Jamila Sulaiman An ja hankalin al’umma da su kara aikata ayyukan alkhairi domin cin gajiyar falalar da ke cikin watan Ramadan mai albarka. Sheikh Nasir Albani PRP ne ya yi wannan kira a yayin rabon kayan abinci da na Sallah da al’ummar unguwar Jaba suka gudanar, bayan sun tara kudade domin tanadin tallafi ga masu karamin karfi a watan Ramadan. Malamin ya bayyana cewa wannan shiri babban tagomashi ne ga al’ummar yankin, musamman daliban makarantar Bint Hameed Markaz Azzarmawiy, wadanda suka tara kudi da kokari domin tallafa wa raunana a wannan lokaci na tsadar rayuwa. Shugaban makarantar, Malam Musa, ya…
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Hamman Abdulkareem Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed the new Supreme Leader of Iran following the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, marking one of the most dramatic political transitions in the Islamic Republic’s modern history The appointment comes at a time of intense geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Iran is currently facing escalating military pressure from both the United States and Israel, while also dealing with internal protests and economic hardship Khomeini’s Grandson Tipped as Iran’s Next Supreme Leader The decision to elevate Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly made by the powerful Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for appointing…
United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s next supreme leader “is not going to last long” if the Middle East country does not get his approval first. “He’s going to have to get approval from us,” Trump told ABC News. “If he doesn’t get approval from us, he’s not going to last long.” His comments came as Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, dismissed a similar threat by Trump, saying the Iranian people, not the US president, will elect their new leader and demanded that Trump apologise for starting the war with Iran. Iran Accused of Orchestrating Plot…
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Kano State Chapter, has called on governments, institutions, and other stakeholders to intensify efforts to empower women and ensure equal treatment and respect for them across all sectors of society. The call was made in a statement issued to commemorate the 2026 International Women’s Day (IWD), signed by the Chairperson of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Kano State Chapter, Sayyida Bahijja Malam Kabara, and the Secretary, Maryam Muhammad Yakasai. NAWOJ Presents Commendation Letter To Governor Abba Kabir Kabara said this year’s theme, “Give to Gain,” underscores the importance of investing in women…
Tunji Alausa, minister of education, says the federal government is committed to ensuring every Nigerian girl has access to safe, inclusive, and quality learning opportunities to reach her full potential. Alausa spoke on Sunday to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2026, themed ‘Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls’. In a statement, the minister said this year’s IWD celebrates the resilience, brilliance, and invaluable contributions of women across every sector of Nigerian society. IWD 2026: NAWOJ Kano Calls for Women Empowerment, Equality “From our classrooms to our communities, Nigerian women continue to shape the present and inspire the…
As the world marks International Women’s Day 2026, the Adolescent Health Information Projects (AHIP) has joined the global community in celebrating the invaluable contributions of women across all spheres of life. In a statement to commemorate the occasion, the Executive Director of AHIP, Dr. Mairo V. Bello, emphasized the need to empower women to become hardworking, dedicated, and resilient in the face of challenges. ROOTS: AHIP, IOM Train Women Farmers on Urban, CSA in Kano According to her, the 2026 theme, “Give To Gain,” highlights the strength and determination of women while encouraging them to remain focused on building productive…
The National President and Executive Director of the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN), Bisi Bamishe, has called for a more inclusive, comprehensive, and multi-dimensional approach to addressing women’s issues in Nigeria, particularly those affecting women and girls with disabilities. Dr. Bamishe made the call on Sunday in Lagos during a press briefing to commemorate the International Women’s Day 2026. IWD:Kano CoP Urges Mothers, Caregivers to Prioritize Immunization She expressed concern over the difficult realities many women continue to face in society, noting that women often shoulder significant social and economic responsibilities as mothers, caregivers, and contributors to national development. According…
Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has flagged off the distribution of 100,000 bags of 10kg rice donated by the Aliko Dangote Foundation to support vulnerable and underprivileged residents across the state. Kebbi Flags Off Distribution of Farming Inputs, Ramadan Palliatives The initiative is aimed at easing the hardship faced by many households, particularly during the holy month of Ramadan, when the demand for food items typically increases. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday in Kano by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mustapha Muhammad. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony, Governor Yusuf, who was represented by…
A few days ago, the ledger of accounting life recorded a deficit no arithmetic can reconcile. A colossus has withdrawn from the visible balance sheet of our accounting world. Professor Kabiru Isa Dandago was not merely a scholar of accounting; he was an accountant of meaning a meticulous auditor of conscience, a custodian of fiscal rectitude, and a vigilant sentinel of public trust. In him, intellect was not ostentatious but incandescent. His mind did not merely compute; it contemplated. It did not merely analyse; it illuminated. When a Gentle Light Goes Out: The Demise of a Quintessential Dandago Kano has…
How the healthcare reforms of Governor Umar Namadi Danmodi are restoring dignity to the aged while protecting the youngest generation Lamara Garba Azare In every society, the true character of leadership is revealed not in grand speeches or towering structures, but in how it treats those who can no longer compete in the rush of daily survival. In Jigawa State, a quiet but meaningful transformation is unfolding, one that places dignity, compassion, and human wellbeing at the centre of governance. Through the J Basic Healthcare Services for Vulnerable Citizens, the administration of Governor Umar Namadi Danmodi has woven a protective…
