Kano
1 day ago
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has pledged to implement the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) on the #EndBadGovernance protest. Yusuf spoke while receiving the report from the chairman of the commission, retired Justice Lawan Mahmoud, on Wednesday in Kano. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson Sunusi Dawakin…
3 days ago
The Health and Development Support Programme (HANDS), an NGO, has trained community health workers in Kano on the Social Behavioural Communication Change (SBCC) strategy. The training, held on Monday in Kano, focused on raising awareness about Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices. Mr Muhammad Dan’Aro, the state Programme Officer of…
3 days ago
To bridge the knowledge gap in Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science and cybersecurity, a firm, Blink Tech Solutions has trained
3 days ago
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Sunday issued a stern warning to teachers, prohibiting them from involving students in hard labour, both on and off school grounds. This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa. The governor emphasised that schools are for education and moral guidance, not for manual labour.…
3 days ago
Ahead of 2027, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday threatened to constitute a 'shadow government' to expose the failures of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's administration in Kano. The Patriotic Volunteers, a group within the Kano chapter of APC, insisted that the option of a shadow government has become necessary to put Kano on…
4 days ago
Determined to address the perennial acute water shortage in Kano, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, has taken delivery of 10 heavy submersible water
15 Feb
A new Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Kano State Command, Mr Shafi’u Abdulmumini, has assumed duty.
14 Feb
Alhaji Rabi’u Bichi, Managing Director, Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority(HJRBDA), has lauded President Bola Tinubu for allocating N150 billion in the 2025 budget for the construction of a railway line in Kano city. Bichi said this in a statement signed by him in Kano on Friday. ”We extend our gratitude to Tinubu for his visionary…
14 Feb
No fewer than 23 persons were killed, and 48 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a ghastly road crash on the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange Flyover, Hotoro, Kano. Eyewitnesses told The Guardian that the accident, which involved a heavy truck with an unknown registration number conveying goods and passengers, occurred Thursday night. It was…
14 Feb
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has inaugurated a 21-member Kano State Peace and Youth Rehabilitation Committee to tackle crime and promote socioeconomic stability in the state. Speaking during the inauguration at the Government House, Kano, Governor Yusuf tasked the committee with collaborating with security agencies to combat the rising menace of phone snatching,…
12 Feb
Top members of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), who are grassroots mobilisers of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was announced by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, who welcomed them to the APC. According to Jibrin, who shared on X, the first…
10 Feb
Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), Kano State Command, says it received no fewer than 25 complaints in January. The Commander of NFSS in the state, Abdullahi Al’ameen, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday. Al’ameen said that out of the 25 complainants received, 18…
Latest
3 mins ago
Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy. As a curtain-raiser to the G20 summit in November, the foreign ministers will gather for talks over two days, held…
4 mins ago
The Lagos State House of Assembly has debunked a media report claiming that 27 members are planning to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) to the opposition Labour Party (LP). The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Mr. Stephen Ogundipe, debunked this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogundipe described the…
12 mins ago
Equity markets turned negative on Thursday and gold hit a record high amid Federal Reserve concerns that US President Donald Trump's tariffs and immigration measures could reignite inflation. The losses come despite a second-straight record close on Wall Street and follow a recent rally as traders have rolled with the president's latest tariff salvos, betting…
17 mins ago
The Police Command in Lagos State have on Wednesday dismissed the viral video making the rounds on social media that three alleged kidnappers were caught in Lagos. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement in Lagos, said that the video was false, misleading and malicious. Hundeyin said that the video was meant to…
22 mins ago
Nigeria’s central bank CBN is expected to hold interest rates steady at 27.5% on Thursday, pausing its aggressive tightening cycle following a sharp decline in inflation, driven by a revision in data calculation methods. A Bloomberg poll of nine economists found that seven anticipate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will maintain the current rate…
28 mins ago
The Senate will begin a two-day public hearing on the four tax reform bills presented by President Bola Tinubu to improve the nation’s tax administration. Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Sani Musa, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Sani after a closed session with members of the committee said…
29 mins ago
The Adamawa State Government has dismissed social media reports claiming that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has removed all District Heads and title holders across the state, labeling the information as a "mischievous misrepresentation." A spokesman to the governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, clarified that the directive was solely aimed at ensuring harmony within the traditional institution following…
37 mins ago
The immediate past Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says allegations of a sudden discovery of a “cache of arms and ammunition” in his office are an attempt to tarnish his image. Obasa, a six-term lawmaker, made this known in a personally signed statement in Lagos on Thursday. He described the…
39 mins ago
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), on Thursday, issued a heat stress warning following a surge in temperatures across the country. NiMet posted a brief report on X, stating that as of Wednesday, February 19, maximum temperatures reached between 38 and 40 degrees Celsius. The agency noted that Yelwa recorded the highest at 40℃. According to…
50 mins ago
The 36 state governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), are meeting in Abuja to discuss tax reform and other national issues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting is chaired by the forum’s chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara. Governors from Oyo, Anambra, Bauchi, Jigawa, Lagos, Ogun, Abia,…