Tag Archives: Kano state

The Kano State Government has awarded N2.5bn contracts for the completion of 14 abandoned schools, including 13 related-education projects. The projects, to be financed from the 2017 UBE matching grant, will provide additional 470 classrooms in the state, to provide learning space for about 30,000 fresh pupils. The Director-General, Media and Publicity, Ameen Yassar, in a statement, said infrastructure in ...

The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved N13,000 as being the penalty imposed on each student of the Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil for the destruction of the school property. The approval, which was as a result of pleas from parents and other stakeholders, was confirmed in a statement signed by the university’s ...

Kano state fire service has disclosed that 19 persons lost their lives in different fire outbreaks across the state last month. The spokesman of the service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed who revealed this to the media said properties worth over N167m were also consumed in the same fire outbreaks. He said 43 fire outbreaks were recorded within the month and the ...

Kano State government is spending about N400 million on constructions of new police divisions across the state, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said. The governor stated this yesterday at the foundation laying ceremony of the Police Area Command office along Court Road, Tarauni. He said the police divisions include two Area Commands at Court Road, Tarauni local government and Tudun ...

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has described the recent approval for the construction of the Sumaila-Falali–Birnin Bako–Bauchi roads as ‘a significant step’ towards improving the commercial status of Kano State. The Federal Executive Council had on April 25, 2018, approved the construction of the project at the cost N4.57 billion. The Federal Government’s decision was announced by the ...

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has given landowners of the proposed mega gas pipeline by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) acquisition notice, preparatory to the commencement of the Project. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Abba Anwar and made available to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. The statement ...

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday says the state is ready to grant land and tax incentives to investors, to revolutionise agriculture and promote investments in various sectors. Ganduje said this at the 2017 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos with the theme “African Business: Penetrating through Institution Building’’. The governor spoke at ...

According to PM News, the Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has concluded plans to construct 500 housing units for the civil servants in the state. The state NLC chairman, Mr Kabiru Minjibir made the disclosure when he inspected the ongoing housing project being undertaken by the union in Kano on Wednesday. He said when completed, the ...

Premium Times report that the decision by the government of Jigawa State to hand over 12,000 hectares of land spread across four local government areas to a Chinese investor is threatening the livelihood of about 150,000 persons in the state. The 12,000 hectares are spread across Gagarawa, Taura, Suletankarkar and Garki local government areas of the state. The state government ...

News according to Business Day has it that Kano State Government said it was on course to deliver 2,000 houses currently under construction for low income earners in the state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the commitment in a message to the opening of the 96th Council Meeting of the Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria held in Kano on Tuesday. Represented by his ...