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President Muhammadu Buhari walking with President Uhuru Kenyantta.   – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Kenya for a three day visit. – President Buhari is billed to attend a ceremony with his counter part, President Uhuru Kenyatta in Eldoret today, January 27. – President Buhari and Kenyatta are expected to talk on curbing terrorism as well as the exploration of oil and gas resources. President Muhammadu Buhari talking to President Uhuru Kenyantta as dancers entertain their guest.  President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Kenya for a three day visit. The president is billed to attend a ceremony with his counter part, President Uhuru Kenyatta in Eldoret today, January 27, to honour the fallen KDF soldiers that were killed by the Al-Shabaab in El Adde, Somalia. President Muhammadu Buhari signing a document to seal an agreement entered with his counter part. The event is the first item in the itinerary released by State House, Nairobi, though the two

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed to Kenya for a three day visit. The president is billed to attend a ceremony with his counter part, President Uhuru Kenyatta in Eldoret today, January 27, to honour the fallen KDF soldiers that were killed by the Al-Shabaab in El Adde, Somalia.

– Olusegun Obasanjo has written a strong-worded letter to the National Asembly leadership – Obasanjo faulted plans by the lawmakers to buy 469 cars with about N4.7 billion – Obasanjo challenged the National Assembly to redeem itself Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has returned to letter writing again. The former president has accused the leadership of the national assembly of not being sensitive to economic plights of Nigeria by planning to buy cars for themselves. In the letter dated January 13, 2016, seen by The Cable, Obasanjo said a pool cars would have been sufficient to do the committee work, given all the allowances the lawmakers have already collected since their inauguration in June 2015. The letter was addressed to the Senate president, Bukola Saraki and speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. “ While in government, I was threatened with impeachment by the members of the National Assembly for not releasing some money they had a

Just a couple of hours ago Alhaji Yahaya Bello was sworn in as a new governor of Kogi state, promising the local people to handle all the challenges hampering the development of the respective state.  Hussain Obaro, outlines the issues concerning the Kogi state development, which, in his opinion, should be a number one priority in the new governor’s agenda. Welcome, new governor! It is true that Alhaji Yahaya Bello is set to take over as the sixth democratically elected governor of Kogi state at the time when the state’s share of revenue allocated from the federation account is nose-diving. The facts on ground reveal that the incoming administration will be dealing with high expectations of all in the state who see the victory of the APC in the last election as the one to usher in the much-craved for and desired change , bring succor and positive turnaround to the Kogi people both home and outside. The present economic challenges Considering the present economic

Alhaji Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress and winner of the Kogi governorship election was Wednesday morning sworn in as the executive governor of the state amid tears of mixed feelings. Bello who emerged victorious after a run-off was conducted following the death of Prince Abubakar who was earlier picked as the party’s flag bearer in an inconclusive election, took his oath of office at the Lokoja New stadium. In his speech immediately after he inspected the guard of Honor in a motorcade, Bello who was sworn in by Justice Nasir Ajana, Chief Justice of Kogi State, wept. He recalled that he did not grow up to know his father, having lost him at very early stage. Eulogizing his mother as a young widow, he noted: “Hajia Hawawu Bello struggled to raise me up as a young widow (weeps). The governor also pledged to be fair and honest in all his dealings in matters of the state, while maintaining that Kogi people should take him as their own governor whose pl

Obasanjo makes funny and hilarious comment on why a Nigerian senator will turn deaf and dump on public issues but open his mouth wide only on social medias and talk like a parrot.

The President’s Wife, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has tasked the Katsina State Government to embark on enlightenment campaign on the dangers of sickle-cell for the benefit of the people. Mrs Buhari stated this during the screening and treatment of 2,000 sickle-cell patients on Thursday in Katsina. She advised that the sickle-cell enlightenment campaign should be carried out on monthly basis to reduce the spread of the disease. According to her, the North West sub-region has the highest rate of people suffering from the disease in the country. “There is the need for officials of the Ministry of Health to encourage people to conduct genotype screening so as to know their status,’’’ she said. The president’s wife called on intending couple to conduct genotype test before wedding so as to mitigate the spread of the disease.Buhari said that she was in Katsina to give support and assistance to the less privileged suffering from the disease. Earlier, the state Commissioner

  Katsina state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has vowed to any teacher found to be behind the recent protest by students over the reintroduction of mock examinations in schools. Speaking when he met with principals, vice principals and teachers at the weekend, Masari said there was no going back on the policy as wastes can no longer be condoned. He added, it was disheartening to see that billions of Naira was spent on payment of WAEC and NECO examinations without commensurate benefits, adding; "we must tell ourselves  the bitter truth that government cannot continue to afford sponsoring failures". Instead of paying for pupils to come back with result, government would channel such funds to fixing the deplorable condition of the sector with a view to adding value to the system. Hundreds of secondary schools students across katsina took the stress to the streets to protest the recently introduced qualifying exams by government which the student believe is not in their inte

