As part of ongoing efforts to implement the 5-kilometre road projects, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, today flagged off the construction of a 5-kilometre road project in Kunchi town, Ghari Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, in Kano. According to the…
Barbara Bako, Abuja. The Development Bank of Nigeria has once again recognised its Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) with various categories of awards at its 4th DBN Annual Service Ambassadors Award ceremony for their sterling contributions to facilitating access to financing to Micro, Small and medium-scale enterprises in Nigeria. The Managing Director of DBN, Dr. Tony…
Journalists under the auspices of the Association of Kano Online Journalists (ASKOJ) have been charged to join forces with institutions of the government to wage war against corruption in Nigeria. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) made the call at a training held recently in Kano for ASKOJ members. Speaking at…
….Charges Journalists To Pressure Government To Avoid Politicization Of Free Maternal Healthcare Law The Resource Center for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has decried the alarming rate of maternal mortality rate in Kano State, stating that the state is the ‘worst’ place to give birth in the world, going by the available statistics which…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has authorized the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd to allocate the 2023 final dividends due to the federation towards covering the cost of the fuel subsidy. The president has additionally approved halting the 2024 interim dividend payments to the federation to enhance the oil company’s cash flow. Although Tinubu announced…
Barbara Bako, Abuja. The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has made available the qualifying requirements for the start of its renowned Annual DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme (DBNETP) for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria in 2024. Relying on partnerships and the DBN Learning Management System (LMS), the annual DBNETP is in its sixth…
Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has denied any knowledge of a recently awarded contract for drug supplies to the state’s 44 Local Government Councils. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner of Information Baba Halilu Dantiye and Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin…
Fuel shortages continued to plague Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa, Kaduna, and other states on Friday, as long queues for Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, remained a common sight. Amid growing frustration from motorists, the Federal Government has intensified its crackdown, warning oil marketers that those caught hoarding fuel could lose their operating licenses. On Friday,…
The management and staff of Newskeeper Media Consult (NMC) has extended it’s warm felicitations to the former Nigeria’s Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his birthday anniversary as he clocked 80 on the earth. NMC, which is a publisher of the Nigerian based online newspaper ‘NEWSKEEPER‘ and the ‘Newskeeper Hausa’ joined other family and well…
Barbara Bako, Abuja. In order to further demonstrate its dedication to promoting accountability and openness in the Nigerian economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has resumed publishing a number of key economic reports. In a statement signed by the Ag. Director, Corporate Communications of the apex bank Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali on Tuesday, outlined…
