Author: Umar Idris Shuaibu

Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), National Human Rights Commission, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and other civil societies added their voices to the call against gender-based violence during an awareness walk on the streets of Kano. The campaign is part of activities to commemorate the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Speaking on the awareness walk, the CITAD gender officer, Zainab Aminu said it was organized to create awareness of the threat of gender-based violence in the society. Zainab said the issue of gender-based violence is…

27 Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All-Progressives Congress (APC). The 27 Lawmakers are believed to be loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike who has fallen out with his political son and the incumbent Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Read Also: NNPP Lawmaker Empowers Constituents The Lawmakers reportedly announced their defection this morning at the Assembly’s complex. TVC News

Umar Idris Shuaibu – Kano The State House of Assembly Member representing Tarauni Local Government, Kabiru Dahiru Sule, has empowered no fewer than 1000 people in Tarauni. He distributed motorcycles, raw food, mats to mosques, and teaching aids to primary schools. Speaking at the programme, in Tarauni Masallaci, Kabiru Dahiru Sule said the scheme was aimed at empowering the people and reducing the level of suffering in the community. Read Also: Kano Promotes 118 Junior, Senior Staff Across MDA’s According to him, the idea was initiated by looking at the hardships that people are experiencing, to support them in various…

To mark the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), a civil society group in Kano, hosted a day-long workshop aimed at empowering Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to combat corruption through the use of technology. The workshop, themed ‘Uniting the World Against Corruption’ and aimed at empowering PWDs to fight corruption using technology, took place on Saturday at CITAD’s Kano office. CITAD Executive Director Engr. Y.Z Yau, represented by Ali Sabo CITAD, welcomed participants and stressed how the organization involve people with disabilities (PWDs) in fighting corruption, which greatly affects Nigeria’s progress. Read Also:…

The House of Representatives says it will monitor the investigation into the military drone attack that killed over 80 Nigerians in Kaduna State on Nov. 3. Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defence, gave the assurance in a statement titled, “Tudun Biri tragedy elicits profound sorrow” in Abuja on Saturday. He expressed regrets over the ugly incident while tasking authorities of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to prioritise the safety of civilians during operations. He urged them to exercise utmost caution and implement measures to prevent similar occurrences in the future. He said: “The unfortunate incident in…

The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the reopen of new the psychiatric hospital at Dorayi Babba Rehabilitation Centre.  This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, yesterday while addressing staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, formerly Dawanau Psychiatric Hospital at the conference hall of the Hospitals Management Board. He said the action is necessary in order to alleviate the problems and challenges being faced by the patients, adding that report shows that patients spend almost a whole day without been attended to at the facility. Read Also: KNSG Appoints New Provost of…

Aminu Sale A shocking claim from 2018 alleging a Nigerian football player’s sacking in Slovenia tied to an illicit pregnancy has improbably resurfaced despite decisive debunking years prior. The rumor, asserting football striker Donatus Edafe was dismissed from his club for impregnating the leader’s daughter, has circulated recently across blogs and social media in Nigeria. As remarkably implausible as this story may seem, various posts and messages over the last month spread word again that Edafe was terminated by second-division side Nogometno društvo Gorica over carnal affairs with the president’s child. Our fact-checker undertook investigation tracing back the rumor’s tangled…

The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas has said, Nigeria is among the 3 per cent of the world’s population and with a major contributor to the global burden of maternal and newborn deaths. This, she said, attributed to poorly functional Primary Health Care (PHC) systems resulting in a lack of available equipment and low healthcare coverage, as well as inadequate financing in the health sector. Ibrahim Anas in his presentation titled: “Improving Access To Healthcare: The Role of the Primary Health Care At The 7th Annual Health Conference of the Association Of Nigeria Health…

Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric in Nigeria, boldly declared that the killing by the Nigerian Army in Tudun Biri village, Igabi Local Government, where over 100 Muslims were killed during a Maulud gathering, was not a mistake but a deliberate action. The cleric stated this during one of his preaching sessions in Kaduna over the weekend. Sheikh Gumi, a medical doctor and a retired Major of the Nigerian Army since 1987, emphasized that a place cannot be bombed twice and dismissed it as a mistake. Read Also: Momale Condoles with Families of Military Bomb Attack, Calls…

In continued commitment to repositioning the College of Nursing and Midwifery to function optimally and efficiently, the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of Bara’atu Gwadabe as the new Provost of the college. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf disclosed this in a press release issued from the Public Relations Unit of the ministry and made available to media outfits. Read Also: LIST: Gov Yusuf Appoints 21 Perm Secs, Redeploys 8 Others The Commissioner said that the appointment is with immediate effect and was based on the track records of service, experience and…

