Katsina State Archives — City Business News

August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases N6.25b For Establishment Of Cattle Ranches In Katsina

Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu has disclosed that the Federal Government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, also Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural...

July 3, 2022 No Responses

PVC: INEC Worries Over Low Registration In Katsina State

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the newly established 1,750 polling units. Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, INEC Residen...

September 1, 2021 No Responses

UNICEF Targets 9,000 Beneficiaries In Katsina Education Support

Not less than 9,000 are to benefit from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) cash transfer to support education programme in Katsina State.. An education specialist in Nigeria, Kano field Office, Mr. Muntaka Mukhtar, d...

August 10, 2021 No Responses

Customs’ Vehicle Kills Five In Katsina

A Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) patrol vehicle on Monday lost control and killed five persons in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State. Dalha Wada-Chedi, the acting Controller of NCS in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency...

July 17, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Approves N6.25b To Kick-Start Ranching In Katsina

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.25billion to set up ranches in Katsina State, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said in a statement on Friday. The statement said Governor Aminu Masa...

November 23, 2020 No Responses

Katsina Disburses N2b Loan To 90,677 Traders, Small Businesses

The Katsina State Government has disbursed N2billion as loan to 90,677 traders and small business owners in the state to boost economic activities. Alhaji Abdulkadir Mohammed-Nasir, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Economic Empowerment made th...

October 4, 2020 No Responses

Katsina Floats Online Newspaper

Katsina City News, an online English newspaper focusing on news and events happening within and around Katsina State, has commenced publication. Inaugurating the online publication in Katsina on Saturday, the publisher, Malam Danjuma Katsina, explai...

September 29, 2020 No Responses

Water Projects Gulp N18.80b In Katsina

Katsina State Government has spent the sum of N18,798,640,116. 83 on the provision of portable drinking water in urban areas of the state since the inception of the administration of Governor Aminu Masari in 2015. The State Commissioner for Wa...

July 17, 2020 No Responses

Imo, Katsina, Jigawa, Others To Benefit From FG’s Water, Sanitation Intervention Programme

The Federal Government on Thursday said no fewer than 10 states will benefit from its Partnership for Expanded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) programme. Mr Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, disclosed the development at a virtual meetin...

June 14, 2020 No Responses

FG Approves N13b For Pest Control In Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Others

As part of measures to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector, the Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, The 12 states scheduled to benefit from the fund...

May 10, 2020 No Responses

Kwara Returns 200 “Almajiri” To Katsina

The Police Command in Kwara State on Saturday returned no fewer than 200 suspected Almajiri to Katsina State.This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ajayi Okasanmi, in Ilorin.Okasanmi explained that....