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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday announced that it had re-commissioning its Kano depot so as to boost the supply of petroleum products in the northern region. The Kano depot is part of the NNPC’s System 2D pipeline network, but was knocked down three-and-half years ago by vandals. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the re-commissioning …

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  The Kano State Hisbah Board said it had arrested 489 beggars in February and March for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state. Malam Musa Tsangaya, Head of the Anti-begging Unit of the board, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that 192 of those arrested were children while 228 were adults. “Our men arrested the street beggars around …

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Kano State government has revealed that it has introduced measures to save wheat farmers in the state against possible glut of the produce in the grain markets and also to save them from the activities of middlemen. This was disclosed by Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, during the the official launching of the commencement of 2017 wheat harvest …

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      An English adage goes, ‘twenty children cannot play together for twenty years.’ Today, with advancement in technology, it is obvious these children can play after 23 years. This is the case of the class of 88/93 of Titcombe College, Egbe, Kogi State who recently reunited to commence a project on giving back to their alma mata. Established …

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Barely a week after an inferno razed, a market in Kano, another mid-night fire outbreak on Thursday gutted Gwarzo market in Gwarzo Local Government Area of the state, destroying property worth millions of Naira. An eye witness on Friday said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. The source said the fire destroyed the entire furniture section of the market before …

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Traders at the popular  Sabon Gari market in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, have been counting their loses after the fire outbreak that destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the market. The cause of the Friday night fire outbreak that burnt till early Saturday is still unknown. Eye witnesses around the market said, the fire started around the Sani Abacha Mosque …

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Traders at the popular  Sabon Gari market in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, have been counting their loses after the fire outbreak that destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the market. The cause of the Friday night fire outbreak that burnt till early Saturday is still unknown. Eye witnesses around the market said, the fire started around the Sani Abacha Mosque …

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For a properly educated individual, a case of minor getting pregnant shouldn’t only be surprising, but equally worrisome. Such is the case of Ese Oruru, 14 year old girl who was reportedly abducted from her home in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria and taken to Kano, a northern city. Different accounts of this story have been published including the young girl’s …

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