Tag: kano
Dangote to build 600-bed isolation centre in Kano
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has pledged to establish a 600-bed isolation centre in Kano State. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje announced the philanthropist’s gesture on Sunday at the inauguration of a 37-member fundraising committee set up to provide succour to the vulnerable in the state. Ganduje said the isolation centre would be established ...Sand dunes kill 5 illegal miners in Kano, one injured
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five out of six people trapped under a heap of sand at Ramin Farar Kasa in Dauni village in Minjibir Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. They were reportedly illegally mining special substance used for making powder. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, Public Relations Officer of the ...Financial crimes: EFCC arrests 280 suspects in Kano, recovers $690,000 at airport
EFCC recovers dollars at airport The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 280 suspects for various crimes in Kano State between January and August this year. The Zonal Head of the Commission in Kano, Mr Akaninyene Ezima, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Monday. Ezima said the ...Nigeria police arrest 700 kidnap, armed robbery suspects in six states
IGP, Mohammed Adamu The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 424 kidnap and 276 armed robbery suspects across the country. The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu made the disclosure at a meeting with officers on the ranks of commissioner and above in Abuja. He said that the suspects were arrested between May ...FRSC to establish 12 new unit commands across Nigeria to enhance road network – FRSC Boss
Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Boss Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the corps will soon establish 12 new unit commands across the federation to enhance the coverage of the nation’s over 200,000-kilometre road network. Oyeyemi said this on Tuesday, while inaugurating the corps’ new office complex in Abakaliki and an ...Homegrown School Feeding Now in 30 States As FG Targets 10m Nigerians to Benefit From GEEP Schemes
President Buhari In continuation of its efforts to invest in the country’s human capital development, the Buhari administration has continued to make significant strides through its National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP). President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s NSIP, is aimed at empowering Nigerians and improving their livelihood through several initiatives. Millions of Nigerians nationwide are currently benefitting ...It Is Not Enough to Get The Girl Child To School, Ensure That She is Safe – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, said that girl child education is beyond getting girls into schools. Dr Zakari Adam, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Kaduna stated this at a two-day meeting of High-Level Women Advocates (HILWA) in Northern Nigeria, holding in Kaduna. HILWA is UNICEF’s Nigeria intervention project, currently in 14 states, funded ...Afolabi: There Was No Way We Could Have Saved Her, Drugs Was Hidden in Her Body- Presidency
SSA to the President on Foreign Relations and the Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa The Federal Government on Friday said that drugs was hidden in the body of Kudirat Afolabi, who was executed in Saudi Arabia on April 1. It said Afolabi was among the 20 persons arrested with drugs hidden in their body parts. The Senior ...INEC Issues Certificate of Return to Ganduje, Others in Kano
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented certificate of return to Kano State Governor-elect, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. Similarly, the state deputy governor-elect, Dr Nasiru Gawuna and 23 state Assembly members-elect were also presented with the certificate. Thirteen state Assembly members-elect of the people’s Democratic Party, PDP, were conspicuously ...Supplementary polls: Incidents of Violence, Disruption of Voting Process Mar Polls in Kano, Sokoto, Others- CDD
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday condemned attacks on ad hoc staff, media, observers and other electoral participants during the supplementary polls. It said the attacks marred the polls. The CDD Director, MS Idayat Hassan who was represented by an analyst of CDD, Dr Jideofor Adibe in Abuja, said that the ...
