Tag: Kano State

Kano: Ganduje approves N3.9bn for township roads

Aminu Imam

Kano State Executive Council yesterday approved the sum of over N3, 942, 564, 267.77 billion for the construction of township roads in the three emirate councils.  The State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who told newsmen in Kano shortly after the State Executive Council meeting, said that the Emirate Council are Rano, Gaya and Karaye. According to him, the project was designed to boost the general economic status of the State. The Government spokesman disclosed that the council also granted approval for the augmentation of the sum of N42, 350,…

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Police arrest notorious female fraudster in Kano

Aminu Imam

The Police in Kano State have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Fati Umar Dikko, of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters, Gwale LGA, who had specialised in defrauding people in Kano and environs. Spokesman of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement. He said the Police received complaints from many people that a woman went to their shops at different addresses and made transactions and sent them fake phone alerts. Kiyawa said following a credible intelligence report, the Police succeeded in arresting the suspect while trying to collect another…

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Kano anti-graft agency seizes 2 trucks of poisonous maize

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, (PCACC), said it has seized two trucks of maize suspected to be contaminated with mycotoxins at Dawanau grain market in Kano metropolis. The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mahmoud Balarabe, stated this at a press conference yesterday, in Kano. Balarabe said the Commission had also sealed a warehouse stocked with suspected poisonous maize at the market and arrested two persons in connection with the circulation of the harmful grain. He said the Commission received an intelligence report on Sept.16, at about…

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KPHCMB commits to training and re-training of staff

Aminu Imam

Khadijah Bawas The Executive Secretary, Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr. Tijjani Hussain, has re-affirmed the Board’s commitment towards the training and retraining of its personal to make them more productive. The Executive Secretary made the assertion at the opening of a one-day familiarisation meeting, tagged: ‘Brown Bag’, organised by the Department of Administration and finance of the Board. Dr. Hussain further stated that the event, which is the first of its kind, will pave the way in discussing new initiatives under the Board to the staff and…

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“Why we are establishing a base in Kano” – Navy

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Navy has stated that it is establishing a base in Kano State because it is intended to be home to the newly-created Nigerian Navy Logistics College. This clarification, contained in a statement released by the naval spokesman, Suleiman Dahun, was made by the Nigerian Navy, following criticisms over its decision to site a base in the north-western State. According to the Naval spokesman, all naval establishments and units are called bases notwithstanding their physical location, adding that the Navy’s decision is strategic in decongesting its presence in Lagos…

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Proposed Kano train station will be like Ebute-Meta mega station – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says the approved design for the Dawachiki, Kano Train Station will be a mega station similar to the Ebute-Metta train station, which was commissioned in Lagos early this year. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known in a statement, signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Eric Ojiekwe yesterday. Amaechi, when he visited the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, at his Palace, said the resolve to replicate the station, was because of the commercial nature of the city and its…

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‘Kano becoming potential endemic State for human trafficking’ – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has raised the alarm that his state, Kano, is fast becoming a potential endemic state for human trafficking in the country. This, according to him, was perhaps, because of its status as an emerging business hub of the country, bearing in mind the giant infrastructural investments in the areas of massive road construction, rail line resuscitation, industrialisation and rapid development of small and medium-scale industries and other amenities. Ganduje expressed hope that the situation will improve for good soon following the recent interventions of…

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2023: Kwankwaso urges supporters to get ‘battle-ready’

Aminu Imam

The immediate past governor of Kano State, (Dr.) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has asked his supporters and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State to gear up for the “battle ahead”. Kwankwaso, who is the predecessor of the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urged members of the PDP to unite ahead of 2023, adding that the opposition party would defeat the APC. According to him, Ganduje’s bad leadership has is an albatross to the growth and development of the State. Kwankwaso, who is also the leader of the…

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Kano has 2 million drug addicts – NDLEA Boss, Marwa reveals 

Aminu Imam

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Chairman, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa(rtd), has disclosed that Kano State has about two million drug addicts, representing 16 percent prevalence. Marwa made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, yesterday, in Kano. “In Kano State, drug abuse prevalence is 16 percent; that is, in every six persons, one is a drug addict and they are between the ages of 15 years and 64 years”, he stated. The agency’s boss said since he assumed leadership of NDLEA…

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Kano: LGA bans men, women boys and girlfriends from meeting in public at night

Aminu Imam

…Says law aims to stop immoral activities occurring Rano local government area of Kano State, on Wednesday, enacted a bye-law banning men and women from meeting together in public places at night. The local government council said this was due to reported cases of immoral activities between girls and boys, including divorcees. It said lovers can now only meet at the daytime to discuss. According to the local government information officer, Habibu Faragai, the council chairman, Dahiru Muhammad, announced the law at a security committee meeting, attended by residents and…

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