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6 days ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Dirisu Yakubu |James Abraham |Isah Ojo |Animasahun Salman |Tukur Muntari
NO fewer than 59 people were killed in four separate attacks in Borno, Kano, Kebbi and Plateau states on Friday and Saturday. While 30 people were killed in Kebbi State, 12 persons, who were identified as wedding guests were murdered in Plateau State. In Borno State, 12 persons died in a suicide bombing carried out in a fish market by a woman, while in Kano State, a military mortar bomb went off along the Eastern Bypass in Kano, the State capital, on Saturday, killing five persons in the process.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project has commenced the training of 1,000 youths in Kano on rice straw utilisation, primarily for livestock feed. The initiative, which is financed by the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, is aimed at creating jobs and income streams for the targeted beneficiaries, who were drawn mostly from rice-producing communities in the state.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
Winners of Qur’anic Recitation competition The organiser of the President Bola Tinubu Mother’s Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Senator Bashir Lado, on Monday, in Kano, presented brand new houses to each of the four crowned winners of the competition.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, acknowledges supporters after arriving from the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, June 19, 2025. Photo: X (@Kyusufabba) Thousands of supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party on Wednesday trooped out in Kano to welcome Governor Abba Yusuf, who returned from Saudi Arabia after performing the 2025 Hajj. The governor’s aircraft, which arrived via Lagos, landed at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport around 2:50 pm.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
The Gaya Emirate Council in Kano State has withdrawn the traditional title of Wazirin Gaya from a former Secretary to the Kano State Government and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Usman Alhaji. Usman Alhaji served as SSG under former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
Residents of Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State have expressed deep frustration and concern over the prolonged power outage which has crippled economic activities in the area. The complaint is contained in a letter dated June 13, 2025, addressed to the Regional Manager, Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Katsina South Region, a copy of which was made available to PUNCH Online on Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has extended warm congratulations to Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. In a congratulatory message released on Friday by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin Tofa, Yusuf described General Abdulsalami as a true patriot and elder statesman whose contributions to Nigeria’s unity, democracy, and peace remain enduring.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Tukur Muntari
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2 weeks ago | 
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PalmPay, a FinTech company in Nigeria, has said it is set to empower no fewer than 5,000 women and youths in Kano on financial literacy as part of its corporate social responsibility. The Managing Director of the company, Mr. Chika Nwosu made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to the 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, at his palace on Wednesday evening. He said he was at the palace of the monarch with his team to seek the emir’s blessings ahead of the programme.
