbery, kidnapping, murder in Katsina

Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested no fewer than a total of 273 suspects for various crimes, including robbery, kidnapping, murder, unlawful possession of firearms, among others, in Apr...

12th May 2025

NAF engages Katsina students, holds career day at college

The Nigeria Air Force has organised a career day for Dikko College, Katsina, in Katsina State as part of its Civil-Military Relations programme to mark its 61st anniversary nationwide. According to th...

10th May 2025

North West governors meet in Kaduna

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, on Friday, presided over a strategic meeting of the North-West Governors’ Forum in Kaduna State. The meeting, aimed at deepening regional collaboration, is b...

10th May 2025

NYSC DG warns corps members against involvement in politics

The Director General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has challenged Corps members posted to Katsina State on the need to promote cultural integration as service to the...

6th May 2025

NMA rejects casualisation policy

The Nigerian Medical Association has rejected  the proposal on the National Prescription Policy that is currently being pushed forward and the constant and continuous casualisation of appointment of ...

6th May 2025

Katsina gov pays tribute to Yar’adua

Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda has paid tribute to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua on the 15th anniversary of his passing. This was contained in a statement released by the Chi...

5th May 2025

Security officer injured as police foil kidnap attempt in Katsina

The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, says the command foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered one AK-47 rifle and one motorcycle on Friday. This is contained in a s...

5th May 2025

Security beefed up in Katsina as NSCDC prepares for Tinubu’s visit

The Katsina State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Aminu Ahmad has deployed 2160 personnel in preparation for the presidential working visit in the state on Friday. The state comm...

2nd May 2025

Katsina NLC seeks swift implementation of minimum wage

The Nigerian Labour Congress, Katsina State chapter, has called for the immediate implementation of the full minimum wage across all sectors of government. The Chairman of the Union, Hussaini Hamisu, ...

1st May 2025

FG to raise health centres to 17,000 by 2027 - Minister

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, said the Federal Government would expand the number of functional primary healthcare centres from approximately 1,800 i...

29th April 2025

Katsina to streamline commercial banks’ operations 

The Katsina State government, through the office of the Special Adviser on the Department of Banking and Finance to the State Governor, Bilkisu Suleman Ibrahim, has taken steps to streamline the opera...

29th April 2025

Katsina poly graduates 408 students

Federal Polytechnic Daura, local government area of Katsina State, convocated 408 graduates on Saturday across 11 departments. The expanded academic framework encompassed six schools including Enginee...

27th April 2025