Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE high cost of agricultural machines, lack of awareness, and poor infrastructure are some challenges affecting smallholder farmers in Nigeria. However, the Kano Agropastoral Development Project, KSADP, funded by the Kano State Government, the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, LLF is bringing assistance to farmers in Kano State through the distribution of simple planters as part of activities to improve crop productivity and income in the state. The project recently commenced the distribution of 100 units of single-row hand-pushed planters to farmers through its implementing partner, Sasakawa Africa Association. The planters are being distributed to…

KANO State Governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf has  assented the 2023 Supplementary budget worth fifty eight billion, one hundred and ninety-one million, five hundred and thirty five thousand, eighteen naira, twelve kobo (N58, 191, 535, 018.12). According to a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to Kano State Governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, while assenting the budget, Governor Yusuf assured the good people of Kano state that his administration will adhere to the principles of fiscal discipline as the money appropriated will be judicious utilised in an accountable and transparent manner. “This suplementary budget is meant to take care of…

KANO state Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has offered a Permanent and Pensionable appointment to a casual staff of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dayyabu Haladu (aka) Dan Gezawa who returned missing sixteen thousand dollars during the last Hajj operation in Kano. In addition to the employment, the Governor has also offered a special gift of N1million and automatic slot for the forthcoming Hajj Excercise. Making the disclosure while receiving the Report of the Kano state Pilgrims Welfare Board for the 2023 Hajj operation, Governor Yusuf expressed his heart-felt appreciation to the casual staff for displaying the act of…

THE Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has closed down another private clinic, Choice Clinic, with only two staff, a nurse and a cleaner. This newspaper reports that closure was coming barely a week after the agency sealed off Reach Clinic for violating its laws and standard operation guidelines. Speaking after closing the facility, the Director General of the agency, Professor Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad, said that the Choice Clinic was at loggerheads with another clinic it was sharing the same building “which we observed they are illegally operating.” He explained that the situation warranted the agency to cancel…

AS part of his effort to ease the growing hardship in the state, the state governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf is set to distribute bags of grains as well as a launch of an empowerment programme for youth, women and people living with disabilities. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Saturday, arrangements has been completed for the distribution of grains comprising of rice and maize across the 484 wards within the 44 LGAs of the State. The statement added that the governor made this known at a meeting with the State and local…

SOME intending couples for the Kano mass wedding scheduled to be held soon have already tested positive for Hepatitis B, HIV, sickle cell and pregnancy. The spokesperson of Hisbah Board, Lawan Fagge said the persons were found with one health issue or the other at the point of pre-marital test screening they were subjected to as part of the conditions for taking part in the state-sponsored wedding. Fagge said the affected spouses have since been replaced in the ongoing exercise and subjected to counselling and medications. According to him, “Based on the interim report we got from the Ministry of…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has withdrawn its appeal against the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. In a letter dated October 6, and signed by Suleiman Alkali, the head of commission’s legal department in Kano, INEC said it withdrew its appeal as it had no reason to appeal any judgement. “I have been instructed by the Commission headquarters that INEC as an umpire have no reason to appeal any judgment. “Consequently, the National Commission In charge if Legal Services and National Commissioner in charge of Kano zone directed that the appeal be withdrawn and all processes…

KANO State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has hired renowned legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) to lead the charge to regain his mandate at the Court of Appeal. This newspaper reports that the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal last month sacked Yusuf and declared his opponent, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election. Challenging the decision of the tribunal, Yusuf filed a 42-ground of appeal before the appellate court asking the court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal and also striking out the petition of the…

KANO State Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointments of 10 heads into some government parastatals in the State. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said the appointments were in pursuant to the quest of placing appropriate hands to improve good governance. Those appointed are: Salisu A. Kabo as Director General, Youth Empowerment; Dr. Hamisu Sadi Ali, Director General, Debt Management Office; Abduljabbar Mohammed Umar, Director General, KAN-INVEST; Yusuf Kabir Gaya to serve as Executive Chairman, SUBEB and Mustapha Adamu Indabawa, Managing Director, Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV). Others are…

KANO state governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has declared Wednesday, October 4, 2023 as Public Holiday in the state. The governor, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye, MON, mni, made available to News Point Nigeria, said, the Public Holiday is in commoration of the birth of the  noble Prophet of Allah, Muhammad Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The Governor urged the people of the state to use occassion to reflect on the teachings of our noble Prophet and imbibe them in their daily affairs. He also urged the people to pray…

