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Health
Group supports Kano kids’ education, healthcare
Society for Child Support and Economic Empowerment (SOCSEE), an NGO, says it will continue to support the provision of quality health and education to children and women in Kano State. The society’s Executive Director, Alhaji Sunusi Hashim, made the pledge at nine years society’s anniversary on Tuesday in Kano. He said the organisation was established in 2014 to advocate for…
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economy
World Bank’s project to boost agric potentials in rural Kano
The Rural Access in Agriculture Marketing Project (RAAMP) says it has initiated viable programs to improve the social and economic wellbeing of rural dwellers in Kano State. RAAMP is an infrastructure-based project funded by the World Bank, the Development Finance Agency, and stakeholders in the construction and environment sectors. It seeks to fasttrack the construction of access roads, hospitals, markets,…
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NEWS
Kano State Govt opens case against alleged mosque arsonist
The Kano State Government on Tuesday opened its case before an Upper Shari’a Court against Shafi’u Abubakar, 38, the alleged mosque arsonist. Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Kano, is charged with culpable homicide, attempted murder, causing grevous hurt, and mischief by fire. The offence is said to have contravened the provisions of sections 140, 148, 167, and 370…
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Featured
Police arrest 35 suspects in Kano
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 35 suspects in connection with various crimes in the last one month. Such crimes include armed robbery, kidnapping, theft, drug dealing and fraud, according to the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. Kiyawa said this while presenting the items recovered from the suspects at the command’s headquarters at…
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Agriculture
We’re yet to receive FG’s rice, citizens in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina lament
Some residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States say they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal Government to them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had doled out 20 trucks of rice to the 36 states and the FCT. NAN also reports that this was part of…
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Defence
NAPTIP receives 12 rescued victims of human trafficking in Kano
 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 12 rescued victims of human trafficking. The agency Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, stated this on Tuesday, in Kano while receiving the victims rescued by the Kano State Police Command. Babale said the state police arrested three suspects, Shafi’u Salisu, 25, of Bachirawa Quarters,…
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Featured
Yusuf restates commitment to combat corruption in Kano
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Saturday in Kano, reiterated his commitment to fight corruption in the state. He stated this at the opening of a capacity building workshop on anti-corruption principles for directors in the  State at Dawakin Kudu, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area, Kano State. Yusuf, represented by his Deputy, Aminu Gwarzo, said that his administration was …
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APC seeks probe into alleged diversion of FG’s rice in Kano
 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an investigation into the alleged diversion of the rice donated by the Federal Government to the Kano State Government by some officials. The party also demanded the urgent prosecution of those likely to be indicted by the independent probe. The State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, expressed concern over the…
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Featured
Jigawa, Kano, Katsina develop road map to combat child poverty
Stakeholders from Jigawa, Kano and Katsina States have come together to develop a road map on the institutionalisation of child poverty measurement in their respective states. The Joint Child Poverty Technical Working Group quarterly meeting is part of efforts to enhance the capacity of data custodians’ on child poverty measurement for their different states. The stakeholders are brainstorming in Kaduna…
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Agriculture
Citizens groan as prices of foodstuffs soar in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina
In tune with the extant global trends, Nigeria is experiencing an unprecedented increase in the cost of basic food items. Findings by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondents in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States have shown that Nigeria was not an exception. For instance, a check conducted by NAN in Kaduna revealed that the surge was particularly notable in…
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Featured
Katsina records 2 cholera cases, zero-cases in Kaduna, KanoÂ
As Nigeria grapples with a surging cholera outbreak, available data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that no fewer than 31 states have so far recorded 528 confirmed cases. Out of these cases, 53 deaths have been recorded in no fewer than 117 local governments across the country. However, the three tiers of government and their partners…
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Business
Court orders Kano Govt to pay emir Bayero N10m over rights violation
A Federal High Court on Friday, ordered the Kano State government to pay N10 million in damages to the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, for breaching his fundamental human rights. Ado-Bayero, through his counsel M L Yusufari SAN, filed a motion exparte dated May 27, seeking the court to restrain the state government  from arresting, intimidating or infringing…
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Featured
Agency trains 18 mechanics on water facility maintenance in Kano
The Kano State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) has trained 18 mechanics and water supply officers on the operation and maintenance of water facilities across seven local governments. Malam Shamwilu Abdulkadir, Managing Director of the agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that this became necessary to prevent the breakdown of water supply…
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Group trains 60,000 Kano farmers to tackle tomato diseases
The HortiNigeria, a Dutch-funded horticultural programme has trained 60,000 farmers in modern pest control to combat plant diseases in Kano State. Mr Abdullahi Umar, the Sector Coordinator, Business linkage HortiNigeria, said this on Monday during the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) exercise at Gidan Kwari demonstration site in Bunkure Local Government Area of the state. He said the exercise is designed…
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Strike successful in Kano as federal, state secretariats empty, banks comply
The nationwide strike called by the organised labour recorded huge success in Kano on Monday as banks, civil servants and aviation staff stayed away from work. However, private schools were in session as their worker defied the strike instruction by the organised labour led by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). The correspondent of the News Agency…
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Kano residents seek improved security amidst emirship tussle
 Residents of the metropolitan Gwale, Dala, and Municipal Local Government Areas in Kano State have called on the State Police Command to deploy more operatives across the city and its environs to bolster security.  A cross section of the residents expressed their dismay and fear over the growing presence of thugs amidst the ongoing emirship tussle in the state. They…
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Court fixes July 4 for case against Kano alleged Mosque arsonistÂ
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Friday, fixed July 4, to hear the suit filed against Shafi’u Abubakar, 38, for allegedly setting a mosque on fire, killing 14 people. Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano, is charged with mischief by fire, causing grevous hurt and culpable homicide. The offence are said to have contravened…
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