The Katsina State government has handed over the renovation and upgrade of Umar Faruq Township Stadium Daura to Space and Dimension Company Limited.
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) have rejected the proposed shift to a derivation-based Model for Value Added Tax (VAT) distribution, proposed by the President Bola Tinubu’s government due to its negative effects on the north.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar II, while addressing the Northern Governors Forum at a meeting held in Kaduna on Monday, pleaded with the 19 governors of the Northern region to support the establishment of the Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Commission in the region and ensure its success.
Katsina Community Watch Corps (CWC), a security outfit set up by Governor Radda administration, have arrested a man identified as Umaru Wakili in Gora Dan Saka, Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State accused of being the mastermind in securing bail for bandits whenever they are apprehended by the Nigeria Police Force.
In a statement on Sunday titled “TCN clarifies on efforts to restore bulk power in Northern Nigeria amid security challenges,” General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah explained that vandalism caused the outage, disrupting bulk power supply to the region reiterating that insecurity in the area has hindered swift repairs, delaying restoration of electricity supply.
Governors of the 19 Northern states on Monday met with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, to deliberate on insecurity, poverty, out-of-school children and other socioeconomic challenges facing the region along with some royal fathers across the region.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday announced the award of three points, and three goals to Nigeria for the missed Libya game with a fine of USD 50,000 against Libya.
The Katsina State Government has taken a decisive step towards implementing the new ₦70,000 minimum wage for civil servants with the inauguration of a high-powered implementation committee.
Vice President Kashim Shettima’s trip to Samoa to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit has been cancelled due to a foreign object that hits his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York causing damage to the cockpit windshield.
A press statement issued by Sidi Ali, Hakama (Mrs.) CBN Ag. Director, of Corporate Communications late on Thursday said no deadline is fixed for the circulation of old naira notes directing all its branches to continue to issue and accept all denominations of Nigerian banknotes, old and re-designed.