Photos: Buhari Commissions $1.457bn Abuja-Kaduna Rail

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday finally commissioned the $1.457bn Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail project started by the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Present at the ceremony were Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi; Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, among many other aides of President Buhari, as well as chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

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Blood Will Flow If You Demolish Any House In Gbagyi Villa – Sokapu Youths Warn El-Rufai

The Youth Wing of Southern Kaduna Youth Peoples Union (SOKAPU), who were viciously angry, have issued a stern warning to Mallam Nasir El-rufai, the Kaduna State governor, to re-consider the planned demolition of Gbagyi Villa, a community with over 4,000 structures in Kaduna metropolis.

The youths condemned the plan to continue with the demolition especially since the case was still pending in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Comrade Nasiru Jagaba, the SOKAPU National Youth Co-ordinator, while speaking at the stakeholders meeting organized by the group on Saturday in Kaduna, said that “it is obvious the governor wants blood, as he is so desperate to go ahead with the demolition plan.”

He warned that if even one building was touched, the situation could get ugly, with his comment greeted with cheers from the other youths who in their support for the speaker, almost made the meeting rowdy.

“I pray this issue can be addressed peacefully because we love our state, so we can go about our duties without fear. If anything happens, it would take us years back from the gains we have made at ensuring peace,” he added. 

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KADUNA STATE APPOINTS NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER

A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed in Kaduna state.

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase appointed Adamu Ibrahim as the new Kaduna State Command.

He replaces Umar Shehu who has been transferred to force headquarters, Abuja.

In a press release issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Zubairu Abubakar, says that the new commissioner enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force in 1986, and was a one time deputy force secretary, commissioner of police in Abia state.

Before his posting to Kaduna, he was the commissioner of Police Administration, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The new commissioner, who took over from his predecessor on Friday, holds a masters degree in Law and Criminal Justice from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

CHRISTIANS COME FOR EL-RUFAI OVER MUSLIM MAJORITY CLAIM IN KADUNA

Recent claim by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that Muslims constitute 70 per cent of the population of the state, has pitched him against the leadership of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), an umbrella body for ethnic nationalities in the Christian dominated part of the state challenging him to produce empirical evidence to authenticate the claim.

KADUNA STATE TO EXPLORE GOLD RESERVES FOR CREATION OF JOBS - EL-RUFAI

Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, revealed on Wednesday, that the government of Kaduna state has just found out that there is more gold in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state than in South Africa’s gold reserves.