Nigeria

FG seek UNESCO recognition for Argungu Fishing Festival, others

  By Salim Yunusa   The Federal Government has said it would seek the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s recognition for more cultural festivals in...

El-Rufai commissions 3rd largest tomato plant in Nigeria

By Ismail Auwal Governor Nasir El-Rufai has commissioned Nigeria’s third-largest tomato factory in Kaduna. The factory, Tomato Jos, situated at Kangimi village in Igabi local government...

NDA expels 18 cadets for misconduct, including four final year cadets

By Salim Yunusa *Four final year cadets among those expelled     Four final year 5th termers due for commissioning as military officers on 9th October, 2021, are...

Notorious bandit discloses location, names of gang members

Notorious kidnapper, Goma Samaila, leader of a kidnap gang in Ragachucku axis of Kaduna State, has disclosed the identities of his gang members. The 47-year-old...

Zamfara report on banditry: Two ex-Govs indicted, another for trial, 15 Emirs to be removed

  Culled from Vanguard     It isn’t a list anyone would be proud of. In plain terms, it is a frightening list. But here it is in...

Kano/Jigawa Customs seize 41bn goods, generate 16bn revenue in 6 months

By Salim Yunusa   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command, said it seized goods worth N41.4 billion in the two states within three months; July...

Strike: NARD gives FG 72 hours to pay withheld salaries, others

  By Salim Yunusa The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday gave the Federal Government a 72-hour ultimatum to pay the salary arrears of its...

17-year-old boy drowns in Kano

By Salim Yunusa   The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 17-year-old teenager, Aliyu Zakariya, after drowning in an open water in...

We’ll not ban Almajiri Qur’anic education – Gov. Tambuwal

By Salim Yunusa Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said the state government was targeting the remodelling of the Qur’anic education system and not...

JUST IN: Ganduje crowns Aliyu Ibrahim as new Emir of Gaya

By Salim Yunusa   Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir as the new emir of Gaya...

Insecurity: Kano bans movies on kidnapping, hooliganism

By Salim Yunusa   Worried by growing insecurity in the country, especially in the Northern region, the Kano State government has announced stringent measures to stem...

Bitcoin, other coins crash as China bans cryptocurrencies

By Salim Yunusa   China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting...

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