Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda has launched the disbursement of the third phase of the AGILE school improvement grant, totaling over ₦8.4 billion (eight point four billion naira) to one hundred selected secondary schools across the state.
Katsina state Governor , Dikko Radda has expressed joy over the State Debate Team’s remarkable triumph at the Bilateral Nigeria-Indonesia Debate Championship held in April 2024.
The Katsina Elders Forum is disturbed about current insecurity in Katsina state and in some parts of the North.
A video posted on X platform by TVC television, showed Mrs Tinubu unveiling a small private vegetable garden in the State House as her contribution to the nation’s food drive. In a swift reaction, President Bola Tinubu’s government has announced the scale-up of Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu’s Home Garden Initiative.
“A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders.”
According to the Chairman of Safana Local Government Area, Abdullahi, 22 persons were abducted, with some managing to escape.
The Katsina State Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has declared today Monday 8th July, 2024 which is equivalent to the 2nd of Al-muharram, 1446 AH as Public Holiday in commemoration of the new Islamic year.
In a leaked memo obtained by an online news media as claimed, the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) asked National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to retract the statements it made on GMOs which “is the distinct mandate of NBMA.”
The DG, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye in a recent interview on Arise News Television said that though NAFDAC had not conducted extensive research on the safety of GMO products, the agency did not have evidence to show that GMO products like maize and tomatoes were safe for human consumption.
About 1140 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been deployed to Katsina State for 2024 Batch B stream 1 orientation course.