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Maryam Uwais, the wife of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Muhammadu Uwais as his Special Adviser for Social Protection Plan. Mrs. Uwais is a respected lawyer with over 30 years experience, including serving as principal partner at Wali Uwais & Co, an Abuja-based law firm. The special adviser graduated with an LL.B from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, in 1980 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981, after attending the Nigerian Law School, Lagos. In 1985, she bagged a Masters in Law from the same university. Mrs Uwais worked at the Kano State Ministry of Justice between 1980 and 1987.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday demonstrated a rare attitude to time when he beat his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo and indeed other cabinet members to meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. The president arrived the Council Chambers of the State House, venue of the meeting  at  9.51am  for the meeting slated  at  10.00am  without most members of his cabinet seated.  L-R Minister of Women Affairs Aisha Jummai AL-Hassan, Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalong, Deputy Chief of Staff Mr Ade Ipaye, National Security Adviser Major- Gen. Babagana Monguno, Head of Service of the Federation Winifred Ita-Oyo, Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Engr. Babachir David Lawal and President Muhammadu Buhari during the Federal Executive Council meeting, held at the Presidential Villa. Osinbajo, Chief of State Alhaji Abba Kyari, National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno and some 19 ministers who were

The state Commissioner for Finance, Muntari Kado, who made this known at a press briefing in Katsina, said 1,229 pensioners, who retired from service, were screened by the pension verification committee. The commissioner explained that the payment of the pensioners would be in phases in order to avoid congestion in the banks selected for the payment. He said the payment would be through Access Bank which has only four branches in the state. ‘’A person has the right to transfer his money to any bank of his choice after payment,’’ Mr. Kado said. The commissioner said the verification committee had also screened no fewer than 3,000 pensioners formerly in the local government service. He urged pensioners to bear with the situation while the government was trying to settle their entitlements. Mr. Kado said the remaining 823 pensioners would be paid their entitlements within a short time as promised by the governor. The state government had secured N11 billion loan from the C

Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, assured that a feedback from the committees assigned to look into reports of the missing 2016 budget, sent to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on December 22, 2015, will be ready tomorrow (Thursday, January 14, 2015).  Saraki gave this assurance during proceedings on the floor of the Senate, following a Point of Order raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, representing Abia South Senatorial District, Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe, for the Senate to address the issue of the missing budget, which dominated the traditional and social media space since yesterday.  Abaribe, quoting order 42 of the Senate Standing Rule, said the matter was discussed yesterday, during a closed door session of the Senate without feedback. But responding, the Senate President said: “It was agreed in the closed session yesterday, that the Senate will wait for a feedback from the committees assigned

 The Federal Government disclosed last weekend that the 10 mega watt, MW, Katsina wind farm has attained 98 percent completion.  The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Amb. Godknows Igali, who said this in Abuja noted that the test running of the 37 turbines in the facility had since begun with five already successfully test-run. He also said the transmission line for the evacuation of the power to be produced is ready through the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, as confirmed by their officials.  Igali disclosed further that Government is committed to ensuring the smooth running of this pilot scheme, adding that it planned to replicate it in the entire Northern region, where wind velocity is high, stressing that the harnessing of wind resource is an integral part of the newly approved National Policy on Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficiency. It would be recalled that the delay experienced in the completion of the Katsina wind power project was occasioned b

Katsina state government has prepared to secure various loan schemes and health care packages for women with a view to empowering them, the permanent secretary ministry of women affairs Hajiya Talatu Nasir, said. Speaking after been conferred with a merit award as icon of nation building by the northern publishers, Hajiya Talatu said women need to key into the administration zeal in upliftin g the living standard of women in the state. Talatu said government was committed towards addressing issues of women who were among the vulnerable in the society, saying that women must be vanguard of championing the agitation for better education for their children and women empowerment. She said the ministry had embarked on a sensitization program for women on the need to participate fully in immunization exercise. While calling on women to take advantages of the opportunities being offered by the present administration towards uplifting the plight of women, she said the ministry w

Katsina State governor Aminu Bello Masari has reafirmed the determination of his administration to boost education, especially girl-child education, saying that more resources would be devoted to the sector. Speaking yesterday during the close of holiday camp organised for 250 girls drawn from schools across the state, Masari said his administration was committed to the development of education as one of its top priorities. Masari, who spoke through the state deputy governor, Mannir Yakubu, said the largest chunk of 2016 budget was allocated to education to help underscore government’s commitment. He said, “This government will continue to do all that is possible within its limited resources for the development of education” He also tasked the girls to make good use of the skills and knowledge acquired during the holiday camp, assuring that the state government would not waver in executing laudable programmes for educational development of the state.

Following the screening of the retirees who served at the state level, Governor Masari approved payment of their gratuity. The payment will commence tomorrow, Tuesday with 406 beneficiaries as first batch of the payment through Access Bank. The retirees who served at Local Governments, should exercise patient a little bit, till their screening exercise is over and assures them of his support and commitments. 

