Katsina State

August 12, (THEWILL) - The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), has ordered an investigation into the Katsina border town accident involving one of its vehicles which claimed eight lives on Monday. A statement by the spokesman of...

August 06, (THEWILL) - Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, on Thursday disclosed that 10 out of 34 local government areas of the state are under persistent attacks by bandits and kidnappers. Masari, worried over the development, said the deteriorating...

July 19, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Katsina Police Command have foiled an attack by suspected bandits at Layin Minister, in Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement...

July 18, (THEWILL) - The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the approval of N6.25 billion for the flag-off of the Katsina ranch. Okechukwu, who urged the President to fast-forward...

June 16, (THEWILL)- Security operatives from the Katsina Police Command, have arrested a 13-year-old boy, Abdulkareem Mati, who allegedly killed two bandits and fled the forest where he was kept. The spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 04, (THEWILL) – Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted contrabands with a duty paid value worth N101,027,350 smuggled into the country through various illegal routes existing in Katsina State. Out of the total seizures made on...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 26, (THEWILL) – The police in Katsina State have neutralised five suspected bandits, arrested 16 others and recovered 69 rustled cows and some quantities of drugs from the felons. Those arrested included a Musa Shamsudin, 25, nabbed...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 22, (THEWILL) - The Katsina Emirate Council has sacked the district head of Kankara, Sarkin Pawwa Katsina, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal, over alleged complicity in banditry. The Sarkin Yakin Katsina, Alhaji Bello Mamman Ifo, told newsmen in Katsina...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 21, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Thursday attacked the St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi, in Katsina State, and abducted two priests, Reverend Fr. Alphonsus Bello and Rev. Fr. Joe Keke. THEWILL learnt that...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 19, (THEWILL) - One person has been reported killed and 21 others abducted in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. An eyewitness told Channels Television that the armed bandits arrived in Batsari town at about 10:20pm...