Author: Umar Idris Shuaibu

Participants of course 46 Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji on a study tour to Kano State paid a working visit to the State headquarters of the NSCDC, Kano command, and had an interactive session with Staff. DSC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, CDPRO, Kano command in a statement said the team, on arrival, was warmly received by the state Commandant, Comdt Mohammed Lawal Falala, fcna, and the management team at the command. In his speech during the visit, Commandant Mohammed Falala spoke at length, elaborating on the core mandates of the Corps as well as the remarkable achievements of the…

Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has stated that winning an election is not just about the number of votes cast, but also about following the rules of the game. Doguwa made this statement on Wednesday on Channels TV while reacting to the ongoing controversies surrounding the 2023 elections in Kano State. He said that elections in a democratic setting like Nigeria are always about rules and regulations and that contesting an election under these rules is what makes it free and fair. He said, “For me when you ask me about what is going…

The Jigawa Government has established a fumigation chamber and modern cleaning and processing facility for hibiscus flower, known as zobo in Hausa, to boost export of the product, an official said on Wednesday. Hajiya Furera Isma-Jumare, Director-General, Jigawa Investment Promotion Agency, said the chamber and processing facility was established at the Maigatari Export Processing Zone, in partnership with Comttraex Nigeria Ltd. She made this known in Dutse during a seminar on Value Addition for Export, organised by the agency for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state. Read Also: Gowon seeks adequate investment in education to build formidable…

Alumni Associations… “We should recognize and honor as well as help those who ‘couldn’t make it in life’. They are not failures in life, they are those not privileged by fate to acquire or assume the vanities or the ephemeralities of life” The practice of College Old Boys or Old Girls Associations recognizing, honoring and celebrating only those who attain political, professional or material status in life is selective and discriminatory. We should be human and spiritual, to equally appreciate those among us whom were once our childhood colleagues, but unable to rise to the material heights of life. Read…

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has condemned police brutality in shooting to death a young man, Salisu Player, somewhere around Kurna in Dala Local Government Area of Kano state. The party said Player was one of the three people shot while the others were in critical condition. A statement issued by Hon. Abba Kawu Ali, Ag NNPP National Chairman, on Wednesday, said the incident occurred on Tuesday evening during a peaceful protest. Read Also: Kano Police Deploy Personnel to Stop NNPP Protest ‘’The NNPP has always asked the citizens to do their protest in a peaceful manner and the…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget estimate to the joint session of the National Assembly. Christened ‘Budget of Renewed Hope,’ an aggregate expenditure of N 27.5 trillion is proposed, of which the non-debt recurrent expenditure is N9.92 trillion while debt service is projected to be N8.25 trillion and capital expenditure is N8.7 trillion naira. Read the president’s full speech below: In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present my administration’s 2024 Budget Proposal to this Joint Session of the…

The Families of missing persons from Nigeria has participated in the 3rd edition of the international conference for families of missing persons which took place between 21 — 23 November, 2023. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which hosted the two conference hubs in Nigeria, in Maiduguri (Borno State) and Yola (Adamawa State) respectively, where families attended online global and regional peer-to-peer sessions and were granted opportunities to meet and exchange with other families from around the world whose loved ones went missing in similar circumstances. Read Also: Conflict: ICRC records 25,000 missing persons in North-East ICRC in…

The Kano State Police Command has deployed armed anti-riot personnel to stave off protests by supporters of Governor Abba Yusuf and his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) over the controversial Appeal Court Judgement that sacked him. Kano Police Deploy Personnel to Stop NNPP he Kano State Police Command has deployed armed anti-riot perstave off protests by supporters of Governor Abba Yusuf and his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) over the controversial Appeal Court Judgement that sacked him GOOD EVENING NIGERIA reports that Abba Kabir Yusuf’s supporters have been conducting a series of protests over the past…

The Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (formerly KUST) Wudil, has clarified that the current delay in re-opening its registration portals to students was due to the preparation of the academic calendar for the next session by the Senate of the University. The clarification was made on Tuesday by the varsity’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sabo Nayaya in an exclusive interview with Daily News 24. However, Mr Nayaya also revealed that the university’s Senate has already prepared and released the academic calendar for the next session, adding that studies are expected to commence immediately. Read Also: Kano Poly 𝐒igns…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has vowed to punish judicial officers that were responsible for the controversial Appeal Court judgement on Kano governorship election dispute. This was revealed during a courtesy visit by NJC officials to Media Trust Limited, headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, according to Daily Trust. GOOD EVENING NIGERIA recalls that the Appeal Court in Abuja had on November 17, 2023, nullified the election of Kano state governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and announced his opponent Nasiru Gawuna of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner. But in the Certified True…

