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Nigeria’s ace photojournalist, Maikatanga wins GLF Africa 2022 award

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Sani Maikatanga

Sani Mohammed Maikatanga, a popular photojournalist from Kano State has won the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) Africa Award 2022 Photo Competition with the most votes.

With this milestone, Maikatanga has become the first Kano indigene to win the award.

Maikatanga won the award with his photograph, Fishers on the Run, taken at the Argungu Fishing Festival in 2020.

Born in Kano city, Maikatanga started his sojourn in photojournalism in 2000, when he became a reporter and photographer with FIM magazine, a Kannywood Film industry tabloid that brings news about Hausa film artists

The illustrious career of Maikatanga at FIM magazine spanned to 9 years where, at the same time, he became a photographer and reporter at LEADERSHIP from 2005- 2006.

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The photo that won Maikatanga the award

The photo that won Maikatanga the award

In 2009, Maikatanga’s career took another giant milestone where he was employed by Media Trust, publishers of Daily Trust newspaper, where he bowed out in 2021.

 Award of Excellence by Inspire Arewa Youth Initiative
2020.

– Inspirational and Creativity Award by Rescue the women
Foundation (REWOFO) on 11th of January 2020.

– Second prize Winner of the photo contest award, China –
Nigeria friendly in pictures contest. Organised by the embassy of
the people’s republic of China and federal republic of Nigeria to
mark the 70th anniversary of founding of republic of China, 2019.

– Certificate of participation, The Now Collective photography conference in Lagos, 2019.

– Award of Merit on contributions toward empowering Youths
by Northern Trendz awards 2019.
– Best photographer by Arewa in Ghana group, 2018.

– Best Arewa Photojournalist by Sautin Arewa Rntertainment, 2018.

– Best supporting photographer by Gamji Pearls Kaduna, 2017.

Maikatanga in action

Maikatanga in action

– Best brand photographer of the year by Kaduna fashion and award, 2017.

– Best Enterpreneur for outstanding achievement photography industry by KDC Award 2016.

-Certificate of merit award by Youth observers forum on democracy and the press. 2009. As Photojournalist with Daily Trust newspapers.

– Merit award by Iyan Tama Multimedia Nig. LTD. Kano for tremendous contribution and support to the growth and development of Hausa movie industry. 2010.

– Award excellence by Yahoo Group
(finafinan_hausa@yahoogroup.com). Toward the contribution on
film industry for over 10 years of FIM Magazine famous hausa
mujallar, 2007, among others.

Maikatanga is happily married with wife and children in Kano state.

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

 

Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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President Tinubu Sacks UNIZIK Vice-Chancellor, Registrar

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The governing council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been dissolved by President Bola Tinubu.

The president dissolved the council and approved the removal of the institution’s vice-chancellor Bernard Odoh and the university registrar, Rosemary Nwokike.

A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy said the action by Tinubu follows allegations of procedural violations in the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.

He also said that the council led by Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe and including five other members—Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin was accused of bypassing due process to appoint an unqualified candidate, prompting federal intervention.

Onanuga said, “The sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.

He added that following the controversial appointment, the Federal Government stepped in to address the rivalry between the university’s Senate and the governing council of the institution.

“The government expressed concern over the council’s apparent disregard for the university’s governing laws in its selection process”, Onanuga added.

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