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Friday approved the appointments of 21 permanent secretaries for the state civil service. Similarly, the governor redeployed eight permanent a retained nine others in a latest move to strengthen the civil service. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director General, Media and Publicity to Yusuf, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano. Read Also: Gov Yusuf Appoints HoS to Supervise SSG’s Office The statement said this is ”in bid to rejuvenate the state civil service for better performance and effective service delivery”. It explained that the governor’s approval was conveyed in a…

Senators were alarmed on Thursday when they heard that the daily feeding allowance of Nigerian prison inmates is still N750. But a dog kept by the Nigerian Correctional Service is fed with the sum of N800 daily, an indication that the service spends more to feed a dog than to feed an inmate. This was disclosed when the Comptroller-General of Corrections, Mr. Halliru Baba, and other top officials appeared before the Senate Committee on Interior in Abuja to defend the 2024 budget estimates of the service. The committee, which is chaired by Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo State), sought answers…

Umar Idris Shuaibu  The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has concluded plan to establish progressives institute. The National Chairman of APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje stated this on Thursday, in Abuja at the public presentation of a book, titled ‘’An Introduction to Strategic Communication” written by Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule, a lecturer with Bayero University Kano. Dr. Ganduje represented by his Chief of Staff, Muhammadu Garba said the establishment of the institute is first of its kind in the country  aimed at teaching and educating politicians and other stakeholders on progressive tents to strengthen democracy. Read Also: How Capable…

Vice President, Kashim Shettima has just arrived the Air Force Base, Kaduna to condole the people and  Government of Kaduna State over the tragic drone attack on the Tudun Biri community, Igabi Local Government of the state on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice-president was being accompanied by the Speaker, House of Representatives,  Abbas Tajuddeen, Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar and APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. NAN recalls scores of  Muslim faithful observing the Maulud celebration were mistakenly killed and many others injured following mistaken military drone attacks reportedly targeting terrorists and bandits in…

In a recent development, the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a garnishee order, freezing a total of 24 bank accounts belonging to the Kano State Government. This order was granted in response to a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Masallacin Eid Shop Owners and Traders Association. The association sought compensation for the demolition of their shops, which they deemed illegal and unjust. Justice I. E. Ekwo, presiding over the case, delivered the ruling on November 28, 2023, affirming the attachment of funds totaling N30 billion. According to the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the ruling signed…

By Musa Abdulkadir Bakori. Haj. Zulaihat Abdullahi Matazu (Mrs. Dikko Radda), was born in Malali Low Coast, Kaduna State to the family of Late Alhaji Abdullahi Dan-Bala Matazu (Matawallen Matazu), and attended Nurudden Islamic School, Malali Kaduna 1994, and Government Girls’ Secondary School Kabomo, Bakori, 2001 for her secondary school education. Then Zulaihat Dikko Radda moved to the famous Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies, where she studied Diploma in Law. She also had an Advanced Diploma in English/education from the same institution in 2007. She later moved to Bayero University, Kano, where she earned an Advanced Diploma…

The Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has directed the Head of Civil Service Abdullahi Musa to supervise the Office of the Secretary to the Kano State Government. This was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to the Governor today in Kano. The appointment was as a result of medical vacation taken by the SSG Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi who flew out of the country for medical treatment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read Also: Kano Promotes 118 Junior, Senior Staff Across MDA’s In a letter signed by the Chief of…

Kano State Polytechnic has announced Abubakar Tijjani Ibrahim as the new Head of Mass Communication Department. This was contained in the school’s News E-Bulletin dated on 4th December 2023. The statement has further stated that, “following the Polytechnic Academic Board (PAB) resolution to conduct elections into the offices of Heads of Academic Departments across all the Departments in November, 2023. The election were successfully conducted in all the departments of the institution. However, in departments where election couldn’t hold, three staff were nominated by the school Directors and forwarded to the management to select one on acting capacity”. Abubakar Tijjani…

The Rector, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi, Dr. Sani Usman Tunga, has called on the federal and state governments to Improve funding of the Polytechnic education for national development and ensure security. The Rector made the call on the occasion of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Week, Fund Raising and 9th ASUP-Birnin Kebbi National Conference held at the Auditorium Hall of the Polytechnic in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. The theme is “Skills acquisition as a solution to current insecurity in Nigeria, the role of the Polytechnics”, the Rector advocated the use of technology in solving the security…

Umar Idris Shuaibu – Kano The Kaduna State Peace Commission, (KAPECOM) has expressed its condolence to the entire families of the Military Bomb attack at Tudun Biri Village in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state. Addressing a News conference in Kaduna, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission Dr. Sale B. Momale said “The Kaduna State Peace Commission extends her deepest sympathy to the affected families. The Commission is passionately appealing for calm at this trying moment, all citizens are enjoined to provide necessary support and assistance to the affected communities. Let us collectively assist those in need at…