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General Sani Urges Hisbah To help Fight Drug Abuse

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Major General Sani in a Remark at the Hisbah Office

Abbas Yushau Yusuf

 

Major General Ibrahim Sani has called on Kano State Hisbah to put all hands on deck in ensuring that the menace of drug abuse has come to an end in Kano and Nigeria in general.

 

Major General Sani made the statement while inspecting equipment purchased by him and installed at Tarauni Hisbah command in Kano Northwestern Nigeria.

General Sani said drug abuse is one of the menaces bedeviling the progress of the society noting that he was impressed with the way and manner he witnessed how Hisbah apprehended drug addicts with the aim of rehabilitating them.

The General said drug addiction results in committing atrocities as such the need to arrest the menace and pledges cooperation with Hisbah to ensure peace is maintained in Kano.

Gen. Sani with Commandant of the Guards in a group Photograph

Gen. Sani with Commandant of the Guards in a group Photograph

He urges Hisbah to consider the heterogeneous configuration of the Kano state in ensuring peaceful co-existence noting that Islam is a religion that encourages peaceful coexistence among the adherents of other religions as such General Sani calls on them to promote living in harmony with different religious groups in Kano.

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In a remark, the Hisbah commandant Tarauni Local Government command Sheikh Danbaiwa thanked  Major General Sani for the gesture.

 

Sheikh Danbaiwa told General Sani that one of the great works of Hisbah is enjoining what is good and forbidden what is evil.

According to sheik Danbaiwa, Major-General Sani has renovated the office very well by installing computers and furnishing the offices.

The commandant opened the meeting with the recitation of the last three verses of the chapter of Al-Kahaf, Chapter 18 of the glorious Quran.

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Gombe approves N549.4 million for  WAEC, NBAIS, NABTEB

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Hajiya Aisha Maigari,Gombe commissioner for education

 

Gombe State Executive Council on Tuesday during its 37th meeting okayed N549.4 million for 19,840 students across 151 senior secondary schools to participate in the forthcoming examinations.
Our correspondent reports that no fewer than 1243 students would write National Business and Technical Examination Board, while 309 would write National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies and 18,288 to seat for West Africa Examinations Council.
Briefing journalists after the council meeting, Commissioner for Education Dr Aishatu Maigari said, “Gombe State Executive Council has approved the payment of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, for 19,840 students. In 151 senior secondary schools these students are going to enjoy payment of WAEC for 18,288 writing the exam. 1,243 are writing NABTEB, 309 are writing NBAIS.”
On how the beneficiaries were picked, she noted that the current administration has commenced mock process to select the best in order to get results, “They sat for mock examination, since the inception of this government in 2019 we have been writing examination in 2019 when we took over saw abysmal performance of 22 per cent got five credit, in 2023 67.5 per cent of our students got five credits including Mathematics and English. The percentage of student we are paying for is 72.59 per cent, we had over 23000 students who sat for mock examination. We made it 60 per cent,” Maigari added.
The commissioner added, “The students include both our indigenous students and exam students this is coming at a time when examination bodies have increased their fees. The governor approved N549,492,175 million.”

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Breaking: Kano Governor Nominates Benefactor’s Son, Mustapha, as Commissioner

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Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has nominated the son of NNPP national leader Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as commissioner.

One of the personal assistants to NNPP national leader Ibrahim Adam posted on his verified Facebook handle:

Adamu Aliyu Kibiya

Usman Shehu Aliyu Karaye

Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso

Abduljabbar Garko

With the new names sent to the assembly, the son of former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, may be posted to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

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Breaking: Court Sentences Chinese National To Death

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Kano State High Court Sentence Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Ummuklthuum Buhari.

Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide.

Delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond the reasonable doubt.

“The defendant’s testimony is inconsistent. I hereby find him guilty”

 

 

 

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