KADUNA KILLINGS: NUDE WOMEN BARRICADE YERO’S CONVOY

Angered by the recent killings of over 50 persons in their villages, hundreds of half-nude women yesterday protested before the convoy of Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero in Sanga local government of Kaduna State, accusing the state government of neglecting to protect their lives and properties.
The half-nude women, dressed in black attire, booed and threw objects at the long convoy of the governor in Fadan Karshi, Sanga local government area.
The women were angry that after not less than seven attacks on their villages, in which not less than 300 villagers were killed since last July, the governor did not visit the place until a few weeks to the primary elections.
Meanwhile, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday alleged that the killings that had occurred in Sanga LGC were carried out by terrorists and that 300 lives had been lost in the invasions.

KADUNA ASSEMBLY DECLARES MACE MISSING

Kaduna — The official mace of the Kaduna State House of Assembly has been stolen.
The mace with which is the symbol of authority of the House, “disappeared” last September 24 and has not been found since then.
However, the House of Assembly, yesterday, directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate the whereabouts of the official mace.
The directive was sequel to a motion moved by Alhaji Aliyu Jigo, member representing Kakangi constituency in Birnin-Gwari Local Government, of the state.
He said the reason for moving the motion was to protect the integrity of the House.
He said: ”It has been noticed that the mace usually used for conducting the business of the House is not there, the House has been using the back-up mace to conduct its business.”
According to him, the mace is the symbol of authority in the house which is generally respected by members, adding: “I feel it is very wrong for any member to remove it from the house”.

KADUNA SPEAKER ATTENDS SITTING AFTER 70 DAYS

Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Mu’azu Usman Gangara, showed up at the House sitting yesterday after 70 days of absenteeism.
It would be recalled that Alhaji Gangara and other principal officers of the assembly were removed by other members and replaced with new officers on September 24, 2013 over their refusal to attend the day’s sitting without prior communication. Since then, the speaker has been absent from sittings. Gangara was enraged over the development and sought legal redress. Throughout his stay in the ple-nary yesterday, he never said a word, our correspondent observed.

CONFUSION AS TWO SPEAKERS EMERGE IN KADUNA ASSEMBLY

The crisis in the Kaduna State House of Assembly took a new dimension on Tuesday with the emergence of two speakers, following the impeachment of speaker Mua’azu Gangara and the appointment of a new speaker, Shehu Usman Tahir.
Nineteen members had earlier in the day removed Gangara at a sitting where both the speaker and his deputy, Mr Dogara Matoh, were absent.
The lawmakers, led by a Peoples Democratic Party member, representing Makera State Constituency, Mr. Phelimon Gidanmana, also appointed Tahir (PDP-Giwa West), as the new Speaker.

WIFE SETS HUSBAND ABLAZE ...FOR SPENDING 10 DAYS WITH CO-WIFE

The question on the lips of neighbours of a senior legislative aide to Senator Mohammad Sani Sale, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Mallam Mohammad Ibrahim Matazu penultimate Thursday was what manner of jealousy would make a woman set her husband ablaze?

It was the same question on the lips of mourners, who trooped into the victim’s home last Wednesday, when the news of his eventual death as result of the burnt he sustained from the incident hits the neighborhood. 
He was said to have died at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika at about 4pm on the fateful day.