The "Gani Festival", was a culture of the Daura emirates which was being celebrated yearly and in a situation where the Executive Governor was absent during the festival at ancient city of Daura, normally the Emir of Daura will follow him back to Katsina State Government House for paying special homage on behalf of his humble self and people of Daura Emirate. The courteous visit is traditionally inherited since the colonial administration which is still being practice b y the traditional rulers of Daura. The "Gani Festival" as was defined by the present Emir of Daura, HRH Umar Faruq Umar, its an annul general meeting between the traditional Rulers of the Emirate for discussion and deliberation on arising matters within their localities of domain, being the Emir of Daura as the chairman of the meeting. During this visit to KTGH On the 09-january,2016, the Emir of Daura was in company of different traditional Rulers and other high ranking personaliti

No fewer than nine thousand unemployed youths would be engaged by the Katsina State government, Governor Aminu Bello Masari has said. Masari disclosed this on Saturday when he recieved the Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk Umar and his entourage at the Katsina Government House also known as Gidan Al’ummah. The emir and his entourage were at the Government House to pay special homage to Governor Masari for the maulud celebration. According to Governor Masari, the state has concluded plans to roll out different packages to effectively engage the youths in line with an overal drive to address unemployment. Masari said his administration attached great importance to the well being of the youths but was silent on the type of job being planned for the youths. Our correspondent reports that the state governor had pledged to revamp the Katsina Youth Craft Village and revive the Business Apprenticeship Training Centres BATCs “to give more skills training to the youths”.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has disclosed plans to spend about $300 million on the Enable Youth Empowerment Agribusiness Programme. The project is to be implemented in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development within 18 months. AfDB Director of Agricultural and Agro- Allied Industries, Dr.ChudiOjukwu, said the three-year project would enable training and funding of young graduates who are interested in farming across the country. The programme is expected to encourage youths into agriculture, thereby increasing food sufficiency and reducing unemployment, with each recipient accessing $75, 000. In a statement by the ministry’s Director of Information, Tony Ohaeri, on Wednesday in Abuja, the Agriculture Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed that the project would commence from the three Federal Universities of Agriculture in the country. Ojukwu stated that, “a total of US$300 million would be accessed to cover the three year p

Egbin Power Company is planning to explore opportunities in renewable energy sources in Katsina, Adamawa, Borno  and other states in the Northeastern and Northcentral parts of the country. It’s Chairman, Mr Kola Adesina, who made this known during a stakeholders’ forum in Lagos, said the decision to invest in renewable energy in those states was borne out of the desire to help  improve electricity generation and distribution capacity in the country. He said: ‘’We would be building renewable energy plants in Adamawa, Katsina, Borno and other states, in line with our goals to improve power supply in the country. The renewable energy initiative would help in providing electricity to some sections of the populace that do not have access to grid electricity transmission. Our vision is to electrify Nigeria, and we have been nominated on the Committee that is charged with the responsibility of Lightening Up Lagos.” He explained that infrastructure has been a major problem

The President Re-Orietation Advocates of Nigeria Representing Civil Society Organizations today at the INEC Stakeholders Meeting in Abuja, in preparation for the Federal Capital Territory Council Elections schedule for19th March, 2016. I emphasized on the need for youth involvement in all processes, the need for extensive voters education before elections and the provision of adequate security during elections to eradicate electoral violence which mostly affects the youths. The INEC agreed to step up partnership with youth organizations on voters education and civil duties advocacy before the continuous voters registration and the elections.

 Alh Shitu Shua'ibu Emerges and succeeds Hon. Abdulkadir Mamman Nasir as the new acting party chairman of The All progressive people congress [APC] Katsina State chapter.  Until his appointment, Alh Shitu is the CEO/MD MASLAHA MOTORS before his new appointment as the acting Chairman of the Katsina State APC. He held numerous positions in the defunct APP, ANPP and CPC. His recent appointment was Katsina State APC Public Relation Officer (PRO) before finally appointed as the new APC chairman Katsina State. On Behalf Of The Young people Of Today, we will like to use this medium to send our congratulatory message to Newly Appointed Acting APC Chairman Katsina State Chapter.

This is the maiden edition of the Katsina State Annual Youth Summit, and is set to attract hundreds of youth leaders from all the thirty four (34) local government areas of the state for the purpose of providing a larger platform for the young people to deliberate on issues troubling the youth and come up with possible solutions to those problems. The Summit is organized in three sessions: The first session is the opening ceremony, where many respected dignitaries will give their goodwill massages to the participants. The second session is the plenary session, where experts will give a motivational talk on some selected issues on youth development. The third session is more of an interactive session. OPENING CEREMONY – Registration/Speeches Registration for all participants 09:00 – 10:00am Arrival of participants 10:00 – 10:05am Arrival of Invited guests 10:05 – 10:10am National anthem 10:10 – 10:15am Opening Prayer 10:15 – 10:20am Welcome Address 10:20 – 10:25am