Dangote Industries Limited is sponsoring the 2025 Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF) which officially opens on September 25, 2025, the company said in a statement. “Dangote Group is proud to announce its strategic partnership with the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), organizer of the 2025 Abuja International Trade Fair. This collaboration presents a valuable opportunity to engage with key stakeholders and boost intra African trade and investments. The forum also serves as a platform for us to showcase a wide range of innovative products and our contributions to the sustainable development of Nigeria,” the statement from the Branding…
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By Isa Danchadi Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal says he’s committed to unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027. But in Sokoto, the very state that birthed his career, his record is riddled with broken promises, abandoned programs, and borrowed political structures. If you can’t hold your home-front, how do you claim the nation? When Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal declared that he was “committed to sending Tinubu out of office in 2027,” the statement rang bold. But boldness without a base is empty rhetoric. And in Sokoto—the very soil where his political career took root—Tambuwal is standing on shaky ground. A Man…
The one time Ministerial nominee under president Bola Tinubu’s administration, Maryam Shetty, along with, Kano Princess, Mariya Sanusi Bayero, have closed a Quranic Recitation Competition in Kano with a prayer for peace in the nation. The competition, the first of it’s kind, was conducted on Shetty’s Facebook platform where thousands of competitors posted videos of themselves reciting the holy Quran, after which a screening committee made up of experts from the National Quranic Recitation Competition Committee screened the participants and came up with the winners. Speaking on why she organized the competition, the former ministerial nominee explained that it is…
The Ajiyan Sokoto, Allaji Umar I. Ajiya, has denied the rumors being peddled in some quarters that he is planning to contest the Sokoto Governorship seat in 2027. In a statement on Monday by the Spokesman to the Ajiyan Sokoto, Bashir Ahmad Danmalam, blamed such rumours on the handwork of some disgruntled elements who do not wish Ajiya well and are also bent on causing disaffection between him and the Sokoto State Governor, Dr. Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto. Danmalam noted that such insinuation was aimed at discrediting thetraditional title holder who has no plan to contest any elective position let alone…
By Abbas Bamalli The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has unveiled strategies to address the disturbing issue of extreme students’ graduation ceremonies by secondary school students and tertiary institutions in Katsina. The NOA Director-General, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, revealed this while addressing journalists in Katsina on Tuesday, to flag-off campaign on the Federal Government’s policies. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN) reports that Issa-Onilu, was represented at the event by Mr John Bala, the Director, Reform Coordination and Service at the NOA headquarters, Abuja. “The agency is focusing on national value re-orientation campaigns and sensitisation against extreme graduation practices which do not…
The Kano state government is said to be losing about N1 billion annually for lack of auctioning of used items that include electronics, furniture and others which are mostly stolen by individuals. This was stated by the Secretary of the Nigerian Association of Auctioneers, (NAA), Kano state chapter, Isah Deneji, while speaking to newsmen recently. He explained that the state government is doing a lot of renovations and reconstructions in the state that have led to the removal of air conditioners, office furniture, roofing sheets, interlocks and other items. He however said that unlike the usual procedure, the items are…
By Zubairu Idris Katsina State Government has organized a workshop for Mathematics teachers in Secondary Schools to address poor performance in the subject, especially during final and external examinations. The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, said during the opening ceremony of the workshop on Saturday in Katsina that it was part of the “war against poor performance in Mathematics.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the workshop was: ‘Enhancing teaching and learning of Mathematics in the era of Information and Computer Technology (ICT)’. Represented by the Director, Schools, Senior, in…
Premium Times reports that operators, in detailed statements given to EFCC and ICPC, described how they moved huge sums of public funds at Mr Rogo’s request. Some bureau de change operators have implicated Abdullahi Rogo, Director-General of Protocol to the Kano State Governor, in a multi-billion-naira corruption scandal now under investigation by Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies: the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The operators, in detailed statements given to EFCC and ICPC, described how they moved huge sums of public funds at Mr Rogo’s request, transactions investigators say form…
The League of Civil Society Organization in Kano has alleged that it’s members are being intimidated over calls made on the state government to prosecute officials involved in the N6.5 billion scandal. This is contained in a statement issued by the 20-member group in the state on Monday alleging disturbing threats, intimidation and harassment. The group, which includes Comrade Bala Abdullahi of Wuro Development Concerns (WDCN), Yushau Sani Yankuzo of Center For Human Rights and Social Development (CEFSAN), Muhammad Bello of African Centre For Innovative Research and Development (Afri-CIRD) and Adeniyi Aremu of Civil Society Organization for Conflict Resolution (CS-CRIN),…
Following the recent response by the Kano state government over the alleged diversion of N6.5 billion by its official, where it blamed former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, his personal aide Muhammad Garba has warned against weaponizing his name for political attacks and personal agendas. This is contained in a statement he signed and issued to newsmen in Kano on Monday dismissing all the alleged financial misappropriation, corruption and misconduct allegations against Ganduje as false. “I feel compelled to address recent claims circulated by the Kano State Government that seek to link former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to alleged financial misappropriation, corruption, and…