Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said that they have gone far in their negotiations with other political opponents towards establishing a mega party that will oust the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Atiku stated this while answering questions in a BBC Hausa service program on politics recently. Atiku who was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election said their meeting with the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate Peter Obi was very fruitful. “Whosoever thinks here is going to be any disagreement between myself and Peter Obi is getting it wrong, nothing will happen and…
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By Editor An Agricultural Technology Company in Nigeria known as Thrive Agric in collaboration with Crust Micro Finance Bank says, it is targeting to empower 125,000 Youths in Northern Nigeria. Determined to achieve that, the group has provided farmers access to finances to boost their farming activities and economic status in 8 states of the region. The small holder farmers were drawn from Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Adamawa, and Yobe states. At a Programme to celebrate achievements and showcase Agricultural Youth and Tech AYuTe Projects impacts, held in Zaria Kaduna State, Thrive Agric noted that, it will empower…
The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industry (NASSI), Kano chapter has called on the Federal Government to rescind it’s decision to increase the electricity tariff in Nigeria to avoid killing the sector. The Chairman of the association Aminu Ibrahim Kurawa expressed the concerns of the sector while addressing a press conference in Kano on Thursday saying it is affecting them due to drastic increase in production rates. He warns that the effect of the increase in electricity tariff in the country will lead to massive loss of jobs and which will as well enhance levels of insecurity in the country.…
The Senate has passed the North West Development Commission (NWDC) bill to address the challenges facing the seven states in the geopolitical zone. In a statement Signed by the Special Adviser to the Deputy Senate President on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, made available to newsmen on Thursday said, this followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee on Special Duties on the NWDC (Establishment). The bill to establish the commission was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President Barau Jibril and 20 other Senators from the seven states in the North West geopolitical zone. Chairman of the…
In a surprise move, the Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki on Thursday reassigned the alleged corruption case involving APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and seven others to a new Judge. The case was transferred from Kano High Court 4, presided by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, to Court 7, presided by Justice Amina Adamu, amid concerns of suspected bias. Journalists and public affairs commentators who had gathered at the court for a ruling on substituted service to the defendants were shocked by the sudden reassignment. According to Baba Jibo Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the Kano…
Just twenty-four hours after the early morning attack on a mosque in a village at Gezawa local government area of Kano state on Wednesday, no fewer than eleven persons have been confirmed dead and 25 other hospitalized with different degree of burns. This figure was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Kano Police Command SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who also said that the figure is still rising. Speaking to newsmen in Kano on Thursday a local source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the number of casualties saying six were adults, one, a youth and the other, a minor. He…
Abdullahi Usman Tumburkai has on Wednesday 15th May, 2024 triumphed in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election, earning the party’s nomination for the upcoming Katsina Local Government election as the candidate for Dandume Local Government Chairmanship. This was announced by the Party’s the Special Assistant on Media Yusuf Aliyu on Wednesday in Katsina. Expressing his gratitude for the support received, Abdullahi stated, “I am deeply honored and humbled by the trust and confidence placed in me by the members of our party. This victory is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in our campaign.”…
In the just concluded promotional football tour that took place in Kaduna, for the North Western Nigeria, aimed at campaign against drug abuse all participating teams have secured an invitational football tour to Ghana, Senegal and Niger Republic for West African campaign. The competition which was organized by Drugs Free Community Awareness of Nigeria in collaboration with the States FA, series of matches have taken place. This involved teams from Kano, Kaduna and Katsina states to mark this year’s successful campaign exercise, with teams from Rogo, Tsanyawa, Kumbotso, Gaya, Nassarawa, Gabasawa, Kibiya from Kano State. Others include Danja LG from…
Following an early morning incident where a mosque in which about 40 persons were performing the early morning prayer was set ablaze by a man, the perpetrator has willingly submitted himself to the police. The police have confirmed that 24 persons have received different degrees of burns resulting from the incident in which Shafi’u Abubakar, 38 years of age, used petrol to set the mosque ablaze after trapping the worshipers in the mosque Wednesday morning at Laraba Abasawa, Gezawa local government area of Kano state. The victims who were later rescued by some people were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad…
By Binta Spikin bintaspikin@gmail.com There are times in our lives when we know we have to be honest, to ourselves and the entire society, and we do that as an act of service to humanity. In all seriousness, happenings in the social media cycle dictates that I, as a person, should, at this point, stand in my truth and own what I am- which is a Nigerian. Today, I write as a Nigerian, a patriotic one at that, doing what I should do, and by so doing, I hope other Nigerians will appreciate what we are as a people, even…