The Kano State Government has awarded contracts worth ₦27.8 billion for the construction of Information and Communication Technology and Computer-Based Test, ICT/CBT, centres across the state’s 44 Local Government Areas. The project is designed to expand access to digital learning, e-examinations and technology skills for young people at the grassroots. 29,000 Students Sit For Nigeria’s 1st National TVET Entrance Exam The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Tajo Othman, disclosed this at the contract award ceremony held at the Ministry’s Conference Hall. He described the project as a historic milestone for Kano State, saying the establishment of…
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Ibrahim Sulaiman The Emir of Zazzau and Deputy President General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, has inaugurated a new management team to oversee the affairs of the organisation in Kaduna State. The new leadership followed the voluntary withdrawal, on medical grounds, of the immediate past State Chairman, Professor Mohammed Shafi’u Abdullahi, Wakilin Makarantan Zazzau. NOA Partners JNI to Promote Patriotism, National Values in Kogi Inaugurating the team, the Emir charged the new leadership to reposition the Kaduna State chapter of JNI and make it more functional, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the Muslim Ummah.…
DIG Mohammed Usaini Gumel (Rtd) The security of Nigeria’s cities begins, in important respects, in its villages, farms, forests, grazing areas, border communities and rural markets. When these spaces become unsafe, the consequences do not remain in the countryside. Farmers abandon their fields. Livestock production and legitimate pastoral activities are disrupted. Rural markets contract. Transportation becomes dangerous. Families are displaced. Food production declines. Prices rise. Criminal recruitment expands and, ultimately, public confidence in the ability of the State to protect its citizens begins to weaken. What starts as rural insecurity eventually becomes urban inflation, food insecurity, unemployment, displacement and a…
The Gwarzo Local Government Council in Kano State has sponsored 20 women to undergo free midwifery training as part of efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery and promote women’s education. The Chairman of the council, Dr. Mani Tsoho, presented admission letters to the beneficiaries shortly after the local government’s Security Council meeting. Dr. Tsoho said the initiative was aimed at empowering women with professional skills in the health sector, which he noted would contribute to improving healthcare services and building a healthier society. Gaya LG Sponsors 22 Female Indigenes for Midwifery Training He commended the Kano State Government under Governor Abba…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on community leaders and residents in Kano State to take ownership of health facilities to ensure the sustainability of investments in primary healthcare. UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, Shafeeq Ur-Rehman, made the call while handing over the renovated DISO Primary Healthcare Centre in Gwale Local Government Area to the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board (SPHCMB). NEMA, UNICEF Boost Emergency Response in 7 Northern States The DISO PHC is one of five healthcare facilities renovated under a Global Fund-supported programme implemented by UNICEF. Ur-Rehman stressed that sustained community engagement was critical…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says President Bola Tinubu could have secured victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent Osun governorship election if the president wanted it “at all costs”. The minister, who remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said Tinubu deliberately allowed the election to run without interference from the federal government. Wike spoke on Tuesday while inspecting flood-prone areas in Maitama, Abuja. Osun Election: CITAD Detects Website Anomalies, Warns Political Parties He said if the president had chosen to deploy his political influence to guarantee an APC victory,…
A Maiduguri-based philanthropist, Alhaji Ali Tallafi, has called on individuals and organisations to support widows and poor families whose livelihoods have been affected by prolonged insurgency in the Northeast. Tallafi, founder of the Ali Tallafi Foundation, made the call in a statement issued to journalists in Maiduguri. He said the current economic hardship in the country, coupled with the loss of livelihoods caused by years of insecurity, had left vulnerable groups, particularly widows and poor families, facing serious survival challenges. “This is a critical period for most families and it is more serious for the vulnerable, the poor and widows.…
The Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting women’s professional advancement and greater inclusion in the accounting sector. The Executive Chairman of KIRS, Alhaji Bashir Maitama, FCTI, CNA, NIM, stated this while receiving members of the Society of Women Accountants in Nigeria (SWAN), Kano Chapter, during a courtesy visit to the Service. Speaking during the visit, the Chairperson of SWAN, Hajiya Aisha Ibrahim Audu, said the association was committed to promoting the professional development of female accountants, with mentorship of the girl-child forming a key part of its efforts. She also highlighted the Accounting Technicians…
The Federal Government has launched a centralised digital platform, services.gov.ng, to provide citizens and businesses with a single point of access to a wide range of government services. The initiative, launched through the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, is designed to simplify access to public services that were previously spread across multiple agency websites and physical administrative offices. The platform brings together services including business registration, trade permits, identity verification, regulatory licensing, empowerment programmes and civic services through a unified digital interface. Citizens and entrepreneurs can use the portal to submit applications, verify official information and access…
The Dahiru Bara’u Mangal Foundation has commenced free surgical treatment for 120 patients suffering from urinary-related conditions in Katsina State. The medical intervention began on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at the Amadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital in Katsina as part of the Foundation’s humanitarian healthcare programme aimed at providing free medical services to vulnerable residents. Speaking with journalists during the exercise, a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji Hussaini Kabir, said 2,162 patients suffering from urinary-related conditions had benefited from the Foundation’s free surgical interventions since its establishment in 2018. He explained that the Foundation organises the medical outreaches…