Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has signed into law the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill. The House of Assembly had reduced the Governor’s total budget proposal from an initial sum of N249 billion to N244 billion. Signing the Bill into law at a ceremony at the Government House on Thursday,...
As from January, members of the opposite sex will no longer be allowed to board the same commercial tricycles in Kano State. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who spoke at the closing ceremony of the 77th annual Islamic Vacation Course, (IVC), organised by Zone A of the Muslim Society of Nigeria...
The Kaduna State Government, on Friday, advised parents to send their children to school or face prosecution in accordance with extant laws. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Phoebe Yayi, gave the advice in Kaduna. Yayi stressed that every child has the right to free, compulsory and universal basic education,...
Kaduna State Government has lifted the prohibition of daily prayers and services in places of worship but on condition that worshipers must comply with health protocols. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, which was signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, noted that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met the families of victims of the explosion in Kano to express his condolences and that of the nation, describing the incident as sad and unfortunate. The family members, accompanied by various community leaders resident in Sabon Gari Kano, including Chief Nicholas Ibekwe, the Eze...
The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the March 18 election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). While...
Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, has sacked the state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mu’azu Magaji, for celebrating the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The Director-General, Media and Communications, Kano State Government, Salihu Yakasai, made this known via his Twitter handle, @Dawisu. He said, “H.E...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has said that the state’s resident cards would enable the people to have access to quality education, better health care and social interventions, as well as ease ways of doing business. Elrufai made this known during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between...
As governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state received state leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), who were at the Government House, Tuesday, protesting in solidarity to the cause of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), he lamented that the crisis must be resolved to save...
The Commissioner of Health, Dr, Amina Mohammed-Baloni has announced details of the Occupational Safety Incentive approved for health workers by the Kaduna State Government. She also confirmed that the state government is providing additional insurance coverage for death and disability for all the frontline health workers. The Occupational Safety Incentive,...