katsina

Katsina Civil Servants Deserve New Minimum Wage – Masari

Katsina Civil Servants Deserve New Minimum Wage – Masari

October 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Gov. Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State said on Wednesday that civil servants in the state deserve to be paid the new national minimum wage.

“Katsina civil servants actually need the new minimum wage as they have been putting in their best to move the state forward,” Masari said at the opening of the 5th quadrennial delegates conference of the state medical and health workers union, in Katsina.

Masari explained that inflation and other economic leakages had eaten into the current N18, 000 minimum wage.

READ ALSO: Twitter Explains Why It Hasn’t Suspended Trump’s Account

He, however, urged union leaders …

Katsina Governor Holds Meeting With Criminal Gang Heads

Katsina Governor Holds Meeting With Criminal Gang Heads

October 7, 2019 6:19 am

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State at the weekend explained that ongoing meeting with gang leaders of bandits terrorising the North-west of the country is aimed at stopping the escalating violence in the region, pointing out that dialogue has become an option following the failure of force.

Besides, he told newsmen that the discussions had shown that the bandits had understandable reasons for their actions, explaining that government felt that it was better to address their issues in order to find a lasting solution to the violence that had claimed many lives and property in the region.

Consequently, he said, …

Air Force’s helicopter crashes in Katsina

Air Force’s helicopter crashes in Katsina

June 13, 2019 12:31 am

The  Air Force has confirmed the crash of its helicopter that was returning from a combat mission in Katsina State.

It, however, said no life was lost in the crash, which occurred at about 3.30pm yesterday.

NAF spokesman Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has ordered a probe of the incident.

Daramola said: “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter has crashed in the process of landing while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the Northwest Theatre under Operation Hadaran Daji.

Read Also: Indian Airforce …

Angry Katsina youths carry three bodies to Emir’s palace

Angry Katsina youths carry three bodies to Emir’s palace

June 10, 2019 1:16 am

Angry youths from Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, Saturday evening, stormed the Katsina Emir Palace with three bodies of victims killed at Zaka village.

The three bodies, all from the same mother, were brought to the palace of the Emir, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir Usman and accompanied by the aged mother of the victims

The palace spokesman, Mallam Iro Bindawa, told the youths and relatives of the victims, who came in two J5 buses, to return the bodies to their village for burial.

Read Also: Banditry, kidnappings, and killings in the North

Bindawa told the aggrieved protesters that the …

45,000 rice farmers to benefit from FG loan in Katsina

45,000 rice farmers to benefit from FG loan in Katsina

May 25, 2019 10:06 am

No fewer than 45,000 registered rice farmers across 34 local government areas of Katsina would benefit from Federal Government’s anchor borrowers agricultural programme under the current farming season in Katsina State

Alhaji Shuaibu Wakili, the State Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association (RIFAN) made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura on Saturday.

He said out of the total number, 15,800 farmers had been formally captured as distribution of the agricultural inputs commenced last Friday and others to follow soon.

He said the farmers were provided with inputs that included fertiliser, water pumping …

Katsina earmarks ₦196m for orphans, women empowerment

March 17, 2019 9:42 pm

The Katsina State government has committed the sum of N196 million to assuage the plight of women and vulnerable children through its Women Empowerment Programme across the 34 local governments of the state for the 2019 fiscal year.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Badiyya Hassan Mashi, who disclosed this Sunday, said lack of economic sustainability did not only have a devastating emotional effect on vulnerable households, but the situation was also capable of exposing the individual to several risks, hence the gesture.

She explained that the gesture would enable the women to expand their businesses
…
Fake Buhari now in Nigerian ambassador's residence in Tokyo

APC targeting 2.8m votes for Impostor Jubril in Katsina

February 9, 2019 10:41 pm

The APC Campaign Council in Katsina State, says it is targeting at least 2.8 million votes for the impostor, Jubril Al-Sudani (imposed on the Nigerian masses as President Muhammadu Buhari  by the cabal currently running the Nigerian Government) in the upcoming presidential election.

The Guardian reports:

Mr Mustapha Inuwa, Chairman of the council, disclosed this during a press conference on Saturday in Katsina.

“The state has about 3.2 million voters, we want to win by a landslide, we want to have at least 80 per cent of the total number of votes.

“We are targeting no less than 2.8 million …

TRENDING

Breaking

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity