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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
Omopariola resumes as new Commander 17-Brigade Katsina
Brig,-Gen Babatunde Omopariola has resumed as the new Commander of the 17-Brigade, Katsina, and Commander Sector ‘2’ Joint Task Force Northwest ‘’Operation Hadarin Daji’ (JTF NW OPHD). The new Commander officially assumed duty during the handing over on Friday at the Brigade Headquarters, Natsinta Cantonment, along Jibia road, Katsina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omopariola succeeded Brig,-Gen…
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NGO trains journalists, CSOs on digital security resilience in Katsina
An NGO, Grassroots Researchers Association (GRA), has trained Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and journalists in Katsina State on Digital Security Resilience. The two-day train-the-trainer workshop, which commenced in Katsina on Thursday was aimed at enhancing the participants’ skills and knowledge in digital security practices. The Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Timothy Yohanna, said that the training was also part…
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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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Katsina records 2 cholera cases, zero-cases in Kaduna, Kano
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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education
Education: Katsina State Govt inaugurates community transition committees
The Katsina State Government has inaugurated community school transition monitors’ committees to ensure the transition of students from primary to secondary schools. The transition is from primary to Junior Secondary School (JSS), from JSS to Senior Secondary level (SSS). Speaking at the inauguration in Kankara, Hajiya Haduwa Aminu, one of the facilitators said the terms and references of the committee…
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Katsina Hisbah shuts down hotel for allegedly lodging underage girls
The Katsina State Hisbah Board has ordered the immediate closure of New Palace Hotel, located within the metropolis, over allegations of corrupting the morals of underage Dr Aminu Usman (Abu Ammar), the Hisbah Commander General in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina. He said the hotel was found to be violating an agreement…
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NAF Kills 29 Bandits in Katsina
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) neutralised 29 suspected bandits during an airstrike operation conducted in Bakori local government area of Katsina State. The operation was carried out following the recent attacks on Kankara local government area on Sunday, 9 June 2024, and as part of the measures heightening security in the frontline areas where bandits operate. Governor Umaru Radda’s chief…
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Defence
Bandits kill 6 security operatives, 20 others in Katsina – Police
The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the killing of no fewer than 20 people, four police officers and two operatives of the state-owned Community Watch Corps by some suspected bandits. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement in Katsina on Monday. According to him, the attack occurred on Sunday, at Gidan Tofa…
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Katsina Govt. recruited over 10,000 workers in 1yr – Radda
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State, on Friday, said that his administration had recruited at least 10,000 workers in the state since his assumption of office. Radda disclosed this during an interactive session with some journalists in Katsina, saying that the number comprised 7,300 teachers. According to him, his administration is giving the education sector more attention than other sectors…
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economy
Katsina unveils e-tax billing system
The Katsina State Internal Revenue Service (KSIRS) has introduced a digital billing system for ease of taxation. The billing system code named: Pay-by-Yourself or (Biya da Kanka), is designed to encourage tax compliance and management. Alhaji Sada Shu’aibu, the Director, Corporate Communication of the service, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in…
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Centre organises Quranic recitation competition for PLWDs in Katsina
“Darul Qur’anil Kareem Wassunnah E-Global Academy”, has organised a Quranic recitation competition for the blind and other People Living with Disability (PWDs) in Katsina State. Its Director-General, Malam Ashiru Bala-Yandaki, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Katsina. He said the competition, scheduled to hold between June 15 and 16, would have…
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NAF airstrikes knockout terrorists’ camps in Kaduna, Katsina
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch and Hadarin Daji have eliminated terrorists’ enclaves killing scores in Kaduna and Katsina States. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Tuesday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air strikes by the Air Component of Operation Whirl…
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Mangal sponsors medical treatment of 3,500 patients in Katsina
A renowned philanthropist in Katsina, Alhaji Dahiru Barau, through his NGO, Mangal Foundation, has sponsored medical treatment of 3,500 patients in the state. Mr Hussaini Kabir, a member of the foundation’s board of trustees disclosed this during the screening exercise on Sunday in Katsina. He added that such free medical outreach has been going on for a long time, especially…
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Defence
Police nab 4 suspects swapping POS machines in Katsina
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested four suspects who specialize in swapping their victim’s Point of Sales (POS) machines and withdrawing their money. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who disclosed this while parading some suspects in Katsina on Thursday, said seven POS machines were recovered. “In the course of investigation, it was revealed that the…
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education
EU, UNICEF to enroll 1.5m children, youths in Jigawa, Katsina, Kano
The European Union (EU), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has pledged to enroll and skill 1.5 million children, youths, and adolescents in Jigawa, Katsina, and Kano states. Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, UNICEF, Kano Field Office, pledged a multi-sectoral key stakeholders meeting on the education and youth empowerment project on Wednesday in Kano. He said that…
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