The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says the suspension of three electricity distribution companies, APLE Electric Limited, Kano, and Kaduna Electricity Distribution Companies, was by the Market Operator (MO). The action according to a statement by TCN‘s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, was following a breach of market rules, which govern and sanitise the Nigerian electricity supply industry. According to …

Lagos, Ogun, Kano and Oyo States, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five locations with mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria last year. Collectively, the five areas accounted for 33.52 per cent (51.90 million) of the mobile subscriptions (154.85 million) in the country in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS had revealed …

Senator Danladi Sankara (Jigawa Northwest) and former Senator Mas’ud El-Jibril (Kano South) have drummed up support for Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano North) to become Senate President in the 10th Assembly. According to Sankara, Jibrin deserves to lead the Senate because he is a high-ranking Senator with rich experience garnered over the years. There have been intense agitations that the Senate …

Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL), a World Bank intervention project, has announced plans to begin implementation and construction of approximately 3.7 kilometre of erosion control works that cut across very populated areas of Bulbula Gayawa in Nassarawa and Tudun Fulani in Ungogo Local Government Areas of Kano State. Rarin in Dawakin Tofa LGA, Kauyen Alu in Tarauni LGA, and …

Kano State Executive Council has appointed the former Independent National Electoral Commission chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council of the state-owned Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso. The council also appointed Oba Dr. Moshood Aliiwo, as the Chancellor of the university. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, announced the appointments …

The handover arrangement for Kano state governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from sitting Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has begun. This is as the state Executive Council has approved the formation of a 17-member Transition Committee for a handing over of the baton to the incoming administration in the state. The council also approved a 100-member sub-committee whose constitution will be drawn from …

Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Saturday, asked local and international lenders to stop giving loans to Kano State government. In the advisory issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Yusuf said that any local or international organisation that would issue loan to Abdullahi Umar Ganduje administration from 18th March to 29th May does so …

The Kano State governorship of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Nasir Yusuf Gawuna has acknowledged defeat and congratulated Abba Kabiru Yusuf, the poll’s victor. Gawuna, who the Deputy to incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, had earlier rejected the outcome of the election. This comes after days of political tension in the North-Western state following the refusal of Gawuna and his …

The Kano State Executive Council (KSEC) has given approval for the Kano State Anthem Bill 2023 and its transmission to the State House of Assembly for passage into law. The KSEC has also approved the state Rural Access Roads Establishment (RARA) Bill 2022 and the State Roads Funds 2022 Bill. The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad …

An outbreak of diphtheria infection has claimed 61 lives in Kano State as last Thursday. The Kano State Case Manager, Dr Salma Suwaid disclosed this on Monday at a webinar organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) with the theme ‘Diptheria outbreak in Nigeria: Vaccination Response’. Suwaid also said that 783 patients have been on admission …