By Abdullahi Yusuf The Kano State Police Duty Solicitors Scheme (PDSS) Advisory Committee has uncovered over 300 Awaiting Trial Inmates Languishing In Kurmawa Custodial Center, Kano, without proper documentation of their cases….
Author: Mustapha Salisu
Mustapha Salisu, a graduate of Information and Media Studies (B.Sc.) from Bayero University, Kano, is the Coordinator of the Prime Time Institute for Development Journalism (PTIDJ) with experience in communication skills and public relations.
Zamfara: Fear grips as Community Protection Guards allegedly kill Prominent Cleric
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau People of Mada district under Gusau local government area of Zamfara State have been thrown into apprehension following alleged extra judicial killing of a Prominent Islamic Scholar who…
Focus on Proliferation of Small Arms, Light Weapons – Pwaspo
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Nigeria Union of Journalists Plateau State Council has called on stakeholders in the peacebuilding processes in the state to focus attention on the proliferation of Small Arms…
Int’l Women’s Day: GIDAN YANCI Joins Global Call to Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress
By Mustapha Salisu In commemorating the 2024 International Women’s Day, GIDAN YANCI Fellows collaborated with representatives from various women empowerment groups, urging stakeholders to urgently dismantle barriers hindering women’s socio-economic development and…
Freedom of Expression: NBC Partners Gidan Yanci to Clean Up Political Broadcasts, Promote Respectful Discourse
By Aminu Abdullahi Ibrahim The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has stretched a hand of partnership to Gidan Yanci Fellows with an aim of imploring media outlets to avoid promoting hate speech and…
Gov Yusuf Forwards LG Interim Committee Nominees To Assembly For Screening
By Abdullahi Yusuf Three weeks after the expiration of the tenure of elected Local Government Councils Chairmen in Kano State, Gov. Abba Yusuf has forwarded names of Interim Management Committee members to the…
Zamfara: NDE Trains 50 Women on Surveneir, Tie and Die
From Ibrahim Kaulahi Gusau The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has selected fifty women from across the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State to undergo a 5-day training on Surveneir and…
Zamfara: Troops Kill Bandit, Rescue 15 Kidnap Victims
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau The Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) of the Nigerian army foiled a massive abduction attempted by bandits in Tsohuwar Tasha area of Kaura Namoda local government area of Zamfara…
Assessment Team Inspects Proposed Bauchi Teaching Hospital, FMC
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Azare An assessment team of the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare headed by the Director of Hospital Services, Dr. Jimoh O. Salaudeen has inspected key facilities…
Yobe State Handball, Volleyball Teams Qualified To Represent N/E At National Competition
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu Yobe state handball and volleyball teams who played their final matches of basic education schools sports have successfully won and qualified to represent Northeast zone at the…
Yobe State Varsity, Google Train About 110 students From N/E
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The Yobe State University (YSU) in partnership with Google Search is hosting a five-day workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) research for about 110 students from the North…
NPFL MD 23: Abia Warriors’ Daniel Ijeh voted SWAN Kano Pop Cola Man of the Match
By Muzammil Dalha Yola In a thrilling encounter on match day 23 of the NPFL, Kano Pillars faced off against Abia Warriors. The game took place in Kano, and it ended with…
Ramadan: Senator Yari To Distribute 358 Trucks Of Assorted Grains
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau Former Zamfara State Governor and Senator representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar is set to distribute 358 trucks of assorted foodstuffs comprised of Rice, Millet, Sugar…
HMB Dismisses Casual Workers, Issues Queries in Surprise Hospital Visit by E.S Dr. Nagoda
By Mustapha Salisu Dr. Mansur Mudi Nagoda, the Executive Secretary of Kano State Hospitals Management Board (HMB), conducted an unscheduled midnight visit to Waziri Shehu Gidado General Hospital, resulting in the dismissal…
Hardship Grips Nigeria: Urgent Plea to President Tinubu for Food Intervention – Babba Mazoji
By Abdullahi Muhammad Sheka Hon. Zaharaddeen Babba Mazoji has called on President Bola Tinubu to promptly address the soaring costs of food items in the country, expressing concern that Nigerians are hungry…
Emir of Kano Commends Professor Gusau’s Book on Hausa History
By Mustapha Salisu The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, commended Professor Sa’idu Muhd Gusau’s book titled ‘Dauloli A Kasar Hausa’ as a valuable narrative of Hausa history. The Emir believes…
Dangote Expands Operations to Meet Nigeria’s Sugar Production Goal
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, a key player in Nigeria’s sugar industry, is steadfast in its commitment to realizing Nigeria’s Sugar Master Plan, positioning the country as a self-reliant force in the global…
Ramadan: Maryam Abacha Urges Government To Provide Food Assistance To The Less Privileged
Hajia (Dr) Maryam Abacha, the wife of the late former president of Nigeria, Sani Abacha, has called on governors and other affluent individuals in the country to purchase food items to support…
Zamfara Gov’t Verifies 3079 Retirees, Settles N2.3 Billion Backlog Of Gratuities
Zamfara State Government has verified 3,079 retirees in an effort to pay the backlog of gratuities owed by previous administrations. Retired state and local government workers in Zamfara State have not received…
BREAKING: Measles Outbreak Confirmed in Kano
Authorities at the Kano Municipal Local Government Council in Kano State have officially verified a measles outbreak in certain areas of the local government. Alhaji Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, the Primary Health Care…
Kano Consumers Abandon Granulated Sugar, Turn To Brown Sugar
By Abdullahi Yusuf Many sugar consumers in Kano have resorted to using a locally produced brown sugar (Mazarkwaila), due to the high cost of granulated sugar in the market. The price of…
Tributes Flow for Slain Plateau APC Spokesman, Lalong Raises Alarm on Political Killings
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos It was a moment of tributes, eulogies and condolences for the late Plateau State Publicity Secretary Mr. Sylvanus Namang who was murdered by yet to be identified gunmen…
S.A. to Kaduna Governor Amplifies Climate Campaign in Schools
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Honorable Yusuf Idris Amoke, the Special Adviser on Climate Change to the Executive Governor of Kaduna state, underscores the importance of educating students on global warming and methods…
Jama’are Gets Connected: CITAD Launches Network Center
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) officially launched and handed over a Community Network Centre to residents of Jama’are local government area in Bauchi State on Saturday….
Create Condusive Environment For Industrial Investors In Plateau – Duncan Group
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau State Government have been urged to design a policy framework that will create and provide conducive environment to encourage and bring especially, indigenous industrialists to invest in…