THE Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested a 23-year-old lady, Fiddausi Ahmadu, for allegedly threatening to commit suicide with all those she felt were responsible for the victory of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, at the election petitions tribunal. A reliable source within the DSS who craved anonymity, confirmed the arrest of the lady to News Point Nigeria on Tuesday, adding that, Fiddausi claimed to be fighting for the New Nigeria People’s Party and governor, Abba Yusuf, in a viral video clip circulated in the city. In the clip, Fiddausi was overheard in…

THE Kano State Hisbah Board said over 4, 000 prospective couples have registered to participate in the state-planned mass wedding scheduled for next month. The board added that it had succeeded in selecting 1,800 couples and they were already being scheduled for medical screening as part of the prerequisite arrangement of the mass wedding proceedings. Speaking to this newspaper, the Hisbah Deputy Commander General (operations), Dr Mujahid Aminuddeen, revealed that the selected couples would be subjected to HIV/AIDS, genotype and drug tests before they would finally be drafted for the sponsored mass wedding scheduled for next month. Mujahid said that…

KANO  State Governor, Alh Abba Kabir Yusuf has condoled with the State Commissioner of Water Resources, Alh Ali Haruna Makoda over the death of his daughter (Usaiba Ali Haruna Makoda) who passed away yesterday after an illness. According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Kano State Governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Wednesday, Gov Yusuf described the death as schocking saying ” it is saddened to receive the news of the death of Usaiba Ali Haruna Makoda, an obedient daughter, a committed house wife whose death create a wide vacuum difficult to fill. On behalf of the…

THE 24-hour curfew imposed by the Kano state government and the Nigerian Police Force, Kano Command, has been lifted in the state. Thi is contain in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made available to News Point Nigeria, Thursday. This newspaper reports that the police on Wednesday imposed the curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order following the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18 guber election. More details…

KANO state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has appealed to residents to maintain peace while vowing to use all legal means to reclaim his mandate. News Point Nigeria reports that Tribunal sacked Gov Yusuf and ordered that Nasir Yusuf Gawuna of the APC be issued a certificate of returns. Addressing the media few minutes before midnight, Gov Yusuf said the judgment was error-ridden and that he is optimistic that these errors would be corrected at the appellate court. “My good people of Kano State! You would recall that on March 18, 2023, you came out enmasse and voted for me as…

A 24-HOUR curfew has been declared in Kano State following the judgment of the election petitions tribunal sacking the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, in a statement he personally signed, said a combined team of security operatives have been dispatched across the city to enforce the curfew. “In view of the Constitutional mandate of the Nigeria Police Force alongside the relevant Internal Security and Law Enforcement Agencies to preserve law and order in the State, the Kano State Police Command have mapped out strategies on that direction and call on the good people of…

THE Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18 election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the poll in March. On Wednesday, the three-man panel ordered withdrawal of certificate of return which INEC presented to Governor Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna. The court deducted 165,663 votes from total votes scored by Governor…

THE Kano Governorship Election Tribunal is set to give verdict on the petition challenging the election of Abba Yusuf as the governor of the state. Security measures have been intensified in and around the court premises, but the three-member panel are not physically present in court as they will deliver the judgement via Zoom. Journalists were also barred from the court room. Dozens of journalists from various media outfits were denied access and left stranded at the gate of the High Court in the early hours despite presenting their identities. A senior security officer at gate who addressed journalists claimed…

A KANO-BASED retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Bello Ahmed, has been accused of taking the law into his hands, violating court orders and disregarding all legal means. This was revealed by one Adam Ali Zaki, who said the retired AIG brought thugs into his residence, disturbed the peace of his family and vandalized the house. All these were done against a subsisting order of a Kano High Court which restrained him from doing any of the acts done. Counsel to Mr Zaki, Barrister B. Y. Gambo, told this newspaper that trouble started when Mr. Ahmed attempted to recover the…

THE Director-General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr. Muhammad Mahmud, has said that about 520 children are suspected to have lost their lives following the diphtheria outbreak in the state in 2023. Mahmud made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen at a one-day media orientation on the diphtheria outbreak, supported by UNICEF in Kano on Tuesday. “There is data we generated through our digit surveillance and reporting system. This year, Kano reported about 8,700 suspected cases of diphtheria and 6,300 confirmed, with about 520 children suspected to have died of this illness. “We tracked this on a daily…