The Katsina State Police Command said its operatives successfully foiled an attack by bandits on Ruwan Doruwa village in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. The police said seven suspected bandits were killed in the operation while 61 cows, 44 sheep, two donkeys, one goat, and one dog were recovered.

Dandashire, who was shot at Kankara General Hospital in Katsina State by bandits is alive, the Police Command in Katsina, has confirmed. DSP Abubakar Aliyu, the command spokesman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Katsina.

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy in Dankama town, Kaita Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the victim,

Under Governor Dikko Radda, Katsina has certainly switched gears, fixing the foundations and decisively turning the page for Katsina people. But there is certainly more work to do, and I am sure the governor understands the immense work that is ahead of him; for now, one can only wish him and the Katsina people better days ahead.

Governors across Nigeria have demonstrated a growing consensus on the urgent need for state police, recognizing it as the most viable solution to the country’s worsening security crisis. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State recently delivered a compelling argument for decentralization, highlighting the inadequacies of the current system. He stated:

The recent accusations by General Abdulrahman T’chini, head of Niger’s military junta, alleging that the Nigerian government is plotting to destabilize Niger,

The Governor, Katsina State, Dikko Radda has stated that agriculture is key in Nigeria's quest to diversify its economy

In the aftermath of the recent soft target attack which affected patients and medical workers, the governor vowed that the fight against banditry across the state would be intensified.

At least 21 government militiamen were killed in an ambush by criminal gangs in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state, police said late on Friday.

Police did not elaborate further. The police did not say who the three men were other than they were visiting the school from northwestern Katsina state, one of the states worst hit by armed violence in northern Nigeria. Nigeria’s capital Abuja has in ...

Gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Kankara General Hospital in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and shot a medical doctor, identified as Murtala Dandashire, in the thigh.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged diversion of N1,294,337,676.53 belonging to the state government.