By GARBA MUHAMMAD The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has intervened into the recent delay of the Kwara State pilgrims airlift due to technical problem detected before the take off of Madinah bound Azman aircraft from Ilorin airport, Kwara State. Competent sources at the commission and airport officials told journalists that the pilgrims were supposed to be airlifted by Airpeace, but Airpeace hired Azman for the operation on their behalf. “Max Air that carried out the rescue operation has departed Ilorin with all the pilgrims around 3am to Madina. “The rescued flight has landed by 11am at Medinah international…
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The Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf has promise to completely overhaul the educational sector in the state. He stated this during a grand ceremony to declare a state of emergency on education in the state on Saturday. Yusuf said the decision has become necessary due to the current decay in the system and the infrastructure which has led to poor output in the sector. The process of overhauling the system will include both the academic system as well as the infrastructure. Governor Yusuf also noted that in an effort to improve girl child education in the state over seventy Luxurious…
The Kano Civil Society Forum (KCSF) has elected new executives after 11 years under a caretaker regime in the state where Muhammad Bello, the Chief Executive of African Center For Innovative Research and Development, emerges as the new President of the forum. He won the election with 56 votes out of a total of 60 votes cast by members of the forum where he defeated Ibrahim Wayya, a former caretaker president of the forum, who got two votes. In his speech after the election, the chairman of the Electoral Committee of the forum, Hamisu Sharifai explained that a total of…
By Muhammad Sabo For over three and a half decades, our lives were graced by a shining star, a shinning example of compassion, wisdom, and unwavering dedication to the greater good. Dr Shuaibu Musa, your life was a testament to the transformative power of dogged determination, commitment, learning, and service. As a consultant pediatrician, your healing touch and gentle care nurtured not only the bodies but also the souls of countless children. Your passion for healing was matched only by your passion for knowledge, as you continually sought to expand your understanding of the human experience. As a lifelong student…
Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday, flagged off the construction of two access roads in Dawakin Kudu local government area, under the Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project, KSADP, at the combined sum of N2,453,105,743:20. The two road projects, totalling 14.728 km are Mil Goma – Yankatsare and Rijiyar Gwangwan road network, awarded to Messrs RADOC Construction JV Limited with a completion period of 12 months. The KSADP, funded by the Islamic Development Bank, the Lives and Livelihoods Fund and the government of Kano state, is constructing 70km of roads linking several communities in different parts of the state,…
Following the recent recommendations by the Kaduna State House of Assembly adhoc committee that indicted the immediate past Governor Nasiru Elrufai for abuse of office and looting of public funds, Sen. Shehu Sani, a renown human rights activist, has called on the Assembly to ensure looted funds are recovered. He stated this Thursday morning on his X platform (formerly Twitter) insisting that the state was simply plundered by thieving consultants that resided at the Kashim Ibrahim House (government house). He also condemned how they looted public funds and enriched themselves, families and foes, leaving the poor in extreme poverty. However,…
In a bid to improve small scales trading, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has on Wednesday empowered 465 street hawkers with additional capital of fifty thousand naira each, drawn from nine clusters within Kano metropolis. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa following an event that took place at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano. The groups of the beneficiaries are known to specialize in hawking car decorations, accessories, kitchen utensils among others as they could be seen hovering around junctions determining to earn decent living conveniently avoiding reckless path of…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has said that all Nigerians irrespective of their states of origins should be allowed to live in any part of the country they wish without any hindrance. Speaking during a debate on a Bill for an act to Establish National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation and Control of Ranches throughout Nigeria sponsored by Sen Titus Tartenger Zam (Benue North West), he said Nigerians cannot be stopped from living, trading and working in any part of the country. “There is a snag in this bill, there…
Most times many describe individuals who appear to take a ‘tough posture’ as “a lion” and when a leader is attributed with the appellation “lion” or “bulldozer” such is likely carried away by name-calling and act to prove the ‘lion’ in him or her and could end up threatening everyone who dares to challenge how such evokes the power of office to bully individuals at time plot excuses to silent anyone who stands on the way or questions the way such run the office they hold. The above scenario fits the approach of the immediate past governor of Kaduna state.…
The former Senator of Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone and a renown human rights activist, Shehu Sani has said that the recent report by the Kaduna State House of Assembly indicting the immediate past Governor Nasiru Elrufai has vindicated him. He made the statement on his X platform (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday describing how he was able to remain the only voice speaking against the systematic looting of public funds embarked upon by the Elrufai regime. He also mentioned how other politicians in the state were intimidated and silenced while he remained steadfast and refused to be silenced. “For eight years,…