Kano state government has dismissed the story of a a stray bullet hitting a Journalist at the Government House on Friday that went viral. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director General, Media Sunusi Bature on Saturday describing the story as unbalanced. “The attention of Kano state government has been drawn to a one sided media report on social media revealing that a journalist, with the state own Television station, attached to Government house was hit by a stray bullet. “The incident, which occurred amidst a flurry of misinformation, sparked widespread concern and speculation regarding the safety…
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A Journalist that reports for the Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) popularly known as Naziru Idris Ya’u has confirmed that he was hit by stray bullet at the Kano State Government House on Friday. Although he is injured as a result of shot, the injury was however, not so severe and the shrapnel have been removed. “We were standing around gate three area when I received the shot on my arm. It did not penetrate much because I removed it by myself. “It must have come from somewhere very far, outside the government house. Because with the way it was it…
Sow a Seed for a Girl Child Development Initiative (SSGCDI) is a registered Not-for-profit Organization Operating in Bukuru, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Since May, 2023, and was established to provide; Access to Educational Support and Opportunities to the girl child, access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, End Abuse of all forms, provide a Safe Space for Sexual and Domestic violence victims, Promote peaceful co-existence and ensure access to justice for the said victims as well as provision of Adequate Support in form of Empowerment through skill acquisition for the Girl Child and women particularly the most vulnerable in…
Former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), which was described by the Katsina state Governor Dikko Umar Radda as a homecoming and a reunion with his political family members. Radda made the remark shortly after Shema was presented with a membership card issued by the Shema Ward Executive of the APC in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Katsina governor, in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, highlighted the shared experience of both Shema and the immediate past governor, Aminu Bello Masari,…
The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, (PCACC) has arrested three senior officials of the Kano State government for their fraudulently recommending illegal migrants to secure Nigerian citizenship in Kano. The Chairman of the Kano Anti-graft agency, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, on Thursday, that the suspects collected peanuts from the foreign nationals to write letters to the Ministry of Internal Affairs recommending the illegal migrants to secure Nigerian citizenship, using Government Letter-Headed paper He named the suspects to include Kabiru Shehu of the Ministry of Information; Hassan Aminu from Office…
A sociopolitical group in Kano, Concerned Forum, has faulted what it terms the relentless attack on the person and character of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano, the secretary of the forum Comrade Auwal Shuaibu has specifically faulted the desperation with which the Kano State Governmvent, is pushing to embarrass Dr Ganduje. “Everything that happens, they always tie Dr Ganduje to it. For instance, when an independent CSO, whose work centred on good governance made it’s report scoring the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP)…
The first day of Senate’s plenary in the renovated red chamber was marred by a verbal war among Senators over sitting arrangement on Tuesday. Media reports show that both chambers of the National Assembly were formally reopened on Tuesday after about two years of renovation work. During the renovation, lawmakers were using makeshift chambers in both wings of the National Assembly. The project was completed before their 40-day recess, prompting their resumption to the remodelled Chambers on Tuesday. But trouble started in the Senate when the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, started reading the names of Senators who marked…
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salaries of civil servants on the existing six Consolidated Salary Structures. The Salary Structures are the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS), and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS). It will be recalled that those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases, which involved Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS) for…
A Kano State High Court has fixed May 16, 2024 for ruling on whether the court will allow service through substitute means to respondents in the case before it between the Kano State government, as the applicant, where former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and eight others are respondents in the case. Justice Usman Na’abba, the presiding over the case on Monday, after listening to arguments and counter arguments on whether the respondents could be served using alternative means, fixed the date for his ruling on the applications. Before the court, the counsel representing respondent number six, Lamash Properties Limited, Nuraini Jimoh…
The Judicial Commission Of Inquiry (JCI) on the recovery of misappropriated public properties and assets from May 2015 to 2023, inaugurated by the Kano state government has started it’s probe of the two terms of the immediate past Governor of the state, now National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje. The period under review, May 2015 to 2022, represents the direct two terms as state governor of Abdullahi Ganduje. In his inaugural address on Monday, the chairman of the Commission Justice Faruk Lawan Adamu introduced members of the JCI and read out the terms of the…