Malnutrition: Kano Records 469 Deaths In 6 Months

No fewer than 469 children died from malnutrition between January and July 2025 in Kano State, with 51.9 percent of children stunted. Professor Ruqayya Aliyu Yusuf of the Department of Information and Media Studies, Bayero University Kano (BUK), made the disclosure in a paper titled “Understanding the Basics of Behavioural Change: Towards Improving Malnutrition in Kano State”, which she presented at a media sensitisation training. She identified malnutrition and poor dietary practices as the biggest...

Bishop Mamza Make Case For Improve Facilities At Jimeta Correctional Center 

The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rev. Father Stephen Dami Mamza has appealed to the Federal Government to improve facilities and infrastructure at the Jimeta Correctional Centre, in Yola North local government area of Adamawa State. The Bishop made the plea while presenting a live cow and other items to inmates at the Correctional Centre, saying it will make life easy for the inmates as some of them are innocent and need to be treated...

Bomb Blast Kills 7 Worshipers Injures In Maiduguri 

The bomb blast that rocked a mosque around Gamborou market in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, has killed seven Worshippers and injured 35 others during evening prayers. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast so far, but mosques have been targeted by Islamist militants before.  Borno state police spokesperson Nahum Daso in a statement that the 35 injured persons in the attack were taken to hospital. “Preliminary investigations further suggest that the incident may...

Adamawa Begins Distribution of N611 million to 5000 Flood Victims 

The Adamawa state government has announced the distribution of N611 million in intervention funds to 5,000 households in Yola-South affected by the flood in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa George Farauta, made the disclosure in her office, saying food and non-food items are to be shared with victims of the Lamurde communal crisis. Farauta said the delay in distributing the fund is to enable the state emergency committee to authenticate the exact...

Oluremi Tinubu’s Initiative Empowers 250 Elderly With ₦50M in Ekiti

  Senator Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady of Nigeria has extended financial support totaling N50 million to 250 elderly citizens in Ekiti State, with each beneficiary receiving the sum of ₦200,000 under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Social Investment Programme. The presentation, which took place at Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado-Ekiti, formed part of the third edition of the Elderly Support Scheme tagged “Finding Joy in Old Age”. Speaking at the event, Senator Tinubu who was...

Seven Trafficked Victims Reunited With Their Families In Kano

Officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have reunited seven victims of human trafficking with their families in Dambatta local government area of Kano state. The victims, who were transferred to NAPTIP by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), were received last Saturday by the Kano/Jigawa Zonal Command of the agency. According to a statement by the Kano Zonal Command spokesperson of agency, Mohammed Habeeb on Wednesday...

Inferno Destroys Property Worth N1.1bn In Gombe Markets

An inferno has destroyed property worth about N1.1 billion in two separate fire incidents at the Gombe timber and scrap markets within one month. The latest fire incident occurred on Monday night at the Kasuwan Katako (Timber Market), and destroyed goods valued at over N600m. The Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna Abdullahi, said assessments were ongoing, adding that the fire was suspected to have been caused by...

Kano Govt Bans Independent Hisbah Fisabilillahi

The Independent Hisbah Fisabilillahi, established as a voluntary security outfit under the Ganduje Foundation by the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has been described as illegal and a potential threat to public order. The Kano State Government issued an Executive Order banning the group, signed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Abdullahi-Waiyya, while confirming the development on Friday, stated that the order was in exercise of...

Hisbah Arrests 25 Over Alleged Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony in Kano

The Kano State Hisbah Board has intervened to stop what it described as an alleged same-sex marriage ceremony, arresting 25 people in the operation. According to the Board, the arrests took place on Saturday evening at an event centre on the Hotoro Bypass, in the Tarauni Local Government Area of the State. Sheikh Dr Mujahid Aminuddeen Abubakar, Deputy Commander General (Special Operations) of the Hisbah Board, confirmed that the operation was triggered by an intelligence...

Agencies Flag-Off Distribution Of Devices To Children With Disabilities

Following clinical assessment of 202 children comprising 111 boys and 91 girls across five states in Nigeria, the Save the Children International, with support from Global Partnership for Education (GPE), has flagged off distribution of devices to children with disabilities. The device is aimed at improving learning outcomes for children with disabilities in the implementing states to include Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Cross River, and Taraba States. The official launch of the activity took place in...

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