A statement by the Acting President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said Osinbajo received the news of the passing away of Maitama Sule, orator, elder-statesman, and distinguished diplomat with profound sorrow.
Browsing: Kano State
In a tribute to the late Dan Masanin Kano, who died in Cairo, Egypt in the early hours of Monday,
The NEMA Head of Operations for Jigawa/Kano Office, Malam Isah Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview
An eyewitness, Malam Ibrahim Shuaibu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday that the worst affected areas included Sabuwar Unguwa, Abuja quarters and some parts of Katambawa area in the town
This was contained in a statement released in Kano on Tuesday by Magaji Majiya
The statement signed by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Shehu Sani, said the commissioner was addressing delegation of Nigeria-London Business Forum that visited his office
Abubakar said that out of the money, over N3 billion was for salaries of state government workers, N2.5 billion for primary school teachers and N1.5 billion for local council workers
He stated that “the screening will enable the committee to verify the distance between one filling station and another, as well as the suitability of proposal on location of the filling stations”
It, therefore, ordered that the abductor be brought to book since the Constitution and Islamic teaching abhor abduction and forced marriage.
The statement further condemned any statement by anyone or group linking the government with the matter in the social media, adding that the act was meant to tarnish the image of the state
“The insecurity problem in the North Eastern part of this country, Kano being a cosmopolitan area cannot escape the fall out of the insecurity from that part of the county
He said the third confirmed case, a young businessman from Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area, came to Kano from Benue State last week
According to the witness, who requested anonymity, the deceased might have slept off on the rail track when the moving train crushed him to death
Sufi told the News Agency of Nigeria that the vehicle carrying the beer was arrested on Murtala Mohammed Way at 1am.
He said: “The results were cancelled in a polling unit in Kibiya Local Government Area and Jodade Polling Unit in Kunci Local Government Area
The elections conducted in Kano City on Wednesday and supervised by member of the Nigeria Football Federation Executive Committee and Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh
The blast occurred at the Kano Line Motor Park at about 3:15pm
This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer in the office of the state’s Head of Service, Alhaji Mustapha Fagge, and issued to newsmen in Kano on Thursday
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that the incident happened around 11:30am on Friday
The affected beggars were brought to Kano from Lagos State in December 2014
Shinaba said the explosive was concealed in a bag in the market and that the personnel of the Anti-bomb Squad of the command had successfully diffused it