Acting President Yemi Osinbajo asks for an end to the bloodshed

The Nigerian Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has asked for for an end to the bloodshed in Southern Kaduna.

While visiting Kaduna yesterday to inspect the Airport, Acting President held a meeting with religious and community leaders from Southern Kaduna.

New Year message from Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State

'We must uphold hope and a common humanity'

I felicitate with the people of Kaduna State as we welcome a new year. We invoke the blessings of the Almighty on all our people, that harmony will prevail in our land and that the apostles of violence and division will be shamed. We have high hopes for 2017; that it will be a year of peace and growth for our state, and our country, Nigeria.

Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State

For us in Kaduna State, 2016 was a year of attainments and challenges. We made tangible progress in implementing our governance agenda. Much has been done, but much more remains to accomplish. Through it all, we have confronted our difficulties with the same decisiveness that has produced results across sectors. We have imposed discipline on the finances of our state, increased IGR and ensured that we pass our budget well before a new calendar year.

We demonstrated our credentials as a state that is open for business. The quality of attendance and participation at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KADInvest), held in April 2016, testified that the private sector recognises our commitment to promoting investments and job-creation. The Olam and Vicampro investments in the agricultural sector are some of the concrete outcomes of this investment drive.

PRESS RELEASE: MILITARY ELITES HAVE A ROLE IN BUILDING A NEW NATION - PRESIDENT BUHARI

*Soldiers ought to also be public intellectuals

Our country at this time needs a new group of elites consisting of professionals in the military who will join in building a new nation built on high values of integrity, justice and diligence, according to President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a speech delivered over the weekend by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, in Kaduna state, the President said "the Armed Forces are probably the most visible symbols of national unity and cohesion," in the country. Addressing the audience made up of top military chiefs including service chiefs and new graduates of the College's Senior Course 38, the President told the military, "this is why the responsibility for fighting against all forms of ethnic and religious prejudices is yours."

We are Rescuing the future through today’s investments in Education - El-Rufai

Remarks by Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, at the formal inauguration of the World Bank-funded Global Partnership for Education; Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, 03 May 2016

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I wish to welcome our partners in the World Bank to Kaduna. Our assignment today is to formally inaugurate the Global Partnership for Education, which seeks to support Education in Kaduna State over the next four years. The size of the grant is USD 21m, and it is money that our schools direly need.