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  • Court arraigns man for homosexuality

    Court arraigns man for homosexuality

    A 28-year-old man, Naziru Isa, was on Friday dragged by the Police before a Kano Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling a four-year-old boy.

    Isa, who resides at Dandago Quarters Kano, was charged to court for defilement.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, told the court that one Muhammad Ayuba reported the matter at Gwale police Division on Aug. 13.

    Lale said the defendant committed the offence on Aug. 12 at his resident.

    He said the defendant lured the complainant’s son to his room and had canal knowledge of him.

    “The defendant later gave him (the boy) groundnut and asked him not to tell anyone. The boy, however, told his father,” he said.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 284 of the Criminal code of Kano State.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, ordered that the remand of the defendant in prison custody pending his bail application.

    Jibril adjourned the matter until Oct. 5 for mention.

  • NSCDC arrests 30 suspected hoodlums in Kano state — Spokesman

    NSCDC arrests 30 suspected hoodlums in Kano state — Spokesman

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, said it had arrested 30 suspected hoodlums in Yankatsari village, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area.

    The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Ibrahim Idris, disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Kano on Saturday.

    He alleged that the suspects were arrested on Friday (Sallah day) while in possession of dangerous weapons such as cutlasses, swords, knives and clubs following a tip-off.

    “The suspects were apprehended by operatives of NSCDC at Yankatsari village carrying dangerous weapons while trying to cause trouble in the area,” he said.
    He said that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution as soon as investigation was concluded.

    NAN recalls that the state command of NSCDC had deployed at least 1, 500 personnel to various flashpoints in the state to strengthen security during the Eid-El-Kabir celebration.

  • Ganduje sues for peace, understanding among Nigerians

    Ganduje sues for peace, understanding among Nigerians

    Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has called on Nigerians to use the Eid- El Kabir to promote unity, tolerance and peaceful co-existence irrespective of tribe, religion political affiliations.

    The governor made the appeal on Saturday in Daura when he paid Sallah homage to the emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk.

    He urged Nigerians to appreciate the importance of peaceful co-existence, adding that peace was paramount to the country’s existence.

    He described those who were in the habit of formulating troubles through divisive statements and uncomplimentary comments as “greedy and unpatriotic citizens.’’

    The governor said he was in Daura to pay homage to President Muhammadu Buhari and the emir, adding that Kano and Daura have similar traditions, customs and values.

    He said that since the inception of his administration in 2015, has created thousands of jobs and executed hundreds of projects that were beneficial to the people.

    Ganduje commended the administration of President Buhari, especially in its drive to free the nation from corruption, insurgency and other social vices which retards the socio-economic development of the nation.

    The governor was accompanied on the visit by his commissioners, friends and other top government functionaries and party stalwarts.

  • Kano moves to recover N900m loans from rice farmers

    Kano moves to recover N900m loans from rice farmers

    The Kano State Government has set up a nine-man committee to recover over N900 million given as loans to rice farmers  under the Anchor Borrower Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

    Prof.  Mahmoud Daneji, the Managing Director of the state Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday.

    He said members of the committee included   representatives  of the CBN,  Bank of Agriculture(BOA)  and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN).

    Daneji said the committee was expected to visit the defaulting farmers in all the 44 local government areas of the state with a view to ensuring that they pay  the loan within the stipulated period.

    According to him, the defaulting farmers have  been given up to the end of this harvesting  season to pay the loans or face prosecution.

    “The farmers have up to the end of  the harvesting season to pay the loans or else the government will go ahead to recover the loans through  legal means,” Daneji said.

    He lamented that a total of N906 million was disbursed to the rice farmers in the state but regretted that not up to N6 million was recovered.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls  that  the state chapter of  All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) recently  constituted  a similar committee with a view to recovering the loans.

  • Kano screens 11, 000 cooks for feeding programme

    Kano screens 11, 000 cooks for feeding programme

    No fewer than 11,000 cooks have so far been screened in preparation for the commencement of the National Home-grown School Feeding programme in Kano state.

    Hajiya Aisha Jafar, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Social Intervention programmes, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Kano on Saturday.

    Jafar, who is also the Focal person on Federal Government social intervention programmes in the state, said the screening was done in seven designated health centers.

    According to her, the screening was aimed at ascertaining the health status of the prospective cooks.

    “In Kano state we require over 13,000 cooks for the implementation of this important programme but so far over 11, 000 cooks have been screened.

    “Each cook will not cook for over 150 pupils because they are expected to cook good meal for the pupils.

    “The programme will soon commence in Kano state as all the necessary arrangements have almost been completed,” she said.

    On N-power programme, Jafar said that 91,734 unemployed youths have registered under the second phase of the programme in the state as at July.

    She advised all those who applied for the programme to attend the physical screening exercise expected to be conducted soon.

    She also commended the Federal Government for introducing the N-power programme which is one of four schemes under the social intervention programmes.

    She said that the intervention programmes had checked social vices among the teeming unemployed youth in the state and the country at large.

     

  • Police retirees appeal to NASS to fast-track amendment of Pension Laws

    Police retirees appeal to NASS to fast-track amendment of Pension Laws

    The Association of Retired Police officers of Nigeria ( ARPON ), Kano State Chapter, has appealed to the National Assembly to fast-track the amendment of the Pension Reform Act 2014.

    The Secretary of the association, Saidu Garba, made the appeal on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano.

    He said that the amendment would pave way for the exclusion of its members from the Contributory Pension Scheme.

    Garba said it was the desire of the association across the three states of Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa who are members of the chapters, for the Federal Government to revert to the previous Police Pension Scheme.

    “We are using this medium to express our willingness and desire as police pensioners under this scheme, to be excluded from the Contributory Pension Scheme,’’ he said.

