January 2020

The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno has dismissed speculation in some quarters that Thursday’s meeting of the National Security Council discussed the fate of the country’s service chiefs. President…
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World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision was based on the recommendations of the…
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Kano State Hisbah Board and Kano State Road Traffic Authority ( KAROTA) have concluded arrangement to collaborate at ensuring that motorists, tricycle riders and other road users maintained the culture of safety, obey rules and regulations…
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Senator Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Shehu Sani was released on Thursday after perfecting his bail conditions, an…
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the total debt stock of Africa, both external and domestic currently stands at 500 billion dollars. The AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed this during a public presentation of African…
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The Kwankwasiyya Foundation in Kano State on Thursday offered scholarships to nine indigent students to study second degrees in selected universities in Sudan and Dubai. Addressing the students shortly before their departure in Kano,…
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The Bayero University Kano Centre for Gender Studies, in collaboration with Woman for Health, has launched a Human Resource Health learning hub, to provide skilled labour to hospitals especially in the North. News Agency of Nigeria…
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai for raising the minimum pension in the state from N3,000 to N30,000 monthly. A statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Muyiwa…
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The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has already employed and is paying N10,000 monthly to each of its 500 undergraduates working in various units, offices and departments at the school, Dr Abubakar Umar Kari has said. Dr Kari, the Dean of…
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said the Commission has activated its 112 toll-free Emergency Telephone Number at Emergency Communication Centres (ECCs) in 18…
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