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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.7 million people in Kaduna State, the commission’s coordinator in the state, Abubakar Hassan, has said. Source

– Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered immediate payment of August 2018 salaries – The measure was to enable civil servants and their families enjoy the Eid el-Kabir festivities – Workers are expected to reciprocate the good gesture and be more dedicated in the discharge of their duties Governor …

The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) has confirmed that over hundred persons were displaced following a monsoon rainfall in the state. Newsmen report that a heavy rainfall was recorded in some areas of the state last Thursday night. Newsmen gathered that the affected areas included Yolde-Pate, Jambutu and Loko …

Abuja/Paris – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started emergency nutritional and paediatric activities in Bama, Borno state, in response to a critical humanitarian situation among newly arrived internally displaced people (IDPs).  Lack of adequate assistance, including access to shelter and healthcare, is having severe consequences for young children arriving in …

 Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s ascension to power was by sheer providence; he was actually sworn in as an elected deputy governor on May 29, 2007. However, less than two years after, he became the governor on January 26, 2009 following the death of his principal, Senator Mamman Ali, in faraway Florida, …

By Aliyu Dangida, Dutse The 2019 Senatorial contests in Jigawa quite unlike other states in the federation have the trapping of big boxing bouts with opponents of equal strength ready to prove their mettle in a contest that could make or mar their political relevance. The Senate contest in Jigawa, …

300 Kebbi pensioners seek divine intervention over unpaid benefits The Retired Officers Welfare Association (ROWA) in Kebbi, on Friday gave up on the authorities as they sought divine intervention over their unpaid gratuities and pension. The spokesperson of the association, Muhammad Aliyu, told journalists in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital …

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By Bashir Bello KATSINA – Not fewer than five persons have been arrested for rape of minors by men and officers of the Katsina State Police Command. The State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Wakili while addressing newsmen shortly before parading them said the ages of raped victims were from …

By Bashir Bello KATSINA – It was a breakthrough for the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Immigration service, Katsina State Commands as the duo recorded series of arrests of criminals recently in the state. In different operations carried out, the agencies said they arrested rapists, notorious human trafficker, seven …