Senator Aliyu Wamakko and member, Muslim World League, has laid foundation for late Sheikh Buhari Siriddawa Jumu’at Mosque in Sokoto. The mosque was initiated by the late’s eldest son, Yahaya Buhari in memory of the his late Sarkin Mallaman Sakkwato. Wamakko, who performed the foundation laying ceremony assisted by the Executive Secretary of Police Trust Fund, Ahmad Aliyu, expressed happiness with the quality of work and prayed Allah to bless the founder and give him energy to complete the mosque project. Special prayer was offered by Ahmad Helele, during the visit.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah has said that there is nothing wrong with women requesting to have more of them in government and in political offices for social, economic development of the country. He spoke in a keynote address at the Lux Terra Foundation Book Festival and the unveiling of seven books by Rev Fr George Ehusani in Abuja on Saturday. Recall that some Nigerian women on March 3, protested against the rejection of pro-equality bills by the National Assembly (NASS). The women, who converged on the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja, demonstrated against parliamentary…
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A governorship aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Kaduna state, Sen. Shehu Sani has pledged to serve unity bridge between Southern and Northern Kaduna if elected into office. Shehu Sani who is aspiring on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), made the pledge while addressing newsmen in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a local government area. He argued that Kaduna state needed a leader that will unite the people and ensure social justice and equality. “The people of Kaduna State need a leader that will lead them out of Egypt. It is no fiction that our dear…
As the federal government of Nigeria plans to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine and parents’ worrisome condition of the wellbeing of their children in Russia’s raging war against the European country, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday, held an online meeting with 22 students and their parents. The governor, who set up the Zoom meeting between the students and their worried parents at Government House, pledged he would not rest until all the students were evacuated from Ukraine. Tambuwal had earlier convened the state security council meeting with Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar in attendance. During the zoom meeting, the governor said…
The Kano state Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has launched the 2022 free mass livestock vaccination campaign across the state. The vaccination, which is expected to gulp N170,440,870 will target 1,025,000 cattle and 750,000 goats and sheep. The funds to be provided by the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, LLF, through the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, ISFD, which is a poverty alleviation arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, to purchase vaccines, consumables, training and logistics, among others. The objective is to protect the livestock from Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, CBPP, and Peste des Petits Ruminants,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated the recently completed branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia, Nasarawa state, as part of his two-day visit to the state. Unveiling the plaque, Buhari commended the apex bank governor and the management of the Bank, for putting up a structure that will ensure a work environment conducive for staff to contribute their quota to the development to the economy. Welcoming the President and his entourage that included the host Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, and other governors from neighbouring states, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele expressed appreciation to Buhari for the…
…Even Arctic faces rising wildfire risk …Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” By Abdallah el-Kurebe As the United Nations Environment Assembly is billed to hold in Nairobi from February 28 2022, experts have warned that wildfires will rise by 50 percent by 2100 and called on governments to shift their investments in wildfires and focus on prevention and preparedness. A new report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires”, released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal says changes in the climate and land-use “are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a…
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze and Nigerian-born Arnaut Danjuma stood out in Villarreal’s impressive 4-1 win away at Los Carmenes against Granada in La Liga on Saturday. The win meant Villarreal extended their unbeaten run to four matches in La Liga. Danjuma scored an impressive hat-trick, including two penalty kicks. Chukwueze also came off the bench to win a penalty kick and pick up an assist as Villarreal outplayed Granada at Estadio Neuvo Los Carmenes. Danjuma’s first goal came 10 minutes before the half-time break from the penalty kick spot before adding his second from open play four minutes later.…
Kulu Shagari Girl-Child Initiative on Wednesday has donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sokoto. The items which included food, toiletries, Indomie noodles, sanitary pads, detergents, clothing materials, shoes and others, were donated by Kulu Shagari, the founder and wife of the former Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Mukhtari Shagari. According to the daughter of late former Shehu Shagari, the initiative was part of her efforts to ease the suffering of the IDPs, whose lives has been touched by the lingering banditry in the state. Kulu called on all wealthy individuals to support the IDPs in order to ease…