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By Bosede Olufunmi The Nigerian Army has donated four-block of classroom to the Datti Ahmad Government Secondary School, Wurure in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The army also rehabilitated an office block and provided 216 classroom furniture to the school under the Chief of Army Staff COAS) Special Intervention Programme. The COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, stated this during the formal handing-over of the remodelled classrooms on Saturday in Kano. He said the gesture would strengthen civil-military relations and enhance access to quality education in the state. Represented by Maj.-Gen. Nosakhare Ugbo, the Army Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Lagbaja said the project was designed to support communities of serving senior officers of the army, who rose to the rank of Major Generals through dedication in serving the nation. According to Lagbaja, the gesture will further improve academic atmosphere and better learning, adding that, “the initiative is to eradicate ...

By Bosede Olufunmi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kano State, said it received 618 complaints of alleged human rights abuses from July to date. The NHRC State Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kano. He said that 480 of the cases had been treated, while 138 were pending. Abdullahi said that 346 cases bordered on women and children, 75 were on breach of trust while 50 were on spousal responsibilities. According to him, 60 of the cases received during the period under review were on abandonment of family responsibility and domestic violence. “No fewer than 52 cases were on labour, land properties and cultural, economic, social rights,”he said. Abdullahi further explained that the remaining 35 were on labour matters mostly arising as conflicts 0n employer-employee relation. He said they were mostly on end of service entitlements and compensation on damages that occurred due t...

By Bosede Olufunmi Alhaji Ma’amun Da’u, Managing Director, Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Authority (HJRBDA), has warned farmers planting near Challawa Gorg dam, against impending flood in the area. Da’u, who gave the advice while addressing the farmers, urged them to dredge the heaps wider in order to avert flood from washing away their plantings. Da’u, who led the management of the aunthority on an inspection to the Dam on Tuesday in Kano, said the dam is an inflow from northern Kaduna and Part of Katsina. “The volume of the water is 930 billion cubic meters, 40 meter high and the size is about 100 kilometers square, with about 3, 875 catchment area. “We are on this inspection to check the spillway and gallery to know their condition due to the recent flood happening in our environs. “We are happy that the spillway and gallery are working perfectly well and also in good condition,”he said. Da’u said that the authority is taking some actions to mitigate the impact of floodin...

By Farouk Musa Isa   The Kano State Ministry of Information and Internal Affairs, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has organised 2-day orientation program aimed at enhancing the capacity of Information Officers of the 44 local government areas of kano State on critical issues related to child survival and development. Speaking at the event held at Ni'ima Guest Palace, Kano, the Commissioner for Information Baba Halilu Dantiye during the occasion held at Ni'ima Guest Palace, Kano, said the orientation program was designed to equip Information Officers with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectively communicate and advocate for policies and initiatives that promote the well-being and rights of children in Kano State. He also emphasized the orientation is a vital step towards ensuring that Information Officers are well-equipped to disseminate accurate and timely information on child survival and development, as contained in a s...

By Bosede Olufunmi Inmates of Goron Dutse Medium Security Custodial Centre, have received various gift items from a Women wing of all Anglican women Osumenyi Kano state branch. A delegation representing the church paid a visit to the custodial centre with food items, toiletries, clothing, buckets, and various types of seasons to support the inmates to promote their welfare. Presenting the items on Saturday, Chairperson, All Anglican Women, Mrs Edna Ezike, said the gesture was their little way of supporting the inmates in the facility. Mrs Ezike urged inmates at the centre to see their incarceration as an opportunity for self-reflection and change, hence be good ambassadors when they come out of prison. She urged the inmates not to go back to their old ways and imbibe the fear of God in their heart, take advantage of the rehabilitation and reintegration programmes in the centre to enable them acquire life-changing skills and behaviours. “Endeavour to utilise the skills avail...

