The Federal Government has officially cancelled the annual military parade for this year’s Democracy Day celebration, scheduled for Thursday, June 12, 2025. However,this announcement was made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee coordinating the Democracy Day programme, confirming that the parade typically a central feature of the national celebration will not hold this year. The announcement, however stated that” Instead, the 2025 commemoration will begin with a national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at 7 a.m. While President is expected to reflect on Nigeria’s democratic journey, examine the current state of the nation, and highlight ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening democratic institutions…
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The organizer of President Tinubu Mother’s Qur’an Recitation Competition, organized by Senator Bashir Lado has fulfilled the awards of four new brand Houses to the winners of the exercises. However,the competition, which was said to had been organized as a memorial to the Mother of President Tinubu, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji Tinubu, was also meant to make young people to read the holy book and memorize it. Speaking while presenting the houses to the winners, Professor Ali Muhammad, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, said the aims was to continue remembrance of the President Tinubu Mother’s as well as inculcate the…
Kano state commissioner of information and internal affairs Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya,in his Sallah message said ” Let us celebrate with moderation and continue to pray for the success of our leaders and for enduring peace in Kano State and Nigeria as a whole. To the good people of Kano State and the entire Muslim Ummah, I wish you all a peaceful and joyous Eid El-Kabir celebration He then congratulated Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on the occasion of Eid-El-Kabjr celebration. Accordibg to a statement he personally signed, Waiya also greets the national leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has declared Monday, 2nd June as a public holiday to symphathize with the victims’ families,that loss their relative to accident that lost their lives in a tragic auto accident that claimed 22 lives and left several others seriously injured. While His Excellency is away in Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj Operation, he directed that Monday, 2nd June 2025, be declared as a public holiday for the good people of Kano to pray and sympathize with the families of the victims. He then expressed deep sorrow and extended heartfelt condolences to the families…
President Bola Tinubu has received with deep sorrow the tragic news of an accident involving members of the Kano State contingent who were returning from the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State. On behalf of the Federal Government, the President extends heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Kano State, as well as to the families and loved ones of those who died in the accident. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy)Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement signed and made available to press on Saturday The statement reads:” This is a devastating blow to…
Kano State Government, has said it will give N1m to each of the families of the 22 Athletes who died in a road accident while returning from the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Making this announcement was made by the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, during a visit to Nasarawa Hospital, where the bodies of the deceased were deposited. He however spoke on behalf of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf., the deputy governor then described the accident a painful tragedy. “This is a very sad day for Kano and the entire nation. These young athletes had just…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for assenting to the bill converting the Federal Polytechnic Kabo to Federal University of Science and Technology, Kabo, Kano State. It will be recalled that” The correspondences of the President on the establishment of three universities in Kano, Akwa Ibom and Oyo states were read on the floor of the Senate during Tuesday’s sitting presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, However,the Deputy President of the Senate, who sponsored the bill on the conversion of the Federal Polytechnic Kabo…
The Kano State Government has expressed, joy and satisfaction with the landmark judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, which overturned an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court in Kano that sought to stop the conduct of local government council elections in the state. It will be recalled that in it’s ruling, the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Oyewumi, declared that the Federal High Court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain a matter concerning the conduct of local government councils elections. It will also be recalled that the case was initially instituted by the All…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja presided over by Justice Oyewumi ,has overturned the ruling of a Federal High Court, Kano which had earlier halted the conduct of local government elections in the state, declaring that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The appellate court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Oyewumi on Friday, ruled that the Federal High Court exceeded its constitutional authority by intervening in issues related to the conduct of local government elections, a responsibility solely within the jurisdiction of state authorities. However,with this ruling, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal filed…
The Dangote, Gates foundations in collaboration with Community Reorientation Women Network, (CROWN,) Dangote, Gate Foundations, others facilitated vaccination of 20,000 children in 3 States,which includes Bauchi, Sokoto and Kano The group also” do lifesaving vaccinations for over 20, 000 children, linked over 50,000 pregnant women to Antenatal services in six states across the north. ” However, speaking during a Press Conference in Kano Thursday, the Managing Director and Chief Executive officer Dangote Foundation Zouera Yousouffou, disclosed that CROWN has galvanized over 5,000 Ambassadors, placing them in these women collectives, to provide key messages to caregiver, identify children and women needing…