Faith Awa Maji

Nigeria

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Katsina State Correspondent at The Punch

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Military, police promise security at Easter

6 days ago | punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Tunde Oyekola |Faith Awa Maji |Animasahun Salman |Ademola Adegbite

As Christians across the country prepare to celebrate Easter, beginning with Good Friday, security agencies have pledged to ensure safety and peace throughout the festive period. The military high command, state police commands and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps commands assured Nigerians of heightened surveillance, increased personnel deployment, and inter-agency coordination to prevent any breach of law and order during the celebrations.
Corruption not tolerated under my watch, Katsina gov tells LG chairmen

1 week ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

Katsina State on Monday swore in the newly elected chairmen of the 34 local government areas. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony, in Katsina, the State Governor, Dikko Radda, warned that his administration will leave no stone unturned if anyone is found guilty of corruption. “Corruption, inefficiency, and negligence will not be tolerated under my watch”, he said.
Katsina, SFH expand agreement on maternal, child health interventions

1 week ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

The Katsina State Government has attached an addendum to the existing memorandum of understanding it signed with the Society for Family Health on expanded maternal, child health interventions designed to enhance healthcare service delivery in the state.
FG, Katsina sign MoU to revitalise cultural monuments

1 week ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Katsina State to harness its unique cultural monuments, including the iconic Gobarau Minaret and Kusugu Well and Durbi Ta Kusheyi in Daura, Katsina, and the Mani local government areas of the state.
Resurgent terror attacks unsettle North

1 week ago | punchng.com | Ismaeel Uthman |Olufemi Adediran |John Charles |James Abraham |Animasahun Salman |Faith Awa Maji | +1 more

The resurgence of terror attacks in some parts of the North has raised concerns among stakeholders as many displaced residents decry the attitude of both state and federal governments to their plight. Boko Haram, bandits and armed herders were said to have sacked no fewer than 250 communities in the region, with 6,000 displaced residents reported to be sleeping in religious houses in Plateau State.
Military airstrike kills top ISWAP commander, 100 others in Katsina

1 week ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

A top terrorist commander known as Gwaska, who was the second-in-command to a leader linked to ISWAP, has been killed alongside 100 others during a major military operation in Katsina State. This was announced in a statement by the Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, on Friday.
Speaker Abbas consoles Radda over mother's death

1 week ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, on Friday, received the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who came to pay a condolence visit to the governor, following the demise of his mother, Hajiya Safara’u Barebari. During the solemn visit at Katsina House in Abuja, Abbas described the late Hajiya Safara’u as a mother who lived a remarkable life, one that spanned nearly nine decades.
UNICEF, Katsina focus on polio eradication as priority for 2025

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

The United Nations Children’s Fund has lamented the continuous presence of the polio virus in Katsina State, emphasising that it would work closely with the state government to prioritise its eradication in 2025. Chief of UNICEF Field Office Kano, Mr. Rahama Fara, stated this on Thursday during the signing of UNICEF-Katsina State Multi-year Work plan 2025-2027 at Government House Chamber, Katsina.
Security operatives rescue 10 kidnap victims in Katsina

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

The Katsina State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs announced that joint security operatives have rescued 10 kidnapped victims, including six women and four men who were abducted from Kiroro, Kabbi, and Dogon Marke communities, Musawa Local Government Area of the State by armed bandits on Tuesday.
Terrorists kidnap over 50, kill six in Katsina

2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Faith Awa Maji

Terrorists in coordinated attacks kidnapped 53 and killed six persons in the Funtua and Dandume Local Government Areas of Katsina on Saturday and Sunday. The PUNCH learnt that residents of Funtua Local Government Area in Katsina State raised the alarm over a fresh wave of attacks by the terrorists who invaded several villages, killing and kidnapping women and children.