By Abdulmumin Giwa The deteriorating state of education in the Northwest is worrisome as it spells doom for the sub-region. This is even as over 10 million children are said to be out of school, more are dropping out. In the Northwest region comprising Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Jigawa, a total of N527.04 billion is said to be spent on education in the states, with Kano having the largest share of N121.58 billion, followed by Kaduna with N115.42 billion. This is seen to be close to the 30 percent budgetary allocation to the education sector as…
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The Bauchi state chapter of the Northern Youth Assembly (Majalisar Matasan Arewa) also known as NYA, has condemned allegations by Governor Bala Mohammed linking Senator Shehu Buba Umar to banditry. This is contained in a statement signed by the acting chairman of the group, Comrade Mohammed Husaini, and made available to newsmen over the weekend, denouncing the allegation as an attempt to damage the senator’s reputation, reflecting the governor’s political insecurities. The statement noted that the accusations are part of a political attack against Senator Shehu Buba, who represents the Bauchi South Senatorial District. “For some time now, the Executive…
Dr Sami Charles, Global Bussiness icon and executive chairman of ANOG group, commends Innoson Motors and other striving Nigerian bussiness indigenous companies for putting in the sacrifices towards the industrialisation of the Nigerian economy. The Billionaire businessman who recently was nominated by the highly respected South African organisation, Face of Africa, as Africa’s best bussiness icon of 2024 in Durban South Africa, stated that it’s a big shame for Nigerian government to shun the locally produced products in favour of foreign imported goods. He added that he finds it extremely difficult to understand why a government or a nation would…
The Kano Peace Committee has issued an emergency statement Monday night warning youths to desist from engaging in destruction of public and private property in the name of end bad governance protest scheduled to hold on the 1st of October. The statement which is signed by Amb Ibrahim Waiya, Convener/Head of Secretariat, Kano Peace Committee (KPC) warned against repeating what happened in the last nationwide protest in the state. Part of the statement reads as follows: “Our attention has been drawn to an increasing circulation of a sponsored campaign by some elements, towards mobilizing Kano Youth to participate in the…
A total of three million trees have been planted in Kano in both rural and urban areas of the state in a tree planting initiative of the government through it’s Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL). This was announced by the state project coordinator, Dr Dahir M Hashim, at a special briefing by ACReSAL on Monday in Kano on the significant progress within three months of launching the initiative. The three million tree planting initiative which began in June 2024 saw the strategic planting of two million trees in the rural areas and one million trees in the…
The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial Zone, Ali Ndume, has said that he is of the opinion that independence should be marked instead of the wasteful celebration. He made the observation during an interactive session with newsmen in Kano over the weekend after attending the recently concluded constitutional review retreat. He explained that in his opinion independence should be the time to review progress and achievements as well as setting plans for better future, which is less cost effective that the festivities of celebrating independence day on 1st October. “I don’t support celebrating of independence, but I support marking of…
Sen Sani Musa (APC- Niger East), on Monday rejected the proposed establishment of state Police in the country, saying the outfit will be subjected to ‘political abuse.’ Musa told newsmen shortly after the deliberations at the just-concluded ‘Retreat of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’. “I am no longer in support of what we want to do in creating State Police. I just took a sample of the Community State Policing that we said we have introduced. It’s not working, look at the infrastructure, look at the demography of the people that…
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, while on a condolence visit in Kano, has expressed shock over the death of five police officers who lost their lives while returning from Edo State where they went for an official assignment. Ganduje also consoled the affected families of the deceased police officers in Bichi town in Kano State on Saturday saying he sympathizes with the family and the Inspector General of Police (IGP). “We are here not for celebrations but for condolence to sympathize with the families, IGP, and the entire Kano of those that died while…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has unveiled a new initiative aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state and advancing the implementation of a two-state solution. This announcement comes after decades of failed international efforts to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, which has brought the region to the verge of full-scale war. Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, introduced the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution during a speech at a high-level meeting attended by the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Norway. Prince Faisal revealed that the initiative is a joint effort between Arab…
Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air attack on Lebanon’s capital Beirut, according to Israel’s military and the Lebanese group, in what is a significant blow to Hezbollah as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks. “Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X on Saturday. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, and additional Hezbollah commanders were also killed in the massive air strike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh on Friday, the Israeli military said. The strike levelled six apartment buildings while injuring 91 people,…