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…
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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…
By Ramatu Garba The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),Kano Zonal Command,has received 51 rescued victims of human trafficking. The Zonal Commander, Abdullahi Babale made the disclosure during the handing-over of the victims rescued by the Kano State Hisbah Board. He said said operatives of the agency arrested two suspects in connection with the trafficking, saying that the rescued victims aged between 18 and 50, comprised 49 females and two males. “The victims were rescued on April 21, at Hotoro motor park in Kano metropolis by the State Hisbah Board on their way to Cote d’Voire,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has received commendation for creating adequate awareness on the need for routine vaccination of children against polio and other diseases that hamper the health of children in Kano and across Nigeria. 28 year mother of three Khadijat Hussein explained that she was convinced to approve administration of polio vaccination on her children through UNICEF campaigns and enlightenment programmes. She spoke at Panisau Health Clinic, Ungogo Local Government Area, shortly after her last two year old Amina recurved her dose of polio vacination at the day-two of the 2024 Polio (nOPV2) vacination exercise. She said:…
By Ramatu Garba The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Kano State Command, says 70 per cent of inmates are awaiting trial across the custodial centres in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SC Musbahu Lawan, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the State Headquarters on Monday in Kano. He said that overcrowding was a challenge to the smooth operation of the NCoS in the state, as the number of awaiting trial inmates had tripled that of convicted inmates in the state. “Statistics show that only 30 per cent of inmates are convicted in the correctional service, while inmates…