    He added that some of the retired senior police officers received pension far below their entitlement.

    “The much-anticipated benefit of the contributory pension scheme we are operating now has turned out to be a mirage,’’ he said.

    He commended members of the House of Representatives for their efforts towards amending the Pension Reform Act 2014, which he said had passed through the second reading.

    “We are appealing to them to also speed up the passage of the Bill so that we can begin to enjoy the real benefits that we were denied by the operators of the private pension organisations,’’ he said.

  • Sallah: Banks urged to improve ATM services during festival

    Sallah: Banks urged to improve ATM services during festival

    The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Kano State Chapter, has called on Banks operating ATM Machines across the state to improve their services by providing adequate funds.

    This is contained in a statement by the NLC chairman in the state, Mr Kabiru Minjibir and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Kano.

    He said there was need for them to improve their services in view of the high demand for cash arising from the forthcoming Sallah celebration

    He said, “Banks are hereby strongly advised to note that the Congress would not fold its arms and watch workers being helplessly frustrated unnecessarily due to the inability of the banks to discharge their responsibilities”.

    Minjibir noted that such can deny the workers to enjoy their hard earned and legitimate income paid by the government or their employees.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, we can no longer tolerate any deliberate action or inaction by any bank that causes hardship to workers and pensioners in the process of collecting their income”, he said.

    “We would also like to use this opportunity to reiterate our call on all those in charge of our affairs at whatever level of authority to reflect on the current hardship experienced by the populace”.he said.

    He called on the workers to remain committed and punctual in service and prayers for the return of the nation’s lost economy’s glory.

    He assured workers, pensioners and all labour stakeholders that the Congress would remain committed in its duties and responsibilities as an advocate of social justice and frontline actors in the struggle for the emancipation of the working class.

    The NLC chairman expressed his felicitation to the state government, Emirate Council, State Assembly, workers, pensioners and the entire people of the state on the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir festival.

  • Over 20,000 cards await collection in Kano – NIMC

    Over 20,000 cards await collection in Kano – NIMC

    Hajiya Bilkisu Dalhat, the Kano state Office Coordinator, National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), says over 20,000 cards are yet to be collected by their owners in the state.

    Dalhat disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.

    “We are appealing to those who have already registered to come and collect their cards.

    “We have sent text messages and even called some of those that their cards are ready, although, some we were not able to reach maybe because they have changed their lines.

    “Therefore, we are calling on them to come and explain to us so that they can collect their cards”, the coordinator said.

    She said that the commission in collaboration with the state government established over 60 registration centres across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.

    According to her, the need for the establishment of the centres arises due to the low turnout by the people in the state for enrolment.

    “Since the commencement of the registration by NIMC in 2012, we registered not more than 7.5 per cent of the people in the state in spite of the fact that Kano state has the highest population in Nigeria.

    “Therefore, we collaborate with the Kano State Government to establish the centres in order to give the citizens easy access to register”, she said.

    She expressed dismay over the nonchalant attitude of the people toward the exercise.

    “Some of our people when they come to register, they hardly exercise patience and join the queue for the registration, but rather go away when the queue is long.

    “Therefore, I am appealing to them to kindly come and be enrolled to avoid any further challenges that they may face in the future because they did not registered.

    “Just of recent, so many intending pilgrims rushed to us to be enrolled because the National Hajj Commission has made it mandatory for every intending pilgrim to present their number before travelling,” she said.

    Dalhat further advised the people to ensure that they obtain the card irrespective of their ethnicity or religion, adding that even people with deformity were expected to register as there is provision for them.

  • Court orders remand of 32-year-old man over sexual assault of minor

    Court orders remand of 32-year-old man over sexual assault of minor

    A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of 32-year-old man, Ashiru Adamu, for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl.

    Adamu, who resides at Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, is facing a count charge of act of gross indecency.

    The prosecutor, Insp. Aluta Mijinyawa, told the court that one Mariya Muhammad of the same address with the defendant reported the case at Gezawa Police Division on Aug. 10.

    Mijinyawa said on the same date at about 8 p.m. the defendant deceived and lured the complainant’s 7-year-old daughter into a school in Gezawa.

    “The defendant assaulted the girl indecently by forcefully rubbing his manhood on her vagina, which caused her harm,’’ he alleged.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The offence contravened Section 285 of the Penal Code.

    The Chief Magistrate, Fatima Adamu, ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody.

    She adjourned the case until Oct. 31, for mention.

  • Kano spends N4.3bn on scholarships

    Kano spends N4.3bn on scholarships

    The Kano State Government has spent N4.3 billion on scholarships for students studying abroad in the last two years.

    Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje made this known on Monday in Kano at the presentation of scholarship certificates to 19 indigenes of Kano State by the Egyptian Government.
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    He said that the gesture would enable indigenes of the state to acquire the best knowledge, skills and training needed to contribute to the development of the country.

    ‎Ganduje said that the amount spent on the scholarships was enough to run a university.‎

    ‎“The money we spent in paying the backlog of scholarships and settling new ones were enough to build a new university,’’ he said.

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Ganduje said that Kano and Egyptian governments had a long period of business and educational relationships. ‎

    He thanked the Egyptian Government for offering free scholarships to nine Kano State indigenes and 10 Imams.

    The governor also urged the students to be disciplined, law abiding and hard working.

    He advised the beneficiaries to make good use of the “golden opportunity’’ provided by the Egyptian Government in assisting them to acquire qualitative education abroad.‎

    ‎Earlier, the Cultural Attache of Egypt, Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim, said that the Egyptian Government had sponsored nine Kano indigenes for degree programmes.

    Ibrahim said that the 10 Imams would go for a two-month course on Moderate Islamic Propagation.