Katsina in a sentence

It was gathered that a polo match will be organised in his honour at the Katsina polo ground on Friday, after which turbaning ceremony will take place at the Katsina Emir’s Palace.

Earlier this year, road users and residents of Katsina State celebrated the commencement of the reconstruction of the 170km Marabar Kankara-Katsina road, which had become dilapidated 30 years after it was constructed.

Ibrahim Maikaita Bako, a Judge of the Federal High Court in Katsina state, who presided over N11bn fraud case against the former governor of Katsina state, Shehu Shema is dead.

Masari and the Deputy Governor of Katsina, Mannir Yakubu, were among dignitaries who bid the President farewell at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina.

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery syndicate terrorising Katsina metropolis.

While advising residents of Katsina state to be calm, Danja added that there was no other confirmed case of the virus in Katsina at the moment.

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In the president’s home state of Katsina, Governor Aminu Masari has joined in crying out about the state of insecurity at an extraordinary security meeting in Katsina.

Until I passed through Katsina recently, I would have perhaps agreed with Obasanjo but after being in Katsina, that is the President’s state, I know otherwise.

State) – President on Sunday met with members of Katsina Elders’ Forum at his private resident in Daura, Katsina State.

Abuja — Authorities in Nigeria's Katsina state have launched a joint security operation after 41 people were killed when a vigilante group clashed with bandits who attacked their village.

A former governor of Katsina State, Shehu Shema, on Friday gave the Peoples Democratic Party a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse his suspension from the party.

Beneficiary states are Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kaduna and for the purpose of equity band justice, we deliberately included Niger and Benue States.

Earlier, Fadahunsi led the delegation on a fact-finding mission to Katsina State and solicited the support of the state governor, Dikko Radda, to put a stop to the menace.

For Katsina North Senatorial District, the incumbent Senator Ahmed Babba-Kaita of the PDP lost to Nasir Zangon-Daura of the APC.

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has approved the immediate termination of the appointments of a Commissioner, two Permanent Secretaries and the Chairman of the State’s Pilgrims Welfare Board.

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has constituted an 11-member Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent killing of no fewer than 40 volunteers (Yan-Sakai) by terrorists.

He pledged the willingness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to collaborate with the state government to address the security challenges in Katsina State in order to ensure lasting peace in the state.

He said the suspects were all indigenes of Baburasa village under Kainji local government area of Niger State, who specialized in kidnapping and cattle rustling in Zamfara, Katsina and Niger states.

He urged Katsina electorate to queue behind President Buhari to support the APC presidential candidate and other candidates.