ASHENEWS reports that the senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, has advised the Federal Government to cut cost of governance by devolving responsibilities down the line, to the states and to the local governments.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied a news report that it has devalued the country’s currency, the Naira.
The Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal Dare has accused his predecessor, Bello Muhammad of leaving behind huge debt, empty treasury, and carting away 17 government vehicles as well as looting property, including television and cookers from the state government house.
On Wednesday, gunmen shot dead two people and also abducted two others at a farm in Awo village in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Bola Tinubu, and the All Progressive Congress (APC), on Wednesday, opposed the admission of documents tendered as evidence in the petition by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, challenging Tinubu’s victory.
A Saudi Arabia bound Max Air plane, conveying 500 intending pilgrims from Jigawa State on Wednesday evening, had an emergency landing at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA.
The United Nigeria Airlines said on Wednesday that one of its aircraft skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 in Lagos.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano State Police Command has arrested 93 suspected criminals and recovered different kinds of weapons.
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has organised a one-day refresher training for younger scientists at the institute.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano state Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel, on Wednesday, paid homage to the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.