The Emir of Rano, in Kano State, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila Auta Bawo is dead. The emir died on Saturday at a hospital in Kano at the age of 74. Turakin Rano and House of Representatives Member of Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure , Alhaji Kabir Alhassan Rururm confirmed the death. He said the late emir would be buried this evening in the emirate. The Emir was on Friday reported to be in critical condition and...
The Kano Field Office of the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), on Saturday lost its Head of Communications, Malam Rabiu Musa. Rabiu has been a front line communication expert at the forefront of Covid-19 campaigns since its outbreak in Kano state. A brief chat with his first son, Babangida Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death through a phone call in Kano, said his father died on Saturday at the age of 60. “My dad died...
As the world scientists and researchers are now bent on coming up with at least a vaccine for coronavirus, some senior lecturers of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria are set to produce herbal seeds and plants that improve the lungs and remove the mucous that block the chambers in COVID-19 attack, which brings about seizures and deaths. Professor Habib Umar Danmalam, of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ABU Zaria said that instead of developing our local...
Residents of Fufore town, Dasin, and Gurin communities all in Fufore Local Government area of Adamawa state have expressed their disappointments on the inability of the Raycon Nigeria Limited to hasten the rehabilitation of the Parda-Muninga roads, awarded by the state government. Investigations by The West African Pilot News have revealed that the construction and rehabilitation of the 18.09 kilometers Parda-Muninga road had continued to suffer due to snail-speedy work. The work (Package 11 Lot...
Amidst controversy, the management of Gotel Radio and Television owned by the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has clarified the rationale behind the sacking of 54 staff of the station. Gotel communications comprises of TV Gotel, Radio Gotel, and Gotel FM. Responding to the rationale, the General manager of the media conglomerate Muhammad El-Yakub said that ” The rationalization of staff at Gotel Communications Limited, a company under the umbrella of Priam Group, is a...
Adamawa state has again recorded two COVID-19 new cases, making a total of 4 confirmed cases in the state. Making the disclosure on Friday evening, Mr. Bashir Ahmad the Secretary to the State Government who is also the State Chairman COVID-19 Containment Committee explained that the new cases have no link to the other two cases in the state. He said after the Committee received a report of nine out of the eleven samples sent...
Following a tip-off, Security officials at the Kaduna-Kano border intercepted two lorries attempting to smuggle in passengers concealed among livestock from Kano to Kaduna State. Security sources say that the lorries which came all the way from Kano State were said to have slipped through the security checks at the border, sneaking in their human cargo among livestock, motorcycles, and other goods. Confirming the interception, Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel...
In a renewed effort to mitigate the hardship Kano residents are now going through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is set to distribute one hundred (100) trailers of assorted grains to Kano state government. The Silos Manager, Food and Strategic Reserve Silos Complex, Adamawa state, Engr. Suleiman Amusa made this known while speaking to newsmen in Yola. Amusa noted that the federal government has directed them to make available 17,...
As the entire world is bent on coming up with at least a vaccine for coronavirus, Dr. Jawa Ibrahim Muhammad from Yobe State has discovered an Anti-dote and herbal medicine for curing COVID-19. Reports say that the NCDC, Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and Governor of Yobe, are in receipt of the antidote and curative medicine at this hour, and are waiting for approval after due process of certification by relevant authorities. Dr. Jawa has a...
In the spirit of Ramadan and economic hardship being experienced due to lockdown order imposed, the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky has distributed foodstuffs worth millions of Naira to the needy. The food items, which include bags of Rice, Sugar, Maize, and millet were distributed on his behalf by his eldest son, Muhammad Ibraheem Zakzaky. The detained cleric instructed the distribution of the items to assist as many...