Daga Farouk Isa Musa  A kokarin tabbatar da wadatuwar magungunan a asibitocin jihar nan, jami'an Hukumar Samar da Magunguna da Kayan Asibiti ta Jihar Kano sun kai ziyarar aiki zuwa rumbunan adana magunguna na shiyyar Gaya da Rano da Dambatta da kuma Gwarzo. Darakta-Janar na hukumar ta DMCSA Famasist Gali Sule, ta bakin Jami'in Hulda da Jama'a na ma'aikatar Farouk Isa Musa, ya ce sun kai ziyarar ne don ganewa idanunuwansu yanda ayyuka suke gudana a shiyyoyin guda 4. Famasist Gali Sule ya kara da cewa ziyarar tana da matukar muhimmanci, domin a lokacin ziyarar ne ake fahimtar nasarori da aka samu, da kuma irin kalubale da rumbunan adana magunguna na shiyyoyi ke fuskanta. Bugu da kari, Famasist Gali Sule ya ce jami'an ma'aikatar suna kai irin wannan ziyarar gani-da-ido daga lokaci zuwa lokaci don tabbatar da komai yana tafiya kamar yanda ya kamata. Daga nan sai ya jaddada kudirin gwamnatin jihar Kano karkashin jagorancin Gwamna Abba Kabir Yusuf na sama...

By Our Correspondent  Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs, Children and Disabled, in partnership with the Child Protection Network (CPN) and with the support of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) II Program, has successfully organized a 2-day workshop for Child Protection Law Implementation Committee (CPIC) aimed at developing an actionable plan and mobilizing resources for the implementation of the Child Protection Law. According to a press statement issued by Musbahu Aminu Yakasai Deputy Director Internal Affairs at State Ministry of Information and Internal Affairs the workshop, held at BON Hotel Lafiya Road,Kano, focused on strengthening the protection of children in Kano State by formulating a comprehensive action plan and ensuring effective resource mobilization to support the initiative. In her special remarks, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children, and Disabled, Hajiya Aisha Lawan Saji, highlighted key pillars that will guide the committee in de...

By Farouk Isa Musa  The Kano State Government said measures have been put in place to stop the diversion of drugs and medical consumables in state-owned medical facilities across its 44 Local Government Areas. The Director-General, Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumable Supply Agency, Gali Sule, said this in Kano on Wednesday. Mr Sule said the action was to alert the public to the development. He said the agency had serious challenges with some of its facilities where health workers divert commodities, particularly drugs and consumables. He warned perpetrators, whom he described as “unpatriotic” to desist from such practices or be ready to face the consequences. According to him, the unpatriotic workers get the commodities at cheaper prices, but instead of allowing patients to buy at affordable rates, direct them to premises outside for their gains. He said, “The affordability we aim to achieve with the patients is being sabotaged by some unpatriotic worker...

By Farouk I. Musa   The Director General Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids (SACA) Dr. Usman Bashir has called on the staff of the agency to always work in synergy in order to achieve the desired outcome, stressing that without proper collaboration among themselves, achieving the set goals may seem to be farfetched. The DG made the charged while chairing the "2025 Annual Operational Plan (AOP) Engagement Meeting," as contained in a press statement issued to journalists by Usman Datti, Public Relations Officer of the agency. Dr. Bashir emphasized the importance of interdepartmental collaboration and encouraged continued open communication to ensure seamless implementation of the AOPs. The AOP meeting is a comprehensive presentation session where staff members were categorized into departmental groups, and they should showcase their planned activities for the coming year. Shading more light on the meeting, Dr. Bashir said, "The AOP presentat...

By Zainab Olufunmi Dr. Ibrahim Zikirullahi, the Executive Director, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civil Education (CHRICED) has identified Community participation has as an effective driver of rural development. Zikirullahi, spoke on Thursday at a training organised for Media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on transparency, accountability in constituency projects service delivery in Kano. “The sense of belonging to the federal and state in most communities is through constituency projects, hence they need be involved to ensure execution to the latter and specifications. “Lack of involvement of the communities in the initiation of constituency projects seems to affect its proper implementation. “The communities need to participate from its initiation and implementation stages to enhance sustainable development. “Most of the time, those saddled to execute constituency projects do not seek the input of the benefiting communities before initiation and implementati...