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Nigerian Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command has intercepted some rice and other contraband valued at N196billion in two months. The seizures are 3,387 bags of smuggled foreign rice, second-hand clothes, spaghetti, and 34,940…

Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has so far disbursed the sum of N3.924 billion to 392,490 women and youths across Kano, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Lagos, Niger, Nasarawa, Sokoto and Katsina state as part of its micro-grant programme…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has urged parents to instill family values in their children as a way to save the country from degeneration. The minister made the call on Saturday in Kaduna…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday authorized the dispatch of special teams to deliver urgently needed assistance to 12 states most ravaged by the disaster. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and…

AMINA HUSSAINI The Federal Government on Sunday alerted State Governments to expect heavy rainfalls which may result in massive flooding in the states. The government advised the state governments to take proactive and…

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has described ex-President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida as a detribalised leader and elder-statesman whose name commands respect in Nigeria’s political class circle.  …

The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy a Semi-Permanent Platoon of soldiers to decisively uproot bandits and insurgents taking refuge in Jigawa communities. The upper chamber made the call on Tuesday following…

Jigawa has recorded 51 new cases of COVID-19 and one fatality. The latest information brings the total number of confirmed cases in Jigawa to 169, and three deaths recorded so far. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Abba Zakari confirmed…

Eighty-six new coronavirus cases  have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), taking Nigeria’s total infections to 627. The NCDC confirmed this late on Sunday via a statement on Twitter. According to the…

Governors in the North West and North Central region of the country have resolved to close down schools in the region for 30 days following fears caused by the pandemic coronavirus in Nigeria. The governors under the aegis of North West…