From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District Simon Lalong and the US Ambassador to Nigeria Richard Mills Jnr. have attended the Iftar dinner of the Al-Habbiyah Islamic Society in…
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Kano Gov. Announces Passing of Senior Special Assistant on Radio, Abdullahi Tanka Galadanci
The Kano State Government regrets to announce the passing of Abdullahi Tanka Galadanci, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Radio. Mr. Galadanci passed away on 26th March 2025 after a…
Stakeholders Validate Kano State Proceeds Of Crime Recovery, Management Bill
By Abdullahi Yusuf Stakeholders made up of Civil Society Organizations(CSOs), Non-governmental Organisations(NGOs), engineers,academics and the media, on Wednesday validated the Kano State Proceeds Of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill,2025. Aimed at strengthening…
IPC Condemns Intimidation, Harassment, Detention of Kano Journalists
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub condemns the intimidation, harassment and detention of Buhari Abba Rano, Online Editor with Kano Times and Isma’il…
Waiya’s Blindness Over Buhari, Isma’l : Difference Between Professionalism and Activism
By Abba Anwar Neither Abba Anwar, then Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kano State, nor Saluhu Tanko Yakasai, then Special Adviser, Media, to the Governor, petitioned the then noise maker,…
BREAKING: Kano’s Internal Security Commissioner Resigns
The Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has accepted the resignation of his Commissioner for the newly created Ministry of Internal Security and Special Services, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Inuwa Idris (Rtd)….
Kano State Police Command Urges Peace Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr Celebrations
The Kano State Police Command has called for calm and peaceful coexistence among residents as preparations for the Eid-el-Fitr Sallah celebrations intensify. The appeal comes amid concerns about possible security threats, particularly…
Plateau Gov’t partners Isreal to advance Agriculture, others for sustainable development
From Tongnaan Bawa Jos The Plateau State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with the State of Israel in key sectors of agriculture, technology, and medicine to drive sustainable development and…
US Imports Over 2 million Barrels of Jet Fuel from Dangote Refinery
…experts hail refinery, call for support The growing influence of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals is extending far beyond Africa and the Middle East, as the United States imports over two…
Residents Decry Open Defecation in Hausawa Dan Fulani, Call for Urgent Government Intervention
By Mustapha Salisu Residents of Hausawa Dan Fulani in Kano have raised serious concerns over the persistent issue of open defecation in an open space within the community, which they say is…
Civil Society Groups Reject State of Emergency in Rivers, Demand Reversal
By Mustapha Salisu A coalition of civil society organizations under the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Northwest Zone) has strongly condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by…
NDE trains 81 Jigawa PWDs on skills acquisition
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The federal government of Nigeria through National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Jigawa office, has graduated 81 People With Disabilities (PWDs) on skills acquisition training. Speaking during the ceremony…
Adamawa: NDE Launches Resettlement for 33,692 Under Renewed Hope Initiative
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Federal Government has launched the resettlement phase of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) training program under the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative in Adamawa State. NDE Director-General,…
Jigawa CS-SUNN Urges Increased Nutrition Budget to Save Children’s Lives
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa chapter of the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), supported by UNICEF, has called for an increased nutrition budget to save the lives of thousands…
Zakah Foundation Distributes Sallah Clothes, Capital in Gombe
From Rabilu Abubakar Gombe The Zakah & Waqf Foundation in Gombe has once again brought joy to the less privileged by distributing Sallah clothes to 100 orphans and vulnerable individuals. This initiative…
Sheikh El-Zakzaky Supports Widows with Ramadan Food Aid
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna As part of the Sallah food distribution across the 36 states of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Yakub El-Zakzaky has extended his generosity to Christian widows by distributing numerous bags…
ASKOJ Condemns Persecution of Journalist Buhari Abba, Demands End to Oppression
The Association of Kano Online Journalists (ASKOJ) condemns the prosecution of one of its members, Mal. Buhari Abba, by the Kano Police Command acting on the instructions of the State Commissioner of…
ROLAC Holds Validation Workshop On Kano State Proceeds Of Crime Recovery, Management Bill
By Abdullahi Yusuf The Rule of Law and Anti-corruption(ROLAC) has commenced a two-day Validation Workshop on the Draft Kano State Proceeds of Crime(Recovery and Management) Bill,2025. The objective of the programme, according…
Man sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for Cannabis trafficking
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced a drug dealer, Gabriel Akitola, to 18 years’ imprisonment for trafficking Cannabis and Methamphetamine. Justice Nkeonye Maha sentenced Akintola after he pleaded guilty…
NDLEA intercepts Indian lady with 72 parcels of heroin at Kano airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA), Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin. A statement by NDLEA’s Director,…
Group Urges Jigawa Govt to Disaggregate Tax Data by Gender
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Tax Justice and Governance Platform through Prime Initiative for Development Fiscal Transparency with support from the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Christian Aid (CAID) has…
Africa’s Environmental Sustainability at Risk Without VOA
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The closure of the Voice of America (VOA) represents a significant setback in the global fight against regional tropical diseases, climate change, desertification, deforestation, environmental degradation, erosion, and…
Adamawa: Mbula Community Rejects Bengo State Over Exclusion
From Umar Dankano, Yola Mbula Community through its Elders forum from the Demsa local government area in Adamawa state has rejected the creation of Bengo state for alleged exclusion and marginalization of…
Jigawa Senator Decries 1,613 Deaths in Tanker Explosions
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Senator representing Jigawa North-west zone and chairman committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Senator Babangida Hussaini raises concern over the death of 1,613 Nigerians as a…
Gov. Yusuf grants automatic employment to 54 foreign-trained postgraduate students
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has granted automatic employment to 54 postgraduate students who benefited from a foreign scholarship programme to study health-related courses in India. This is disclosed in a…