The Kano state Commissioner for Women, Children, and the Disabled, Hajiya Aisha Lawan Saji Rano, has urged husbands of VVF (vesicovaginal fistula) survivors to support and stand by their wives, regardless of the extent of urinary tract damage they are dealing with. She made the appeal during the distribution of support packages and items to 50 VVF survivors, at the VVF Hostel in Kwalli Kano Municipal. Aside, for the fact that a total of 50 VVF survivors were empowered during the event, also items disbursed included sewing machines, grinding engines, pop corn making machines, provisions and cash. She then congratulated the VVF survivors…
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The family of the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Thursday announced the passing of the elder statesman. A two-paragraph statement endorsed by the son of the octogenarian, Jide Iwuanyanwu, said that the Ohanaeze chieftain died after a brief illness at the age of 82. The text of the message reads: “Transition: The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta in Ikeduru in the local government area of Imo state announces the demise of our patriarch, Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu-Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo. Chief Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday, July 25, 2004 after a brief illness. He was aged 82.…
Kano State governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has granted approval to Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project,( KSADP) for the development of irrigation infrastructure at Kafin Chiri dam in Garko local government area of the state, at the cost of N2.5 billion. The State Project Coordinator of the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund,( LLF,) funded project, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, disclosed that “The initiative aims to boost agricultural production in the area and create more jobs for the teeming youths”, However,Malam Ibrahim told farmers during a pre-project stakeholder’s engagement at Garko local government secretariat that 419 hectares…
The Kano state Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna,has said that the state required,over N60 billion to provide furniture to 4.5 million primary and secondary school students who are learning on a beer floor in the state. Alhaji Haruna who disclosed this on Thursday in an interaction with pressmen, however lamented on the decay in education sector in Kano, but blamed the situation to the immediate past Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. He said that ” The former Governor Ganduje destroyed a very good system he inherited from his predecessor Rabiu Kwankwaso by closing down some schools which has contributed in killing…
THE Kano state governor,Abba Kabir Yusuf,has warned that whoever caught engage in indiscriminate felling of tree, without authoritation,from appropriate quarter’s,would be arrested and prosecuted hence forth This was just as he threatened that the only way to guide against effect of climate change,is to protected and guide against forest degradation Governor Yusuf read the riot act during the flag off of 2024 tree planting campaign of planting over 3 million trees, held at Kwankwasiyya City in Kano on Wednesday. He however disclosed that because of the huge benefit of trees in human lives, the government would not relent in its…
Kano State Government has approved Friday 26th and Saturday 27th July 2024 as the date for the commencement of 3rd term vacation to all Day and Boarding Public/Private Primary and Post Primary Schools in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment of the State Ministry of Education Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru,a copy made available to press on Wednesday in Kano He therefore stated that boarding Schools pupils and students are to resume back to their respective Schools on Sunday 8th September 2024 while Day Students are to resume on Monday 9th September, 2024. He then…
I’ve read with either great interest or dismay, several informed and uninformed comments about the current Aliko Dangote – NNPC brouhaha. Make no mistake about it. This is a battle that has gone viral and taken the global business, financial, and diplomatic community by storm. I can not ever recall an attempt of this magnitude by a State enterprise, that is designed to discourage, discredit, and destroy a business enterprise of this size, influence, and impact. Never. The NNPC has been quick to roll out its official spokespersons and political and media backers. Their aspersions have been fast and…
AN 18 years old boy , Sulaiman Hassan Sulaiman (Ayyman), has memorized the holy Qur’an in one year at the Ali Institute of Al-Qur’an Memorization in Ibadan, Oyo State, after obtaining his SSCE certificate. However,the family of Sarkin Dorin Kano elated by this rare acheivement organized grand occassion in honour of young Ayyman at layin Ganduje, Sharada quarters in Kano municipality. The event attracted families, friends and well wishers from various part of the state. While speaking on the occassion the Deputy Imam of Sahaba Mosque Dr. Saifullahi Dahiru Usman congratulated the graduand, noting such achievement is a special blessing from Almighty…
The Chairman of the Dangote Group,Alhaji Aliko Dangote,has refuted an allegations of monopoly within the industries his company operates, just as he emphatically denying any obstruction of competitors. However, while speakin on the issue, Dangote highlighted the competitive landscape present in the Nigerian cement industry when Dangote Cement entered the market. He disclosed that “When we first came into cement production, it was actually only Lafarge that was operating here in Nigeria, with facilities in Ewekoro and Ashaka in Gombe. He then added that nobody ever called Lafarge a monopoly,” Dangote stated. According to him,the first Dangote cement plant had…
The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, has stressed the need for all to put hands on deck to rescue the dwindling standards of education in the state. Gov. Idris who announced a donation of N50 million to the school, explained that the gesture was necessitated to assist the institution tackle its immediate problems to pave way for effective learning under conducive environment for students and teachers. The governor reiterated the commitment of his administration to improve the education sector of Kebbi. He made the plea at the graduation ceremony of Command Science Secondary School, Girls, Goru…