Tag: Katsina
Gov. Masari appoints new Emergency Management Agency boss
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Haruna Musa as the new Executive Secretary of…
EU, Oxfam project to plant 700,000 trees in Katsina
The EU and Oxfam Project in Katsina State on Wednesday said that they were collaborating with farmers to plant 700,000…
Katsina mourns as Ibrahim Coomassie, ACF chairman dies
The death has been announced of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and a former Inspector…
Katsina earmarks N1.5bn for UMYU’s Faculty of Agric take-off
Katsina state government has earmarked N1.5 billion for the take-off of Faculty of Agriculture at Layin Minista in Umaru Musa…
Katsina: Flood destroys property worth N8m
Flood caused by downpour during the weekend washed away property worth N8 million in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina…
Flood Disaster: Buhari commiserates with people, govt. of Katsina
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness and concern over the unprecedented devastation caused by floods in Katsina state and other…
4 teenage girls die in canoe accident
The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the death of four teenage girls in a canoe accident in Mashigi…
5 die of cholera in Katsina
No fewer than five persons have lost their lives and 50 others hospitalised over suspected outbreak of cholera in Funtua…
Buhari receives Togolese President in Katsina
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with visiting Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema at the Presidential, Lodge…
Buhari arrives Katsina for 2-day official visit
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived Katsina, for a two-day official visit.
Rainstorm: Katsina spends N60m on relief materials
The Katsina State Government says it has spent N60 million to provide relief materials to victims of windstorm and torrential…
Wet season: Katsina registers 75,000 rice farmers
The Katsina State chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says it has registered 75,000 farmers that will…
5,654 Katsina rice farmers register for wet season
The data of 5,654 rice farmers in Daura and Sandamu Local Government Areas of Katsina State have been captured to…
2018 Hajj payment: Katsina fixes June 30 deadline
The Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed June 30, 2018, as deadline to complete payment of hajj fare by…
Emir orders support for cattle routes re-demarcation
The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir has ordered districts and village heads under his domain to support the ongoing…
Customs intercepts 1,825 bags of foreign rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, intercepted 1,825 bags of foreign rice and other commodities from…
Windstorm: 6 killed, 500 houses destroyed in Katsina
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Friday that six persons were killed in Kastina metropolis and environs…
Smuggling: Customs promises to intensify efforts in Katsina
The Nigerian Customs Service says it is making frantic efforts to stop the menace of smuggling of contraband into the…
Kaduna/Katsina Customs generate N1.1bn revenue in 3 months
The Kaduna/Katsina Customs Area Command on Wednesday said it had generated N1.1 billion as revenue from January to March this…
European Union plants 4.5m trees in Katsina State
About 4.54 million trees have been planted and maintained in Katsina State under the Improved Fuel Wood Balance project supported…
Boko Haram: Katsina deploys 1,000 security guards to schools
The Katsina State Government has approved the employment of 1,000 security guards for all boarding secondary schools to secure lives…
Rice Farmers inaugurate 35-man committee on Ancho Borrowers Programme
The Rice Farmers Association, Sandamu Local Governmemt Area chapter, Katsina AState has inaugurated a 35-man committee to monitor the utilisation…
150 youths receive training on Agricultural entrepreneurship in Katsina
An NGO in Katsina state, known as R.H. Equipt, has begun training of 150 unemployed youths on agricultural entrepreneurship in…
Dry Season Farming: 17,400 farmers to benefit from N4bn CBN loan in Katsina
Alhaji Shaibu Wakili, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Katsina State has said that 17,400 farmers had been…
UNICEF reaffirm support to Kano, Katsina govts on child survival, devt.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday renewed its commitment to support Kano and Katsina States Government effort to…
PDP says it is compiling evidence of foul play in Katsina, Kano Polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it is compiling a comprehensive documentary evidence of infractions and irregularities in Saturday’s House…
Katsina Govt approves N15.6 billion for road projects
Katsina State Government has approved road contracts worth N15.6 billion to transform socio-economic activities across the state.
14-year-old girl abducted in Katsina
Unknown gunmen have abducted a 14-year-old girl in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Katsina spends N2bn to construct standard drainage system
The Katsina State Government has spent over N2 billlion in the last two years for the construction of a standard…
Katsina State Govt. inaugurates Local Peace Committees
The Katsina State Dialogue and Amnesty Committee has inaugurated Peace Committees across the 34 local government areas of the state.