Tag: Katsina State
Jubilation hits Daura as Buhari wins presidential elections
Many people in the ancient town of Daura, Katsina, on Wednesday jubilated after the news broke that President Muhammadu Buhari…
395 physically challenged persons elected into Katsina APC excos
A total of 395 physically challenged persons have been elected into various positions during the just concluded ward and local…
Local Govt. targets 50,117 children for polio immunisation
Zango Local Government Area in Katsina State says it has targeted 50, 117 children aged between 0 and 49 months…
Katsina state Govt. inaugurates investment board to boost investment drive
Gov. Aminu Masari on Monday inaugurated a 10-man high powered investment board, as part of efforts to improve economy of…
Hajj: Katsina state Gov. expresses concern over late preparations
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has expressed concern over what he described as late preparations of Hajj operations by…
Federal Govt. to complete Sabke Dam project soon – official
Work on the abandoned Sabke Dam, meant to provide irrigation facilities to no fewer than 3,000 farmers in Maiadua Local…
First Lady empowers women, youths in Katsina
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday empowered women and youths in the three senatorial districts of…
Katsina releases N350m for treatment of malnourished children
The Katsina State Government has released N350 million as its contribution to UNICEF for the purchase of Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) for…
Hajj: Katsina State pilgrims return home
The Katsina Pilgrims Welfare Board said no fewer than 1,598 Pilgrims have so far been transported back home after performing…
Katsina State Govt. commended over feeding programme
Pilgrims from Katsina State have commended their State Government for serving them nutritious meals during the 2017 Hajj in Saudi…
325 students rewarded with certificates of excellence
No fewer than 325 students of Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, have been awarded certificates of excellence for their outstanding…
State Govt. earmarks N400m for dams rehabilitation
Katsina State Government said on Tuesday that it had earmarked N400 million for the rehabilitation of three dams that would…
JIBWIS distributes foodstuffs, clothes to needy in Katsina- Chairman
The Katsina State Chapter of the Izabal Islamic Sect (JIBWIS), has distributed cash and foodstuffs worth N35 million to 20,000…
One million pupils to enjoy feeding in Katsina schools
Over 1 million primary school pupils in Katsina State would benefit from the Federal Government’s Schools’ Feeding programme, an official…
State procures 110,000 metric tons of fertilizer for farmers
The Katsina State Government said it had purchased 110, 000 metric tons of fertilizer for distribution to farmers during the…
Ramadan: Governor’s wife distributes foodstuff
Wife of Katsina State governor, Hajiya Hadiza Aminu-Masari, on Wednesday distributed foodstuff to various women groups in 11 local government…
Gov. Masari restates commitment to reposition State
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Sunday in Abuja restated the commitment of his administration to reposition the state…
INEC fixes May 20 for bye-election in Katsina
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed May 20, for the conduct of bye-election into Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency in…
State Govt. begins public hearing on 2016 Hajj
The Katsina state government has constituted an 8-man public hearing committee to investigate and submit its reports on the anomalies…
Mixed reaction trails suspension of Reps members
Some All Progressive Party (APC) loyalists and officials in Malumfashi and Kafur Local Government Areas of Katsina State have disassociated…
Katsina bags 2016 ‘Most Visible State in Media’ award
Media Search for Accountability, an NGO, has adjudged Katsina State as the ‘Most Visible State in the Media’, amongst the…
13 killed in Katsina ghastly motor accident
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 13 persons in a ghastly motor accident on Malumfashi-Dabai…
EFCC confiscates 3 mansions from ex-governor Shema
Three mansions belonging to the detained ex-governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema have been seized by the Economic and Financial…
Immigration rescues 11 from human traffickers
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) command in Katsina state said it had rescued 11 youths trying to cross into Niger…
Troops kill suspected cattle rustler, armed bandits in Katsina
Troops of 35 Battalion, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army on Friday killed a suspected cattle rustler and armed bandits on Tsambe-Fafare…
Katsina Gov. appoints new Scholarship Trust Fund boss
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Isa Ahmed as the new Director-General of the…
Disease kills 23 cows, infects 63 in Katsina
An animal disease locally known as “black-cutter” has killed 23 cows and affected 63 others in Musawa Local Government Area…
Traditional Leader urges FG to complete Jare Dam
Alhaji Abdullahi Lawal, a Traditional Leader of Grain Dealers in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State, on Monday, appealed to…
Flood destroys 200 houses in Katsina
No fewer than 200 houses were destroyed by flood at Maibara village in Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State…
40,000 VVF patients treated in Katsina State
The National Obstetric Fistula Center in Katsina State on Wednesday said it had treated 40,000 Visco-Virginal Fistula (VVF) patients from…