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By Bashir Bello, KANO A powerful delegation of Kogi State lawmakers led by its Speaker, Mr Mathew Kolawale has on Wednesday stormed Kano State House of Assembly to lobby and root for the support of its counterparts for Governor Yahaya Bello’s presidential candidature come 2023. Kolawole who spoke to newsmen shortly after the visit when he was received by the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Hamisu Chidari, said Governor Bello is competent for the job while noting that any man can rule...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our correspondents THE Federal Government has confirmed that the movement of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to  states has commenced on Monday while its delivery will be completed on Tuesday (today). The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, stated this during a press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. During the event, the Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federati...

COVID-19 vaccine: Kano identifies 509 health facilities for vaccination On By Bashir Bello The Kano State government on Monday says it has identified no fewer than 509 health facilities, that will be used for administering of the COVID-19 vaccination in the state. The state Coordinator, Technical Response Team, Dr Tijjani Hussaini, who stated this during a sensitisation meeting on roll out plan for the Covid-19 vaccination also said the Frontline health workers tops list of persons to be vacci...

Court restrains conduct of debate between embattled cleric, Kano scholars On By Bashir Bello KANO – The much awaited debate between embattled cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara and Kano Scholars on Friday suffered set back as a magistrate Court sitting in Kano ordered that status quo be maintained by all parties. Recall that the court had earlier ordered the closure of Kabara’s mosque, Islamic center and banned him from preaching following an oral exparte motion application by Wada A...

Bandits abandon motorcycles on sighting fighter jets in Birnin Gwari On By Lawani Mikairu, Bashir Bello & Ibrahim Hassan The ‘’no fly zone’’ order given by President Muhammadu Buhari over Zamfara State on Tuesday appears to have impacted positively on banditry in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State yesterday, as bandits ran helter-skelter, abandoning their motorcycles on sighting military fighter jets in the area, and fleeing. This came as indications emerged yesterday t...

  KANO – Kano State Task Force Committee on Counterfeit, Fake, Substandard Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has on Thursday confiscated expired and counterfeit drugs worth over N1 million in the state.   It was gathered that the counterfeit drugs were confiscated from the shop of one Mr. Chinedu Adis in Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi, Sabon Gari market. The Permanent Secretary, Kano State Ministry of Health, Haj. Amina A. Musa while receiving the seized goods from the Taskforce vowed to sta...

Katsina-born business mogul, Dahiru Mangal has on Wednesday loses son, Nura in a lone accident...

By Bashir Bello KANO—National Commission for Nomadic Education, NCNE, yesterday said the commission was taken a leading role in addressing the challenge of farmer-pastoralist conflicts and other issues of insecurity including kidnapping in the country. Chairman, Governing Board of Prof. Gidado Tahir spoke while declaring open a 3 day capacity building workshop on skills acquisition and sustainable livelihoods for about 120 Nomadic Education Extension agents across the country. The Chairman re...

JANGEBE ABDUCTION: Female gunmen among our abductors — Escaped schoolgirls On Kano closes boarding schools By Bashir Bello, Ibrahim HassanWuyo, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike Some of the students who escaped when gunmen raided Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe,  Zamfara State, yesterday, recounted their ordeal, saying female fighters were among dozens of kidnappers who abducted them. The revelation came as the whereabouts of the 317 kidnapped school girls remained unknown. Gunmen ...

By Bashir Bello, KANO Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, a Northern Elder statesman and father to Ganduje’s media aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai has confirmed that his son (Salihu) is in security custody. Although, he was not specific on which of the security custody was his son detained. Yakasai in a phone interview with Vanguard on Saturday morning said his son has been detained since Friday when he went to a barbing salon and was on his way back home. According to him, “He is in the custody of security a...