The Katsina State Agency for Mass Education has announced plans to commence literacy classes for repentant bandits, as part of a broader initiative to reintegrate them into society and sustain ongoing peace efforts in the state. The programme, according to the Executive Director of the agency, Bilkisu Muhammad Kakai, will offer both Islamic and Western…
Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly faking her own abduction and orchestrating the kidnapping of her four-year-old sister, in a desperate plot to extort a N50 million ransom from their father. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, announced the arrest while briefing pressmen at the Katsina Command Headquarters yesterday. He…
The Katsina State Government on Saturday called for the cancellation of the English language examination recently conducted by the West African Examination Council. The call followed an incident that led to the commencement of the examination several hours behind the scheduled time nationwide on Wednesday. The position of the state was announced in Katsina by…
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, for the alleged murder of her co-wife, Zainab Lawal, 30, following a violent domestic altercation in Daura town. The tragic incident occurred late on May 24, 2025, behind Dadi Primary School in the Sabon Gari area of Daura. According to the police, a…
Three members of the house of representatives from Katsina state have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The notices of defection were read by Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, during plenary on Thursday. All three lawmakers attributed their defections to the internal crisis in the opposition party….
President Bola Tinubu has urged governors across the 36 states to focus on delivering tangible results that directly impact citizens’ lives and ignore “armchair critics” who may seek to distract them. The president spoke on Friday as he commenced a two-day working visit to Katsina. During the visit, the president inaugurated key infrastructure projects completed…
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. The statement…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that nine persons lost their lives and 11 others injured in a lone crash on Malumfashi – Kafur Road in Katsina State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Aliyu Ma’áji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Katsina. He said preliminary investigation indicated that the lone crash involved a…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Barebari, mother of Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, is dead. An impeccable family source confirmed that she passed on in the early hours of Sunday, after a brief illness. A close associate of the family who spoke with our Correspondent described Hajiya Safara’u as, “a pillar of…
Troops of operation Fansan Yanma have killed two “notorious bandit leaders” identified as Yusuf Gwamna and Malam Ashiru in Dutsin-Ma LGA of Katsina state. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the operation, carried out late Friday night, was led by a joint security task force comprising the military,…