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Cash Transfers: FG Allocates N48.1bn to Tackle Poverty in Kano
The Federal Government, through its cash transfer programme, has expended N48.1 billion in eradicating poverty and improving livelihoods in Kano State. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, disclosed this on Monday during a beneficiary engagement meeting in Kano. Doro said that the Household Prosperity and Empowerment – Cash Transfer (HoPE-CT) programme was...
Fire razes shops and vehicles at Kano market
A midnight fire has gutted the Maganda Road Wood Market in Kano State, destroying goods and cars worth millions of naira and leaving hundreds of traders counting their losses. Witnesses said the fire started around 3:00 a.m on Monday in the wood section of the market before spreading across the road to the metals cluster....
Hoodlums invade Kano GSM market, attack traders and cart away goods
Suspected thugs on Monday attacked the popular mobile phone market at Farm Centre in Kano metropolis, causing panic among traders and customers. Newsmen gathered that the hoodlums stormed the market in broad daylight, assaulting people, stealing smartphones, and wielding sharp weapons to intimidate victims. The incident reportedly occurred near Yoyo Plaza, a section of the...
Kano Assembly approves Murtala Sule Garo as deputy governor
The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday approved the nomination of Hon. Murtala Sule Garo as Deputy Governor, following the presentation and adoption of the report of its ad hoc screening committee. Our sources reports that Garo’s confirmation came after the 12-member committee, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Bello Muhammad Butubutua, submitted its report during plenary presided...
Federal Government introduces FarmerMoni scheme in Kano, aims to reduce poverty
The Federal Government on Monday said it had launched the FarmerMoni programme in Kano State as part of efforts to eradicate poverty and support vulnerable Nigerians through access to interest-free loans and enterprise support. The government said the initiative, under its Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) 3.0, was designed to assist small-scale farmers, petty...
Kano generates N102 billion in revenue.
The Kano Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) says it has generated N102 billion in revenue in 2025. The KIRS chairman, Dr Zaid Abubakar, said this in Kano on Sunday. He said the service recorded N102 billion in revenue last year, compared with N74 billion in 2024, adding that the state has a revenue projection of about...
