Troops comb Kaduna forest for abducted emir, kids

 Troops have stormed Kaduna forest in search of Emir of Kajuru Alhaji Alhassan Adamu and 10 members of his family kidnapped at the weekend.

  The emir’s abduction is another in the series of abductions in Kaduna in the last one week. The   situation has turned Kaduna to epicenter of abductions in the country, especially of school children. Last week, the state police command said more than 250 school children had been kidnapped in the state in the last one year.

Italy Win Euro 2020, Deny England First Trophy In 55 Years

 

  Italy have beaten England on penalties to win the Euro 2020, denying the Three Lions their first major trophy in 55 years. 

The winner of Nigerian Idol Season6- Kingdom

 

   This computer science and informatics student at the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State is no stranger to singing. Kingdom sings with the Pamela Scott Music band based in Port Harcourt and has performed at wedding ceremonies, birthday parties and church services.

Singer, Sound Sultan dies at 44

   

Singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi aka Sound Sultan, has died. A statement released by his family says he died on July 11 after a long battle with throat cancer. The singer is survived by his wife and three children.

Ex-Kaduna deputy governor, Bala Bantex is dead

 

The immediate past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Arc. Bala Bantex, has died. Bantex who served in the first tenure of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, died in an Abuja hospital today Sunday, July 11. He was aged 64.

    Bantex was deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019 when he resigned to contest for Kaduna South Senate seat in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was defeated by the incumbent, Senator Danjuma La’ah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Confirming the death, Governor El-Rufai, in a statement released this afternoon, wrote;)