Hussaini Kafi in Kano No fewer than 20 local government areas in Kano State have been certified as Open Defecation-Free (ODF), bringing the total number of certified councils in the state to 26. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, while receiving the certificates, expressed confidence that Kano would soon attain full ODF status. “Kano State will soon…
… Headteacher Says Situation Remains for the Past 2 Years, Decries Decay … Community Laments Deplorable State Hussaini Kafi in Kano A 55- year-old Sabon Garin Jido Primary School in Talatar Jido, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State is in a state of decay, Africa Health Report, AHR, investigations have revealed. The…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has approved the Katsina Youth Craft Village as a certified National Skills Qualifications (NSQ) Training Provider. The approval, confirmed in a letter signed by NBTE Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Bugaje, follows a successful inspection of the centre’s facilities in Katsina and Malumfashi. “This recognition…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano No fewer than four Tiv farmers have been killed and several others injured in renewed herders’ attacks in the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. President of the Tiv Youth Organisation, Isaiah Audu, who addressed journalists on Monday in Lafia, said the violence affected communities in Doma, Keana, and Obi Local…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has mobilised and trained 1,130 men across 113 wards in seven Local Government Areas of Bauchi State to promote childhood immunisation under its “Fathers for Good Health” initiative. Speaking on Monday in Bauchi, the UNICEF Social Behaviour Change Specialist, George Eki, said…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kaduna State Government on Monday flagged off the 2025 Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Week (MNCHW) at Rigachikun Primary Healthcare Centre in Igabi Local Government Area, with support from UNICEF and other partners. Performing the inauguration, Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Balarabe reaffirmed the state’s commitment to tackling maternal and child…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Panic gripped residents of Kano on Monday after a young man climbed a tall advertising billboard at Gadar Lado along Zaria Road and threatened to take his own life. In a statement on his Facebook page, sighted by AHR correspondent in Kano, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa,…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Students of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, on Monday staged a protest over worsening insecurity in the town following the killing of one of their colleagues by suspected bandits. AHR gathered that the student was shot dead at an off-campus residence by gunmen believed to be terrorists. The…
…People Tried to Stop Him – Eyewitness Hussaini Kafi in Kano At least 22 people were killed and 63 others injured after a suicide bomber attacked the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in Damascus on Sunday evening. Syria’s Interior Ministry said the assailant opened fire during a church service in the Dweila…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government has intensified its fight against open defecation, adding six more local government areas—Sumaila, Tudun Wada, Doguwa, Tofa, Bunkure, and Garun Malam—to its sanitation campaign. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mustapha Muhammad, in a statement on Sunday, said, “This brings the number of LGAs participating in the…
