Katsina State

December 09, (THEWILL) - Officers of the Nigeria Police Force have successfully rescued 23 kidnapped victims, including 20 in Katsina State and three in Akwa Ibom State, in a series of operations lauded for their bravery and precision. The Force...

October 26, (THEWILL) - The Defence Headquarters, on Friday, said that one of its soldiers, a naval personnel deployed at FOB Dansadua, for Operation FANSAN YAMMA, went berserk, shooting sporadically and killed a colleague. The Director, Defence Media Operations,...

October 04, (THEWILL) – Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Friday, invaded the Dan-Ali community in Danmusa Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. Residents told newsmen that the bandits have, in the last week, prevented farmers from accessing their...

September 03, (THEWILL) – Hajiya Aya Dada Yar’Adua, the mother of former Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has died at the age of 102. Affectionately known as “Dada", a family source said the matriarch died peacefully on Monday evening,...

September 02, (THEWILL) – A section of the Katsina State Government House has been razed by fire on Monday morning. An eyewitness said the fire razed the affected structures for several hours before it was put out around 6:00...

August 02, (THEWILL) – The Katsina State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Dutsinma Local Government Area. A statement signed by Abdullahi Aliyu-Yar’adua, the director of media at the office of the secretary to the state government, Abdullahi...

March 05, (THEWILL)- A notorious terrorist leader, Maikusa, and three others have been neutralised by Nigerian army troops during a counter-insurgency operation in Kurfi and Safana Local Government Areas of Katsina State, on Monday, March 4. The operation also resulted...

February 16, (THEWILL) - At least three persons have been killed and several others abducted by bandits, who invaded a mosque in the Kankara local government area of Katsina State, on Thursday. According to security, the bandits raided the...

February 04, (THEWILL) - The Northwest Youths Progressives Forum has faulted the position of the Katsina Elders Forum asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse his administration's decisions or risk losing the support of the North in the...

January 20, (THEWILL) - At least one police officer has been confirmed killed and another injured, following a bandit's attack on a Police duty post at Saki Jiki village, in the Batsari local government area of Katsina State. In a...