The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has launched N5 billion second phase of retirement and death benefits. The benefits cover entitlement of about 4,000 state and local government retirees. In a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Governor Yusuf highlighted the administration’s continuous commitment to addressing the needs of pensioners….
The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Honourable Muhammed Bello Shehu, OFR, has commended the outgoing Honourable members of the commission for their patriotism and commitment to nation-building through their effort to ensure that the commission is brought to a world class standard. Honourable Shehu stated this during the valedictory plenary organised in…
Barbara Bako, Abuja. Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has declared a remarkable triple-digit growth of 202% from NGN34.730 billion in the previous year to NGN108.433 billion in 2023. This was contained in a press statement signed by Mr. Jude Nwauzor, Head Corporate Communications Department of the debt recovery agency of the Federal Government on…
Barbara Bako, Abuja. Amos Azi, Chairman of the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST), has urged more support from the Nigerian capital market, highlighting that only three institutions presently support the Tribunal. Azi emphasized that the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) must be safeguarded, encouraged, and promoted for its crucial role in bolstering investor confidence in…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state has approved the purchase of over five billion naira worth of fertilizer as part of his initiative to achieve food sufficiency through agricultural transformation. In a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa and made available to journalists in Kano, said the approval came…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected proposals from some politicians to decentralize minimum wage negotiations, which would permit states to set their own minimum wages. The ongoing negotiations for a new minimum wage have stalled for months, with stakeholders unable to find common ground. While the federal government and the private sector have settled…
….. Directs Immediate Revonation of the Property as High Court Validates Emirates Law 2024 The Kano State Government has instructed the Commissioner of Police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, from the Nasarawa Emirs’ cemetery, where he has been residing since he was covertly relocated by security agencies on the 25th…
First Bank Nigeria Limited has confirmed appointment of Olusegun Alebiosu as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has been serving as the Acting Managing Director of the bank since April 2024, when the former MD, Adesola Adeduntan resigned his position as the CEO of the bank. READ ALSO:Kano govt implements measures to…
The Kano State Government today stated that it has established measures to prevent the diversion of drugs and medical supplies in all state owned healthcare facilities across the 44 local government areas. The Director General, Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumable supply Agency (DMCSA), Pharm. Gali Sule (FPSN) made this known to Blazon News in…
For those that have been following with a keen interest, Rivers politics has been on intensely boiling for almost a year now. First, a state Governor losing a control of his entire cabinet members, and the State Assembly intended to serve him an impeachment notice. Instead to allow that unfortunate event to happen, he instructed…
