At least 21 athletes from Kano state contingent to the just concluded National Sports Festival in Abeakuta, Ogun state, are feared dead, following a fatal accident on Saturday. The Kano state commissioner for sports, Umar Faggie, confirmed that the auto crash occurred at the Dakatsalle Bridge in Kura LGA of the state. The athletes were…
President Bola Tinubu has assured victims of the flood that ravaged Mokwa and surrounding communities in Niger state, of continuous support. The President gave the assurance through a delegation he sent to condole with the government and people of the Niger following the incident which claimed at least 151 lives. Many people were also displaced…
The Kano state police command has arrested 41 suspects in connection with the killing of Rano Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Baba Ali, a Chief Suprintendant of Police (CSP). Spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Ali was killed on Sunday after hoodlums attacked Rano police station and set some parts of…
President Bola Tinubu has established the National Credit Guarantee Company (NCGC), with an initial capital of N100 billion. The President also approved the constitution of the NCGC board, with former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as chairman. Announcing the development in a statement on Thursday, the presidency said the company is a…
Dozens of students sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination at Government Secondary School, Namnai, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State narrowly escaped death on Wednesday evening after their classrooms collapsed during a downpour accompanied by a windstorm. According to PUNCH newspaper, the students, along with teachers, corps members, and…
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has trained 720 out- of -school adolescent boys and girls in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state in various skills to empower them. Speaking during their graduation on Wednesday at the palace of the emir of Zazzau, Amb. Ahmed Bamalli, UNICEF’s representative and child rights specialist, Dr. Wilfred Mamah,…
