The Executive Director, Citizens for Development and Education (CDE), Convener/Head of Secretariat, Kano Peace Committee (KPC), and Convener, Nigeria for Peace Project (N4P), Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, performed the formal inauguration of the Kano Peace Committee Football Academy, on the 23rd Sept. 2024, as part of the activities to mark and celebrate the 2024, International Peace Day, in Kano State. The event was deliberately designed to consolidate the message of this year’s theme “Cultivating the Culture of Peace” intentionally targeting the young people in the State, and engage on the importance of peace and peaceful coexistence. Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, said, it…
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The National Chairman of the Nigeria Elders Forum For Peace and Stability (NEFPS), Ambassador Bature AbdulAziz, has urged the Military to sustain the harsh tempo of fighting bandits in the country, while thanking the Ministers of Defense, Abubakar Badaru and Bello Matawale for relocating to Sokoto. The Chairman of the Forum, noted while addressing newsmen in Kano Tuesday, that after their meeting, the fighting strategy of having the two defense Ministers closer to the scenes of the problems, has given ways to tackle the bandits headon. “This strategy was first adopted by the military in the previous government of President…
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja commemorated the 94th National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the residence of the Saudi Ambassador, Faisal bin Ebraheem Alghamdi. In a press statement by the Saudi Press Attache in Nigeria, Mohammed Alsahabi said, the event brought together an esteemed group of government officials, heads of diplomatic missions, representatives of international organizations, and prominent businessmen. In his address, Ambassador Alghamdi highlighted the significance of the occasion, marking 94 years since King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud unified the Kingdom, creating a strong and stable entity grounded in a tolerant Islamic…
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna In order for the renewed hope agenda to be succinctly achieved, parochial suggestions from certain quarters that the humanitarian ministry be scrapped, must be utterly jettisoned, humanitarian expert, Hon. Prince David Yilbel has said. Hon. Prince David Yilbel (Fcic,Fcp) who made the observation in an elaborate analysis he signed and made available to newsmen Sunday explained that those suggesting the abolishment of the ministry are the greatest enemies of Mr. President. He stated that humanitarian ministry has come to stay given to the primary purpose of government “Which is protection of lives and properties and providing…
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, have arrested a 38-year-old drug trafficker, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach. A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Abuja, on Sunday, said the drug suspect was arrested last Sunday. The statement said after three days in excretion observation, Okafor excreted 76 pellets of the ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg. Also, in Kogi state, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway on…
The Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), has said that security challenges have contributed to the mass problem of hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria. The society, which staged its 54th Annual Scientific Conference, from 16th to 20th September, 2024 in Kano has alleged that the current security problems has contributed to the national crisis of inadequate food production, stating that this has invoked poverty on women and prominent severe cases of malnutrition in children. The national president of the society, professor Wasiu Afolabi, in a chat with journalists in Kano, Friday at the end of the NSN annual nutrition scientific week,…
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, frontline National Presidential Aspirant has promised to make accountability and transparency key, while promoting capacity building and Professionalism among members by ensuring that the International Institute of Journalism, IIJ, has a centre in all the Geo-Political Zones of the country. He made the revelation at the formal presentation of the nomination/intention form to him by the NUJ Advocates for Credible Leadership at the NUJ Secretariat, Kaduna, Thursday. He explained that since the inception of the Kaduna State Council, it was yet to produce the national president and it’s not fair being the…
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Renowned philanthropist, Mrs. Tejuosho, has joined the league of exceptional philanthropists, including Aliko Dangote and Aminu Dantata, who have demonstrated extraordinary kindness to flood victims in Maiduguri, Borno state. Mrs.Tejuosho’s latest donation of relief materials and N15 million cash to affected residents is a testament to her compassion and commitment to supporting those in need. Prior to the distribution, Mrs. Tejuosho paid a courtesy visit to the Shehu of Borno, His Majesty Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, where she donated essential items, including Indomie, rice, mosquito nets, blankets, and children’s clothing. The Shehu, in his remarks,…
A Kano-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abdullahi Gadon Kaya has apologized to the Bauchi state government over misinformation he propagated during one of his recent preaching sessions where he claimed that homosexuals across the country converged in an undisclosed hotel in the state to commit sodomy. He also alleged that the homosexuals rented the hotel at a whooping sum of N100,000,000 for a 10-day event. However, renouncing the claim, Gadon Kaya said he was wrongly informed by someone in Bauchi state who called him on phone to inform him about the supposed gathering of homosexuals. Following the invitation by the commission,…
The Kano state governor Abba Yusuf has described the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to address many of the systemic problems that have historically plagued Nigeria’s elections saying it will minimize human error and enhance transparency. Representing the governor, the Special Adviser On State Affairs, Usman Bala, stated this in his address on Wednesday at the 5th social influencers summit in Kano that was organized by the Center For Information Technology And Development (CITAD). “In light of these issues, the emergence of AI provides a promising opportunity to address many of the systemic problems that have historically…