Kano State Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Ismail Aliyu Danmaraya has disclosed plans to organize periodic Organizational Capacity Assessment of his ministry for effective management, and identification of areas that need strengthening for better service delivery. He made this known to newsmen recently while reveling plans he has for the ministry to raised it’s score card to global level. He opined that the strategy “will help the ministry to reflect on its processes and functions, and score itself against globally accepted benchmarks”. During a meeting with management officers of the ministry in his office, the Commissioner stated that the move is…
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There are reports that Iran is changing its capital city from Tehrah in the North, to Makran, in the southern coastal region, due to economic and ecological reasons, according to Persian-language satellite TV station Iran International. Newsweek has reached out to the Iranian Mission to the United Nations (UN) for comment via email outside of normal business hours. Iran’s economy is already struggling and the Rial, the nation’s currency, plunged to a historic low last month. Tehran was established as the country’s capital by Āghā Moḥammad Khān, the first ruler of the Qājār dynasty in Iran, more than 200 years…
No fewer than 5,200 women spread across the 44 local government areas of Kano state have received N50,000 empowerment from governor Abba Yusuf. At an event in the government house on Wednesday, governor Yusuf said the women selected from the 484 wards of the local governments were empowered to be self-reliant and contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic well-being of the entire society. “We are here today for the continuation of a remarkable program we initiated, which is an empowerment of 5,200 women from across the 44 local government areas and from the 484 wards within these 44 local government areas.…
The former Managing Director of the Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Dr Bala Inuwa, has accused the State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC) of violating an existing Court Order by confiscating and taking over his properties. Inuwa told newsmen on Wednesday that the agency took over his properties worth billions of Naira in contravention of a High Court Order stopping any public office from taking any action on the properties, pending the determination of a substantive suit before it. He said the properties which were stocked with various brands of trailers, fertilizer grinding machines and other agricultural…
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Murtala Sule Garo, has called on Kano’s former governors and political leaders to set aside their differences and work together for the betterment of the state. Speaking at a dinner and award night organized by the 8th, 9th, and 10th Kano State House of Assembly Forum, Garo emphasized the critical role unity among leaders can play in accelerating the state’s development. He stated, “It is disheartening to see states like Zamfara—less developed than Kano—where former governors set…
An activist and public affairs commentator, Malam Salihu Othman Isah has condemned what he described as the incessant air strikes and other forms of military attacks on defenceless civilians in some parts of the country. Isah, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC said this in an interview that it is unprofessional for the Nigerian military to continue to unleash its weapons on people they are trained and paid to protect. He also criticized the approach being deplored by the authorities, both government and the Nigerian Armed Forces to stop the killings which is a recurring situation…
Mr. Bizuum Yadok’s thought-provoking and incisive essay, “In Defense of Leoparditude” has won the 2024 E. E. Sule/ SEVHAGE Prize for African Literary Criticism just announced by the organizers. The award is jointly endowed by Professor E. E. Sule, a Commonwealth Award-winning creative writer, and SEVHAGE, a Makurdi-based publisher, and also a literary Award-winner. Yadok is a doctorate degree student at Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, who has been under the tutelage of Prof. Mallam Al-Bishak. His entry is an ingenious application of Leoparditude literary theory to critique Dike Chukwumerije’s performance poetry, “Nna Anyi, Is It True?” dedicated to…
1000 beneficiaries from different entrepreneurship have received start-up kits from Yusuf Umar Datti, the House of Representatives member representing Kura-Madobi-Garunmalam from Kano. The event took place yesterday in Kano where beneficiaries received 4 cars, 3 tricycles, 50 motorcycles and 1000 bags of fertilizer. Others received 50 sewing machines and 50 water pumps to farmers. There are also those among the beneficiaries that received 50 grinding machines, 3 youths received N500,000 each, with another set of 150 women getting N30,000 each from his constituency. Delivering an address during the event, Datti explained that the program is designed to support the economic…
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin has sent off seventy beneficiaries for foreign Post-Graduate Program saying the sponsorship of qualified students from Kano state for higher degrees in relevant fields of study in foreign institutions of higher learning for their growth and development would continue. He stated this while sending the beneficiaries off on Saturday in Kano to pursue Masters degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Engineering, among others, in India. “I will continue to identify and sponsor qualified students of the state origin for Masters degrees, irrespective of their economic, social status or political inclinations” the Senator stated.…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is overwhelmed by an unfortunate crisis that has penetrated deep into the establishment and placed it in a lingering situation and deterioration. This is as a result of the refusal of the former Chairman of the CCT, Mr. Yakubu Danladi Umar, to accept fate and allow the newly appointed Chairman, Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo, to take over office thereby leaving the staffing in disarray. On the 13th of July 2024, President Bola Tinubu, through his Special Adviser On Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale announced the appointment of Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as the…