1. Anytime an official denial is issued by Tinubu’s spin doctors, on any subject, take that denial as an official confirmation. 2. Last week, Chief of Defense staff denied any plan to establish France military bases in Nigeria. 3. Yesterday, the Chief of Army staff received the first contingent of French soldiers and immediately deployed them to maiduguri to ” HELP NIGERIA IN FIGHTING BOKO HARAM” . The same boko haram they claimed to have decimated and are scamping for safety. 4. Before the blinking of an eye, a FRANCE military base will be physically seen in Maiduguri, perhaps before…
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The Kano state government, under the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Lives and Livelihood Project (LLP) has initiated an enlightenment program for farmers against the use of some chemicals as pesticides. This was revealed Tuesday to newsmen in Kura local government of Kano state by the Community-based Facilitator, DanAsabe DanGambo working with the projects in ten villages in the area. He explained that initially, the farmers are not aware of the right chemicals to use as pesticides and have no idea how to use them, and are also ignorant of…
The largest grains market in Africa, located at Dawanau in Dawakintofa local government of Kano state has been renovated by the state government in partnership with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Lives and Livelihood Project (LLP) through the provision of roads, Secretariat, Police Post, streetlights and drainages. This was revealed by the Infrastructural Engineer of Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, Zahraddeen Zarewa, while addressing newsmen at the market on Tuesday. “This is a project being carried out by the Kano state government with the support of the Islamic Development Bank to boost the area of agriculture, precisely the values…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has forwarded names of six persons to the state House of Assembly for screening as commissioners to fill the remaining empty positions since an earlier cabinet reshuffle last week. The Speaker of the House, Ismail Jibrin Falgore, announced this while reading the governor’s letter during plenary. The nominees include, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, Shehu wada Sagagi, Dr Dahiru Mohd Hashim, Dr Isma’il Dan Maraya, Gaddafi Sani Shehu and Abdulkadir AbdulSalam. The nominees are expected to appear before the Kano state House of Assembly on Tuesday for screening
No fewer than 6000 groups of farmers across Kano have benefitted from enhanced farming techniques, seeds, water pumping machines as well as processing machines from the Kano state government to enhance the sector, to fight shortage of agric products and food inflation. This was made known to Leadership on Monday by the Lead Extension Agent, Ibrahim Adamu of the Kano State Agricultural Development Project (KSADP) at Kabo local government area of Kano. “The purpose of this project is to enhance the lives of the farmers and other beneficiaries in the agric sector, to build their skills and expose them to…
Over 25,000 farmers spread around Kano, Kaduna and Katsina states are going to start benefitting from the Watari Irrigation Project where the state government has renovated reservoirs that will provide 10 million Cubic Litres of water for dry season farming. This was revealed by the project manager Muhammad Tijjani Adam who spoke to newsmen who visited the project on Sunday located at Watari in Bagwai local government area. “As you can see, this is the main reservoir, in which we release water to from the Watari Dam in the night. “It will be gathered here in the reservoir to be…
The Director General, Media and spokes person to the Kano state government, Sunusi Dawakintofa has explained that he has remained in the government house for five days to avoid being arrested by the police. He stated this while delivering an address on Saturday at the PR Nigeria Young Communication Fellowship in Kano. He explained that at least 40 number of the Inspector General of Police monitoring team were deployed to Kano to arrest him about six days ago. He however said that he remained in the government house because of the constitutional immunity that disallows arrest in the premises except…
An early morning fire outbreak at Rangaza community in Ungogo local government area of Kano state had claimed the lives of a couple. The couple identified as a 67-year-old Muhammad Uba and his wife, Fatima Muhammad, 52, were said to be trapped by the smoke of fire that engulfed their apartment during the incident. Spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Yusif Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, explaining that the incident happened around 1:45a.m. on Friday. Abdullahi said the Service received an emergency call for assistance from one of its staff, Ahmed Abubakar, who informed the…
A Kano based businessman, Ibrahim Mukhtar Muhammed, has threatened to take legal action against the Kano state government for demolishing his multi-million Naira property located at new Gandu layout close to Zoo road in the metropolis. Muhammad who addressed newsmen Friday evening, said the property was demolished without prior notice from the Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA). He accused officials of KNUPDA of alleged extortion by taking money from him to design the construction, drawing and supervising of the work and suddenly demolishing the project, describing it as traumatic. “This is once a beautiful…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has announced the composition of the Kano State Shura Council, mentioning the immediate past Chief of Staff, Shehu Wada Sagagi, whose office was scrapped, as the Secretary. The council will be chaired by Professor Shehu Galadanci, with Professor Muhammad Sani Zahraddeen serving as Vice Chairman. Other high-profile appointees include Sheikh Abdulwahhab Abdallah, Sheikh Karibullah Nasiru Kabara, Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar, and Sheikh Tijjani Bala Kalarawi. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, issued on Friday, the council comprises 46 distinguished members, including renowned Islamic scholars, respected academics, and…