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By Bashir Bello, KANO Worried by cases of maternal mortality recorded in the country, the Executive Director, Resource Centre For Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, Ibrahim Zikirullahi has on Monday decried what he described as gross underfunding of maternal healthcare in Kano State. This was as he said seventy per cent of maternal funds meant to address maternal, newborn and child healthcare were diverted and used to pay salaries and other running and operational costs. Zikirullahi sta...

KANO: KCPC to shutdown down restaurants, bakeries, others without health certificate On By Bashir Bello, Kano The Kano State Consumer Protection Council, KCPC has on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all restaurants, bakery homes, drinking water producing companies and other food processing companies operating in the state without a health certificate. The order comes after the expiration of a two-week grace period issued to all concerned. The Acting Managing Director of the Council, Hon...

CPC shut down restaurants, factories without health certificate in Kano On By Bashir Bello The Kano State Consumer Protection Council, KCPC has on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all restaurants, bakery homes, drinking water producing companies and other food processing companies operating in the state without health certificate. The order was coming after expiration of a two weeks grace period issued to all concerned. The Acting Managing Director of the Council, Hon. Dr. Baffa Babba D...

By Bashir Bello, Kano The Kano State Consumer Protection Council, KCPC has on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all restaurants, bakery homes, drinking water producing companies and other food processing companies operating in the state without health certificate. The order comes after expiration of a two-week grace period issued to all concerned. The Acting Managing Director of the Council, Hon. Dr. Baffa Babba Dan’agundi gave the order said it became pertinent in-view of a recent disc...

By Bashir Bello, Katsina No fewer than four notorious bandit leaders terrorising Katsina State has on Thursday denounced banditry and surrendered their sophisticated weapons in the state. The State Commissioner of Police CP Sanusi Buba stated this while parading the notorious leaders alongside their followers and laid down arms and ammunitions. CP Buba said the bandit leaders on their own came out of their hideouts in the forest and unconditionally denounced banditry. The Police Commissioner id...

Ex-Kano lawmaker, Kofa empowers 250 youths with digital innovation skills On By Bashir Bello, Kano Former Member of the House of Representatives representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency and Executive Director Business Development of the Federal Housing Authority Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa has empowered no fewer than 250 youths on digital skills and innovation in the state. Speaking during the programme, Kofa said the empowerment was needed at a century where digital innovation is playing...

Vanguard News International flights resume in Kano airport after 13 months On By Bashir Bello, KANO Activities gradually picking up at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, as international flights operations restarted after 13 months closure. An Ethiopian flight with 11 passengers on board landed and departed the airport at about 3 pm with 80 others living in the country. Regional General Manager, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN in MAKIA, Gambo Abubakar Aboki, said the...

Kano slashes March salaries of political office holders by 50% On By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano state government has slashed the salaries of political office holders in the state by 50 per cent for the month of March due to dwindling resources. The state commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday said the action was due to shortfall in the revenue accrued to the state from the federation account. The Commissioner said th...

Vanguard News APC still a mixture, not indivisible party — Ganduje On By Bashir Bello – Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state on Monday said the ruling party All Progressive Congress, APC, is still a mixture of parties and yet to graduate to become a compound, a single and indivisible party. Ganduje stated this during the APC Constitution Review Meeting for the North West, under the chairmanship of Professor Tahir Mamman. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Gove...

By Bashir Bello A suspected kidnapper and father of six children, one Abubakar Musa, 27-year-old, has confessed that he obtained guns to confront a bandit who snatched and married his wife after he was arrested and taken into custody. Musa was arrested in possession of two AK47 riffles by the operatives of Police in Kano state. The Police Spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna said the suspect, popularly called “Likita” along Birnin Gwari Axis was arrested based on tip off from members of th...