The Kano State Ramadan Feeding Committee has conducted an inspection tour of major restaurants and kitchens responsible for preparing meals distributed daily to beneficiaries across the state. Chairman of the committee and Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Ahmed Tijjani, led the delegation to assess food quality, hygiene standards, and distribution processes under the 2026 Ramadan feeding programme. Indonesia Commends Kano State’s Ramadan Feeding Programme The initiative, introduced by the Kano State Government, currently distributes meals across 115 feeding centres, with 1,000 plates of food provided daily at each centre. According to the committee, the programme costs over ₦4 billion, with each…
Sufyan Lawal Kano The true measure of leadership has never been the grandeur of its proclamations. It has always been the discipline of its follow-through, the unglamorous, daily, often invisible work of converting a compelling vision into institutional reality, of ensuring that the ideas articulated in policy documents and public speeches actually reach the citizens whose lives they are intended to transform. In Kano State today, that work is being done with a consistency and seriousness that deserves far wider recognition than it has so far received. And at the center of that effort, serving as both the strategic intelligence…
Nworisa Michael There are moments in the life of a community that arrive without announcement and depart without ceremony, but whose significance, properly understood, reveals more about the character of a society than any formal declaration or policy document ever could. These are the moments of quiet testing, when the distance between a society’s stated values and its actual reflexes is measured not in speeches or manifestos, but in the ordinary decisions of ordinary people confronted with fear, uncertainty, and the ancient human temptation to react before they think. When Kano Chose Peace: A Lesson in the Spirit of the…
Munir I. Publisher In the long and often turbulent history of Nigerian governance, it has become almost axiomatic that the most visible actors attract the most attention. Governors cut ribbons. Politicians make speeches. Press releases are issued, photographs are taken, and the machinery of public perception grinds steadily forward. Yet history, when it takes the longer and more honest view, consistently reminds us that the men and women who shape the intellectual direction of governance are rarely the ones occupying the most prominent positions on the podium. They are, more often, the ones working in the spaces between spectacle and…
Comrade Najeeb Nasir Ibrahim There is a particular kind of public official whose value to a government cannot be measured in project completion rates or budget figures alone. Their most significant contribution is something less tangible but far more consequential: the ability to translate a governor’s vision into a living, breathing public conversation, to take the abstract language of policy and render it in terms that ordinary citizens can understand, trust, and ultimately own. Since his swearing-in on the 6th of January 2025, the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs of Kano State, Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, has demonstrated…
Saminu Umar Ph.D In the theatre of governance, the spotlight almost always falls on the principal actor. It is the governor who addresses the crowd, signs the executive orders, and takes the applause or the criticism that public policy inevitably attracts. But anyone who has spent serious time studying how governments actually work, as distinct from how they appear to work, understands a more layered truth: behind every bold agenda that changes a society, there is almost always a bolder mind working in the background, thinking harder, longer, and more deeply than the public ever gets to see. In the…
Saminu Umar Ph.D There is a moment in the life of every consequential leader when the demands of the present collide with the responsibilities of the future, and the leader must choose which master to serve. For Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, that moment appears to have arrived quietly, without fanfare, in the form of a policy document that carries a deceptively simple title: the Kano First Initiative. It is a document that deserves far more public attention than it has so far received, because what it represents is not merely another government programme, but a fundamental rethinking…
Ibrahim Sulaiman The National Institute of Public Health and Infectious Diseases (NIPHID) has announced plans to introduce a new academic programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of healthcare workers in the management of infectious diseases in Nigeria. Director-General of the institute, Abdullahi Aminu Dalhatu, disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the National Curriculum Workshop for the proposed National Diploma in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, held at the institute in Zaria. Dalhatu explained that training in infectious diseases has largely been available only at postgraduate diploma, certificate, and fellowship levels, leaving a gap at the middle and lower professional levels…
Former members of the 2023 Health Transition Committee have endorsed the Kano First Agenda of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, reaffirming their support for policies aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and humanitarian services in Kano State. The endorsement was made during the 2026 Iftar gathering held on Friday, March 6, at the AMG Foundation Building. The event brought together former members of the committee under the auspices of the Kano State Healthcare Forum. The forum, chaired by Aminu Magashi Garba, organised the gathering for the third consecutive year, providing a platform for members to reflect on developments in the health sector…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to ensure the successful implementation of the National Single Window (NSW) project, reaffirming its commitment to advancing Nigeria’s trade modernisation and digital transformation agenda. The Comptroller-General of Customs made this known during a stakeholder engagement with airline and shipping line operators held in Abuja on March 4, 2026. He emphasised the importance of collaboration among key players in the trade and logistics sector to guarantee the smooth rollout of the initiative. According to him, the support and cooperation of critical stakeholders have been instrumental in the progress recorded so far in the…