From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar It has been asserted that despite Nigeria’s economic challenges, the country continues to attract foreign interest. Captain Edet Effiong Uliong made this observation recently in Calabar. Uliong noted that despite widespread complaints about economic hardship and rising inflation in Nigeria, the country continues to draw increasing attention from foreign nationals. He further stated that in many countries he has visited, people express a strong desire to come to Nigeria for business and trade opportunities, a trend he described as both surprising and encouraging. He spoke with journalists on the sidelines of the silver jubilee celebration…
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By Usman Usman Garba and Shafi’u Yahaya Kano State Government, through the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs, has handed over the remaining seven children from the Nasarawa Children’s Home to Professor Solomon Musa Tarfa, in compliance with a court order. The court had directed the Ministry of Women Affairs to release a total of 16 children who had been kept at the Nasarawa Children’s Home for protective custody. In line with this directive, eight children were earlier handed over to Du Merci Children’s Home on August 13, 2025, while the remaining seven have now…
Daga Rabiu Sanusi Daraktan Hukumar Kididdiga ta Jihar Kano, Dr. Surajo Sulaiman, ya sake jaddada kudirin hukumar na kara zage damtse wajen wayar da kan al’umma, bunkasa hadin kan jama’a, da kuma tallafawa manyan shirye-shiryen ci gaban gwamnati a fadin jihar. Da yake bayani kan ayyukan hukumar, Dr. Sulaiman ya bukaci al’ummar jihar da su hada kai wajen magance matsalolin da ke addabar yankunansu, yana mai cewa cigaba mai dorewa ba zai samu ba sai da hadin kai da jajircewar jama’a. Ya shawarci al’umma da su rika kafa kwamitoci na gari domin isar da koke-kokensu, bukatunsu da shawarwarinsu ga hukumomin…
From Rabiu Sanusi The Director of the Kano State Statistics Agency Dr. Surajo Sulaiman has reaffirmed the agency commitment to deepening public enlightenment, strengthening community participation, and supporting key government development programmes across the state. Speaking on the activities of the agency, Dr. Sulaiman urged residents to unite in addressing the challenges confronting their communities, stressing that sustainable progress can only be achieved through collective responsibility and active citizen involvement. He advised communities to establish functional committees that would serve as channels for presenting their concerns and recommendations to the appropriate authorities, noting that organized communication remains vital to effective…
From Rabiu Sanusi The Kano State Police Command and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have strengthened their working relationship to improve disaster response and ensure the protection of lives and property across the state. This followed a courtesy visit by the North-West Zonal Director of NEMA, Alhaji Aliyu S. Kafindangi who led a delegation to the Commissioner of Police Kano State Command, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori at the Bompai Police Headquarters in Kano. The meeting focused on reinforcing the existing collaboration between both agencies in the areas of emergency management, disaster response and public safety. Speaking during the visit,…
Christiana Gokyo, Jos The Plateau State House of Assembly has opened a one-day public hearing on a bill seeking to provide for the protection and regulation of the rights of women and girls in Plateau State to inherit the property, benefits, and privileges of deceased husbands and parents, as well as for other related matters, 2025. The bill was sponsored by Rt. Hon. Naanlong Daniel Gapyil, Member representing Mikang Constituency, and co-sponsored by Hon. Daniel Nanbol Listcik, Hon. Wallangko Ibrahim Sylvanus, and Hon. Eli Ankala Bako. While addressing participants at the public hearing, the Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary,…
From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has called on all opposition parties in the state to shelve their differences and come out en masse to endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Bassey Edet Otu for a second term in the 2027 general elections. The Chief of Staff to the Cross River State Governor and Director-General of the “Prince Is Coming Movement,” Chief Emmanuel Ironbar, has taken the lead in mobilising massive support for the endorsement of President Tinubu and Governor Otu. The movement declared that its foundation is rooted in years…
By Usman Usman Garba The Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kano State, has received the Vice-Chancellor of Northwest University Kano, Professor Amina Salihi Bayero, who paid him a courtesy and strategic engagement visit at his office in the Audu Bako Secretariat, today. In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Najib Lawan Danbazau, the Attorney General expressed sincere appreciation for the vice-chancellor’s goodwill and her kind congratulations on his recent appointment, as well as his conferment with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He also commended the university’s leadership for its…
From Mu’awiya Bala Idris, Katsina Former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF), Engineer Muhtaka Rabe Darma, has boasted that his vast experience in both the public and private sectors will earn him a ticket for the Senate seat. Darma, who is contesting for the Katsina Central Senatorial Seat under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), told reporters that his understanding of the legislative process would enable him to effectively represent the people of his constituency. He explained that his political career started during his student days, and that he has contested for various positions, including…
By Mahmud Gambo Sani Dutsinma Local Government chapter of APC Grassroots Democratic Reform, has kicked against imposition of candidates seeking elective political offices ahead of the party’s primaries. The association made the position known at a meeting it held with its members as contained in a statement from Sarkin Labaran Maradin Katsina, Alhaji Abdu Bawa Dutsinma which he made available to The Triumph in Kano recently. The statement said the theme of the event was ‘APC Dutsinma: We are aware,’ and it was held at Yarima Primary School, Dutsinma. Speaking during the event, the chairman of the association, Alhaji Sani…