Rt Honorable Jibril Ismail Falgore’s effective leadership and quality legislation at the Kano State House of Assembly is something to watch. The fundamental aspect of the legislative arm is ensuring quality legislation aimed at improving the standard and well-being of both the majority and minority within a society and Falgore has not left people in dilemma. Those who closely observed Falgore’s style of leadership in the hallow chamber as speaker Kano State House of Assembly can attest to his deep understanding of unity in diversity within the Assembly. He recognizes that unity should be the cornerstone of any leader’s objectives…
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The Managing Director, Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA), Architect Ibrahim Yakub Adamu says anybody found contravening section 11,12 and 13 of the agency law would face the law. According to him, the warning is in line with the proliferation of property development without compliance with the relevant sections of the KNUPDA law. The managing director urged the public to secure building permits from KNUPDA before embarking on property development. Architect Ibrahim pointed out that the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, KNUPDA has simplified the process of acquiring building permits in the state. ” Recently a one-stop unit…
The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board is pleased to announce the reopening of the Daily Hajj Induction Course Programme, effective from today Saturday, April 27, 2024. The decision comes after careful consideration and consultation led by the Director General, Alhaji Laminu Rabi’u Danbappa. In a meeting held today at the Conference Room, the Director General, Alhaji Laminu Rabi’u Danbappa, emphasized the importance of utilizing the Hajj Guidelines book provided to all Leadership of Hajj Induction Course Teachers. He urged them to actively incorporate these guidelines for the benefit of our pilgrimage. The Daily Induction Course will be conducted across thirty-one…
Kano as the second most populous state in Nigeria and commercial hub of Northern region should brace up to the new development that would be seen and felt in the entire state through industries that would produce goods locally. Auwalu Sanusi Aminu, the Chairman of Sky Scrapers Global Investment Nigeria Ltd, is the one to spearhead the development by setting a target to establish a production company in Kano and shopping malls across the 44 Local Government areas. In this interview Auwalu gave an insight about his business and how the company, which has established some shopping malls in the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Jim Ovia as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale,explains that Mr. Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana. The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to…
A 37-year-old resident of Kano who recites Quran at Tsangayar Malam Sani, Haruna Adamu has returned lost phones worth over 2.5 million Naira at Masjidurrahma Mosque in Kano. The owner of the phones, Ibrahim Muhammad Abu Abdallah, recounted that after prayers, the Muazzin usually cautioned people to take care of their pockets. However, upon checking his pockets after prayers, Abdallah realized his two phones, worth over 2.5 million Naira, were missing. He recalled having visited the mosque’s toilet during that time. The two phones, both with two terabytes of storage were essential for Abdallah’s work, and he expressed immense gratitude…
An authoritative source from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has cautioned people planning to perform Hajj against falling victim to fake Hajj campaigns for this year 1445 Hijri / 2024 AD circulating on social media. The source stressed that anyone wishing to perform Hajj must obtain a valid Hajj visa issued by Saudi Arabian authorities in coordination with Hajj offices in their countries or via the “Nusuk Hajj” platform for nations without such offices. The source said that the Ministry is closely monitoring advertisements and campaigns from fake social media accounts promising cheap Hajj trips. They urge people to…
Ramatu Garba The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of three people while two sustained injuries during a three storey building collapse at Kuntau Quarters Gwale Local Government Area of Kano. NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to the news agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. According to him NEMA received a distress call at about 9:20 a.m from a good Samaritan that a three story building under construction collapsed at Kuntau Quarters. “On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene. READ ALSO: Flooding:Jigawa Enviromental Agency Desilts Nine…
Khadijah Aliyu Leading global health organization options says it would collaborate with the Kano state government KNSG based on targets and objectives to deliver interventions set up to reduce maternal mortality among others. The regional director of Options West and Central Africa Dr. Ufuoma Festus Omo-Obi made the indication during an inception co-creation meeting on RMNCAH+N and scaling up MNCH innovations in Kano. According to him, the organization’s expectations align with the state’s strategic medium-term development framework which proposes an agenda for development. He described health prosperity as a commitment enshrined in the states’ reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent…
The Director of Centre for Gender Studies (CGS), Bayero University Kano (BUK) Ambassador Dr Safiya Nuhu, has described peacebuilding, peacekeeping and peace processes as important aspects of multilateralism and diplomacy. Dr Safiya made the indication during an event to commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace 2024. According to her, the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace has a global significance among youths, that has given birth to milestone achievements in peacekeeping and peace-building within the context of society. The director explained that last year the centre launched a mentorship programme exclusively on mentoring women…
Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation in partnership with the Kano State Ministry of Health, State Primary Healthcare Management Board, and Hospital Management Board donated reproductive health commodities and equipment to the Kano state government KNSG to strengthen the capacity of the healthcare system to reduce preventable deaths from unsafe abortions and provide quality Post Abortion Care services. As part of the Government’s objectives to ending Preventable Maternal Mortality, Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation is working in Kano State to support healthcare systems with relevant health commodities including – Uterine pelvic models, Manual Vacuum Aspirators (MVA), and Medical Abortion Combipacks. The Commissioner of…
Ramatu Garba The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it would partner with Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA),Bayero University Kano, on entrepreneurship and climate adaptation towards addressing food security in Northern Nigeria. The AfDB Vice President of Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr Beth Dunford, made this known on Wednesday when she visited the University Centre for Dry Land Agriculture. “I am very impressed with the track record of the centre in winning multiple grants and awards and in terms of education” she said. READ MORE: Food Security: AfDB Partners With BUK Centre On Climate Adaption, Entrepreneurship According to her, agriculture…
The Managing Director, of Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority ( KNUPDA Architect Ibrahim Yakub Adamu has inaugurated a new unit for the prompt issuance of building approval/permit. Inaugurating the unit at the conference hall of KNUPDA, Ibrahim said the unit was to ease the process of approval by the agency in response to numerous complaints by the public over unnecessary delays in the formalization of building approval/permit. He pointed out that other duties of the unit are to revive all pending plans, approvals and responses to the inspection and monitoring team’s activities. The Managing Director explained that the…
The speaker Kano State House of Assembly KNHA Alhaji Jibril Ismail Falgore has reassured the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas of his unwavering commitment towards uplifting educational standards in the state. In a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker Kamaluddeen Sani Shawai and made available to newsmen. Falgore explained that the Kano House of Assembly is more than ready to deliver quality legislation aimed at improving the standards of the educational sector. He highlighted that, as a legislative arm, the Assembly would explore other means to partner with relevant stakeholders such…
The Commander General Kano state Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa says only 6 out of 12 states in northern nigeria have successfully formalised hisbah. Daurawa disclosed thid while receiving a delegation of Hisbah personal from Niger state. According to him, hisbah has effectively reinforced the 13 points of the Islamic Sharia legal system in their respective communities to better lives. Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa further explained that the Kano State Hisbah Board has a cordial working relationship with the military and paramilitary agencies in Kano to ensure the security of lives and properties. The Commander General emphasized the need…
Kano State House house of Assembly KNHA has passed the State Center for Disease control and Prevention Bill KNCDC 2024. This was sequel to deliberations during plenary presided over by the speaker Alhaji Jibril Isma’il Falgore. The bill sponsored by member representing Dala constituency Alhaji Lawan Hussaini Dala was considered in the committee of the whole house and third reading by the clerk Alhaji Bashir Idris Diso. After careful deliberations the house unanimously adopted and passed the Kano state center for disease control and prevention bill 2024. In another development KNHA has called on Kano state government to to complete…
Tomatoes scarcity looms in Kano State as 4,621 hectares of farms in the state has been infested by Tuta absoluta. Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kano State, Abdullahi Maibreadi has called on the government at all levels to assist farmers with standard insecticide to mitigate the scourge of the reoccurring infestation of Tuta absoluta that has been plaguing farmers for almost 12 years. Maibreadi in an interview said the pest infested Tomato farms at Bagwai, Shanono, Kura, Garin Malam, Bebeji, Bunkure, Rano, Kibiya, parts of Tudun Wada and Dawakin Kudu local government areas of the state. According to…
Zainab Olufunmi Kano A 40-year-old man, Hassan Kabiru was on Tuesday arraigned at a Kano Sharia Court for allegedly causing grievous hurt to one Haruna Ashiru. The defendant, who lives in Rimin Kebe Quarters, is facing a count charge of criminally causing grievous hurt. The prosecutor, Inspector Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Ashiru, who resides in Tudun Wada Quarters, reported the matter at Gwale Police Station, Kano on April 19. Wada alleged that on the same day at about 8:30p.m., the defendant had argument with the complainant which led to a serious fight. READ ALSO: Court sentences…
The Kano State House of Assembly (KNHA) has urged Kano state government (KNSG) to call on Kano state electricity distribution company KEDCO to desist from disconnecting transformers without notice. This was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of the house during plenary session presided over by the speaker Alhaji Jibril Isma’il Falgore. Mover of the motion, who doubles as a member representing Kiru constituency Alhaji Usman Abubakar Tasi’u argued that, the Kano state electricity distribution company)KEDCO), has disconnected and removed 150-170 transformers from Kiru Bebeji, Tudun Wada, Rogo and Karaye local government areas. He stressed that most of the…
The Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano Professor Sagir Adamu, said Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has conducted over 100 kidney transplants since its inception in 2002. Professor Sagir made the indication during a three-day kidney transplant and urology workshop organized by the tertiary education trust fund (Tetfund), held at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH). Represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Management Services, Professor Mahmud Sani explained that, AKTH was one of the first northern teaching hospitals to engage in the indigenization of kidney transplants 20 years ago. He commended Tetfund for initiating the project in AKTH and called for sustainability and extension…