From Muawuya Bala Idris, Katsina A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Sani Aliyu Danlami (APC), has commissioned three road construction projects in Katsina State aimed at boosting infrastructure and easing movement for motorists in the area. Danlami, who represents the Katsina Federal Constituency, said the roads form part of his constituency intervention projects targeted at improving economic activities and overall connectivity. The commissioned roads include the Kadarko–Mariamo Ajiri road, the Modoji (GRA)–Gidan Sarkin Dawaki road, and the Modoji–Gidan Dikko Ladan to Expressway link road. Speaking during the ceremony, the lawmaker reaffirmed his commitment to providing essential social amenities…
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From Muawuya Bala Idris, Katsina National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Sunday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. Kwankwaso, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, met with the late President’s uncle, Mamman Daura, during the visit. He also paid a separate condolence visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar. Speaking to journalists shortly after the visit, the former Kano governor said he was deeply shocked by the news of the…
By Usman Usman Garba The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed, has hailed the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, for what she described as “remarkable strides” in social development and his commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mohammed, who was in Kano over the weekend, stated this while paying a condolence visit to the government and people of the state over the death of elder statesman Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata and former President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during the visit, the UN deputy scribe commended several of Governor Yusuf’s initiatives aimed at improving quality of life and…
By Usman Usman Garba Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, and the family of the late elder statesman and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, have expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for visiting Kano to offer his condolences. In a statement issued on Friday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Governor Yusuf described the President’s visit as a profound act of empathy and statesmanship that brought immense comfort to the grieving family and the people of Kano. He recalled the President’s prompt response following the news of Dantata’s death, including dispatching a high-level delegation to his…
By Yusuf Abubakar Ibrahim In a disturbing turn of urban decay, pedestrian walkways across Kano State have increasingly become hijacked by street hawkers and makeshift traders, turning what should be safe corridors for pedestrians into bustling, unsafe mini-markets. What is a growing trend of commercial invasion on pavements is not only affecting free movement but also posing serious safety and traffic hazards to residents. In many developed nations and even in some progressive states within Nigeria, there is a clear understanding that pavements exist to protect pedestrians from vehicular danger. However, in Kano State, the reverse appears to be the…
From Joseph Asegba, Yola The Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), has foiled a coordinated terror plot in Taraba State, arrested two suspected terrorists in separate intelligence-led operations carried out in Wukari Local Government Area. The statement, according to the operation Brigade’s Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, was based on credible intelligence indicating imminent threats to public safety in the area. One of the arrests, a 45-year-old Felix Myina, a native of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, was apprehended by troops deployed at the Forward Operating Base (FOB)…
By Hon Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya Prospects brought us together when I served as Chairman of the House Committee on Downstream (Petroleum) of the House of Representatives (2019–2023). When the late president was the Minister of Petroleum, my committee’s oversight functions included a number of meetings with him along with NNPC management led by its former Managing Director, Malam Male Kyari, apart from meetings with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on the state of nation oil and gas development. Through this experience, I came to understand that late President Buhari championed discipline in public service and lived a fulfilled…
From Muawuya Bala Idris, Katsina Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu once sent him on a discreet but critical mission to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari while he was receiving medical treatment in London. Shettima made the revelation during his emotional tribute at Buhari’s funeral in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday. The solemn ceremony drew top political, religious, and traditional figures from across the country. “When President Buhari was in London for medical attention, it was Tinubu who sent me on a very sensitive mission to see him. It was not a public engagement, it…
By Hussaini Ibrahim Sulaiman The Kano State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Federal Government, on Wednesday launched a capacity-building training for over 100 health officers aimed at strengthening healthcare planning, monitoring, and immunization coverage across the state. The weeklong training, which opened at R&K Guest Palace in Kano, targets Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Annual Operational Plan and Costing and Logistics (AOPCL) officers drawn from the state’s 44 local government areas. It follows a national-level Training of Trainers (ToT) programme held in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, said the…
From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar Former Green Eagles legend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami (MON), has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government, Edo State Government, the Nigeria Football Federation, the National Sports Commission, and well-meaning Nigerians to urgently come to the aid of ailing football icon, Kadiri Ikhana (MON). In a statement obtained by our correspondent, Odegbami described Ikhana as “an ex-soldier, footballer, and member of the victorious 1980 African Cup of Nations team,” adding that he was also a key figure in the Bendel Insurance FC squad that dominated the Nigerian football scene in the late 1970s. “Kadiri Ikhana…