Umar Idris Shuaibu – Kano Pharmacist Ghali Sule was born on the 4th of July 1966 in Rangaza Area of Kano State. Gali Sule attended Rangaza Primary for his first school leaving certificate in 1979, Government Secondary School Karaye for Junior Education in 1981, and Science College Dawakin Kudu for Senior School Certificate in 1984. Gali moved to the School for Basic Studies, after which he was admitted to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria to study Pharmacy and finished in 1990. Read Also: Kano : Gov. Abba K. Yusuf Appoints New Head of Civil Service Sule after some basic…

A viral video claiming to show a pro-Palestine march filling up a city square in Spain has been shared widely on social media. However, fact-checkers have found that the video is not actually from a pro-Palestine demonstration, but rather from an anti-government protest in Spain regarding Catalan separatists. The video shows thousands of protestors packed into a city square, shot from an aerial view to emphasize the scale of the crowd. Many social media users sharing the video claimed it depicted a massive pro-Palestine march flooding the streets of a city in Spain. However, when fact-checkers investigated the origins of…

Umar Idris Shuaibu – Kano Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved with immediate effect, the appointment of Alhaji Abdullahi Musa as the new Head of Civil Service. The appointment followed the recent voluntary resignation of the former Head of Service, Alhaji Usman Bala Mni who was retained by the present administration from its inception in May, 2023. A seasoned civil servant who served in various government Ministries, departments and agencies in Kano for over three decades, the new Head of Service hailed from Kiru Local Government area. Read Also: Kano Head of Civil Service Resigns Abdullahi Musa…

Kaduna State University has secured international accreditation from the prestigious Chartered Institute of Procurement in the United Kingdom (CIPS) for its Master of Procurement Programme for the 2023-2024 academic year. This landmark accreditation positions KASU as the first and only university in Nigeria to receive such recognition. This information was conveyed in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Adamu Nuhu Bargo, and made available to GOOD EVENING NIGERIA on Monday. The statement noted that the accreditation solidifies KASU’s commitment to academic excellence and opens new doors for its graduates. Read Also: Ganduje Bags Varsity of…

UMAR IDRIS SHUAIBU – KANO Kano Science Schools Old Students Association (KASSOSA), has elected new executives that will steer the affairs of the association in the next three years, held at Muhammad Sanusi II Theater, Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano. Speaking to Journalists immediately after the election, the Chairman electoral committee Professor Balarabe Sarki Sagagi said the exercise became necessary as the tenure of the present exco comes to an end. Professor Sarki Sagagi maintains that the Board of Trustees of KASSOSA organizes the election in order to enable the members of the association to uplift the association to actualize…

Umar Idris Shuaibu – Kano The University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) has presented the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, with an award of excellence. A statement signed by The Senior Special Assistant to the APC National Chairman, Aminu Dahiru, said the award was presented to Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at a luncheon and award of honours to mark the university’s 75th anniversary, held at Metropolitan Club Hall in Lagos on Saturday. Read Also: How Capable is Dr. Ganduje in Healing the wound? – Umar Idris Shuaibu The association said that the award…

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Image Merchants Promotion, IMPR, Limited, publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential and Spokespersons Digest; Dr Sule Ya’u Sule, will launch his new book on ‘strategic communication’ on Saturday, December 7, 2023. The book, titled: “An Introduction to Strategic Communication,” will be unveiled to the general public at the NICON Luxury Hotel, in Area 11, Abuja. Explaining to PRNigeria what his brand-new book is all about, Dr. Ya’u Sule, who also is a Senior Lecturer at the Mass Communication Department of Bayero University, Kano, BUK, noted that the art of communication, especially in our…

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, restated its order that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano State. The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Mr Umar Bangari, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. The appellate court dismissed as a clerical error, a portion in the certified true copy of its judgment, which Yusuf and his party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, claimed validated their victory in the gubernatorial contest that was held on March 18. Read Also: The Truth Has Prevailed, Judgement is Victory for Everyone “What happened in the judgment copy was a clerical…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has expressed heartfelt condolences on behalf of the Nigerian Army (NA), on the passing of former COAS, Major General Mohammed Chris Alli (Rtd). The former Army Chief succumbed to a brief illness in the early hours of today, Sunday 19 November, 2023 at the Military Hospital, Lagos. Read Also: Ganduje Mourns Kannywood Movie Director, Aminu S Bono Major General Alli (rtd), a revered senior officer, served the Nigerian Army, the Armed Forces of Nigeria and the nation with honour and dedication in various capacities, leaving enduring prints on the sands…

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday said the demise of ace Kannywood Movie Director, Aminu Surajo Bono is a big blow to the entertainment industry. Dr. Ganduje who expressed shock over the passage of the popular actor said it came at a time when the industry needed him most. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu made available to newsmen on Tuesday stated that “Bono stands tall ahead of others in the entertainment industry in terms of commitment to preserve, and promote the socio-cultural values of the…