The Federal Executive Council has approved the disbursement of $1.96 billion, for the railway line from Kano in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic. The President will also commission the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line, running through Kogi, Edo and Delta States. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi The Council also […]Read More
About 300 workers of a rice-processing factory allegedly locked and forced to work throughout the coronavirus lockdown have been rescued by police, BBC reported. The company, called Popular Farms, promised an additional $13 (about N5,000) a month to their $72 monthly salary and those who did not accept were threatened with a sack. The workers […]Read More
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has ordered the state Anti-Corruption Commission to probe the claims by the Kano Zoological Gardens that a Gorilla in the state-owned Zoo swallowed N6.8 million. “The order was given on Friday and the commission has already swung into action,” a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr […]Read More
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday signed a bill that sought to split the Kano emirate into four into law. With the signing into the Kano State Emirs’ Appointment and Deposition Amendment Bill 2019 into law, the state now has five emirates – Gaya, Rano, Karaye, Bichi and Kano. The state House of […]Read More
Nigeria Army has imposed an indefinite ban on the activities of commercial motorcycle, known as ‘Okada’ in seven states of the federation. Spokesman of the army Sagir Musa, who made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday, said the ban was meant to curb activities of armed bandits and other groups responsible for the insecurity […]Read More
The voters register presented by the Independent National Electoral Commission to political parties in Abuja on Monday has shown that Lagos and Kano states have maintained the lead in the number of registered voters. In the breakdown, INEC says a total of 84,004,084 Nigerians will vote in the elections. Out of the over 84 million […]Read More
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Friday, failed to appear before the seven-man probe panel investigating the bribery allegation leveled against him. Instead, the governor sent a representative, his Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammad Garba. In the letter sent to the governor on Wednesday, which requested the governor’s appearance, it was clear that he […]Read More
The former deputy governor of Kano State, Hafiz Abubakar, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party two months after joining the party. Abubakar, who joined the PDP in August in solidarity with Rabiu Kwankwaso, two days after his (Abubakar) resignation as deputy governor, dumped the party to join People’s Redemption Party. He accused the PDP of […]Read More
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