The federal government has expressed great outrage at the recent wave of attacks on Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, ordering personnel of the Service’s armed squad to shoot-at-sight any internal and external aggressor. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola gave the order at an emergency meeting with NCoS Squadron Commanders, Field Commanders and Heads of Armed Squads. Read More
Kano state police command on Monday rescued 15 years old Aisha Jubril locked inside room for 10 years by her parents. According to the police, the girl had been without proper feeding and health care while under locked. The police had since arrested, Rabi Muhammed, the mother of the girl as efforts are on ground to track the father who Read More
About two people are feared dead in a ghastly road crash at the Jere axis of the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday. Blueprint gathered that two buses involved in the accident were said to be heading for Kano from Abuja when the incident happened. As at the time of filling this report, the cause of the accident was yet unknown. The Read More
Former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said the choice of Kano for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday was to prove that Nigerians are one. He said it was douse ethnic tension and promote peaceful co-existence. The All Progressives Congress(APC) chieftain said Nigerians were better off together, faulting secessionists groups’ agitations. He said: “Why are we in Kano? It is Read More
Up to 19 people have been confirmed dead in an auto accident at the Kateri along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Sunday. The DAF trailer involved in the accident was said to be heading for Kano from Lagos when the incident happened. According to the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the accident, which happened late Read More
As part of his contributions to address the problems associated with Almajiris in the north, Senator Rochas Okorocha through his foundation ‘Rochas foundation’ has disclosed plan to build modern ‘tsangaya schools’ (Almajiri schools) in six northern states. Chief of staff of the foundation and former deputy governor of Bauchi state Alhaji Abdulmalik Mahmud made the disclosure Monday when the leader Read More
For six uninterrupted years in Kano, the International Women’s Day is celebrated in occasions that give priority to initiatives that enhance the welfare of the womenfolk in the state. The event, one of the United Nations days that is observed every March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political and socio-economic achievements of women, is being put in place by the wife Read More
Followers and leaders of Dhariqatul Tijjianiyya Group weekend appointed a renowned and popular Islamic scholar and cleric who was also former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Muhammadu Sanusi II as the new Caliph, Khalifa of the group in Nigeria. The position was previously held by the former First Bank Managing Director, CBN Governor and Emir of Kano, Dr. Sanusi Lamido’s Read More
Blueprint can authoritatively report that Salihu Tanko Yakassai has been sacked by the Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje. The state Commissioner of Information Muhammad Garba disclosed this a while ago on Saturday. The decision to sack Yakassai was reached after the aide reportedly criticised President Muhammadu Buhari via his social media account. Meanwhile, the Department of the State Security Read More
The Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) has said that it issued tracker devices to about 47, 000 commercial tricycle operators in the state. The agency added that it has generated over N393 million from the sale of the devices. The managing director of the agency, Baffa Babba DanAgundi, stated this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the agency in Read More
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday reported 27 coronavirus-related deaths in the country, bringing the total number of those who had succumbed to the deadly virus to 1,577. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Friday. The public agency also announced 1,114 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours and these have taken the Read More
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Agency (ICRC), Friday, presented the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for 12 federal roads to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola. Fashola received the document from the ICRC acting Director-General, Mr Micheal Ohiari, during the formal handover ceremony in Abuja. The minister said the concession option is another way of financing the Read More
Nigeria on Friday recorded 2314 COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. Out ot the numbers, Lagos, Kaduna and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) registered highest infection within 24 hours. Here is the breakdown Lagos-831 Kaduna-545 FCT-235 Plateau-127 Nasarawa-80 Oyo-72 Delta-65 Rivers-64 Kano-46 Ogun-46 Bayelsa-30 Gombe-30 Abia-28 Osun-27 Edo-25 Ondo-14 Sokoto-12 Zamfara-10 Bauchi-8 Imo-5 Jigawa-4 Ekiti-4 Borno-4 Read More
The patron and one of the players of the Kaduna El-Amin Polo Club, Mohammed Babangida, has described the winning of Africa’s most prestigious polo trophy, the Georgian Cup at the 2020 edition of the Kaduna International Polo Tournament as special. Babangida who stated this while fielding questions from our correspondent on Tuesday via phone call said, “Crowning it up with Read More
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Minister Mr Sunday Dare has commended the Delta state Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for hosting the Council of sports meeting at short notice, even he promised a new dawn for sports development in Nigeria. Speaking on Friday at the opening of the Council on Sports meeting Dare said, “What is the council without the Read More
Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called for more sensitisation on the need to join Rotary Clubs in view of their selfless service to humanity. The governor said contributions made by the clubs, especially in the fight against polio eradication worldwide, is something that could not be over emphasised. A press statement in Kano Tuesday said Ganduje spoke Read More
The Minster of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday inaugurated a new senate building at Bayero University, Kano, named after Prof. Adamu Abubakar Rasheed, the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). A press statement issued in Kano Friday indicated that the new structure was constructed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Rasheed was the ninth vice-chancellor from Read More
A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March. Mr Sharif-Aminu did not deny the charges. Judge Read More
Rivers state continued to record high figures in their daily coronavirus numbers with 36 latest confirmation from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night. In Kano, the situation is no longer the same as the state recorded only 4 cases unlike previous weeks when high number oozed out from the north-west region. However, a total 276 new Read More
220 new cases of #COVID19; 62-Lagos 52-FCT 31-Kaduna 13-Sokoto 10-Kebbi 9-Yobe 6-Borno 5-Edo 5-Bauchi 4-Gombe 4-Enugu 4-Oyo 3-Zamfara 2-Nasarawa 2-Osun 2-Ebonyi 2-Kwara 2-Kano 2-Plateau 2388 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 385 Deaths: 85
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), “204 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 80-Kano, 45-Lagos, 12-Gombe, 9-Bauchi, 9-Sokoto, 7-Borno, 7-Edo, 6-Rivers, 6-Ogun, 4-FCT, 4-Akwa Ibom, 4-Bayelsa, 3-Kaduna, 2-Oyo, 2-Delta, 2-Nasarawa, 1-Ondo, 1-Kebbi. “As at 11:50pm 30th April- 1932 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 319 Deaths: 58.”
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