Sentences with phrase «while kano»

He bemoaned the present structure where Lagos State, with a large population of over 20 million people, had only 20 local governments while Kano with far less population had 44 local governments.

Lagos is the largest commercial city in Nigeria while Kano is the largest commercial city in the north.

The fourth position was grabbed by Delta with N71.98 billion, while Kano State, dared the fifth place with N62.90 billion, throwing a derivation state of Bayelsa to the sixth position with N61.45 billion.

As we speak, Jigawa State has been created out of Kano with 27 Local Government Areas, while Kano itself has 44, making a total of 71.

Not exact matches

Junior Lokosa netted a brace in Kano Pillars» biggest win of the season as they defeated FC Ifeanyi Ubah 4 - 0, while Lobi Stars and Kwara United earned impressive away draws at both ends of the Nigeria Professional Football League table.

Ahmadu Bello University, North - west Nigeria is third in the ranking while the fourth and the fifth are University of Nigeria Nsukka and Bayero University, Kano both South - East and North - West Nigeria respectively.

The governor made the assertion while receiving the Proprietor of the Station, Sheikh Muhammad Fahd At - Tuwaijiri, who visited him in Kano.

Governor Ganduje while addressing workers at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano said Kano state has submitted its position on new minimum wage to tripartite committee set up by Federal Government.

He said four of the centres were situated in Dutse, the state capital, while two others were in Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, Kano State.

He stated that 300 of the arrested beggars hailed from Kano city, while 237 were from Jigawa, Katsina and Kaduna.

Arase announced the donation while addressing officers and men of the state Police Command in Kano on Tuesday.

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.

The EFCC Head of Operation, North West Zone, Kano, Mr Adamu Hamisu - Danmusa, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday.

The member representing Kiru / Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State who was at a time the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, refused to give details of the meeting while speaking with State House correspondents.

While exonerating the Commission from the trending video of the Kano State Local Government Election, Prof. Yakubu emphasised that INEC was not in any way involved in organising that election beyond the legal requirement that the register of voters compiled by INEC should be used in all Local Government elections nationwide.

The Waziri of Adamawa stated this while addressing journalists at the Kano Government...

The statement reads: «The Council also approved the renaming of Dawaki Road where the residence of Late Danmasanin Kano is located to Yusuf Maitama Sule Road while the current Yusuf Maitama Sule link Road has been renamed Jafaru Dan Mallam Link Road.

For instance, Kano has 47 local governments but contributes nothing to the revenue of the country, while Bayelsa, which contributes a lot has only eight local governments.

The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Kano State, DSP Magaji Majiya, disclosed this while presenting the suspects to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.

«The operatives of SARS attached to Kano and Katsina State Commands while acting on a tip - off ambushed and arrested Abubakar Ibrahim of Kurmin Mashi Quarters, Kaduna State, and Jaduwa Thalma of Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno.

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo while speaking at the summit, said at least $ 2billion would be required to revive the Lagos - Kano Rail Line as part of efforts to boost local and international trade along the Northern and Southern zones.

While some are of the opinion that the IG suffered brain block at the Kano event, others said it was a spiritual attack.

Burutai made the remark while addressing officers and men of the 73 Battalion, Janguza barrack, Kano, on...

Amnesty further noted that between December 12 and 14, 2015, soldiers killed more than 350 protesters and supporters of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, at two sites in Zaria, Kaduna State, while hundreds of IMN members were arrested and continued to be held in detention facilities in Kaduna, Bauchi, Plateau and Kano states.

The organisation also dragged the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El - Rufai and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Burutai before the ICC while also demanding that the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and the Emir of Zaria, Shehu Idris, be probed for human rights violation and crimes against humanity.

The DPR team leader Kano / Jigawa operations, Mr Paul Jehzi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Sunday shortly after the clampdown.

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, is to meet with all the chairmen from the 19 northern states tomorrow (Sunday), while the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, is to meet with those from the South - East.

While he described the return of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the PDP as a good omen for the party, the BoT chairman added that the likes of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; a former governor of Kano State, Musa Kwankwaso; Sokoto State Governor, Waziri Tambuwal, and other lawmakers would soon return to the party.

Adamu said that the valley would be expanded by 3,000 additional hectares while expansion of Kadawa dam in Kano State would be increased to 5,000.

In a chat with newsmen in Kano, Mairiga stated that it is not an exaggeration that members of many households in the country proceed to bed, without at least one square meal, while some others flee their homes, following their inability to put food on the table of their loved ones.

The brochure opened with the photograph of Buhari acknowledging cheers from a crowd as he visited Kano to attend the coronation of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on February 7, 2015 and his photograph while talking on the telephone with former President Goodluck Jonathan who called to concede defeat in the 2015 presidential election.

The co-convener of the rally Mr. Moses Abdullahi, said in Abuja, on Sunday, that the rallies were scheduled to take place in Abuja on Tuesday and Thursday, Kaduna and Kano on Wednesday while a grand rally would hold in Lagos on Thursday.

Kano State Governor Alhaji Ganduje has received bodies of the students who died in a road accident while returning to the state aft e taking part in a national quiz competition.

The former President made the remark when he spoke at Kano State Government House yesterday while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late Danmasani Kano.

Briefing newsmen in Kano, on Tuesday, the Zonal Head of Operations (North - West Operations), Mr. Nnaghe Itam, disclosed that the zone, within the period under review, had 214 cases, while 34 were currently undergoing prosecutions.

Yakubu said while it could not be established if children actually voted in the election, he could confirm that the voter register which INEC gave to the Kano electoral body for undertaking the election was not completely used.

The police image maker said two other suspects were arrested on Kano road, Idah, for terrorising the residents through cultism while another was arrested in Okene for kidnapping and cattle rustling.

He made the assertion while speaking with newsmen in Kano over the leadership tussle in PDP between former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi.

«The Service recorded a similar feat on the same day at Ikara Junction, Tudun Wada LGA, Kano State where the duo of Rabiu Dahiru aka Kachalla and Umar Ya'u were arrested while in possession of Twenty - six (26) cartridges, amulets and vests bearing charms.

Bakare speaking at the Latter Rain on Sunday wondered what the president was doing at the Kano wedding, while 110 Dapchi schoolgirls are still in captivity.

ORA while insisting that the idea of the federal government to establish cattle colonies or grazing reserves for the herdsmen was a direct ploy to take Nigerians» lands and give to the Fulanis, implored all herdsmen to move their cattle to the allocated lands reserved for such purpose by both Kano and Niger state governments saying that the allocated lands were enough to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle.

While campaigning to be elected the NBA President, the former Attorney - General of Kano State had begged to be voted to redeem the negative public perception of the NBA as a body of corrupt elements.

The government reportedly petitioned the police, which invited Lamido to its Kano zonal office where he was shown the video clip of his inciting statements while addressing his teeming followers in a meeting.

The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Command, Magaji Musa Majia, a superintendent of police, who confirmed the rescue of Muhammad to journalists on Thursday, said the boy was unhurt, while no ransom was paid to secure his release.

While 15,903 candidates out of 62,511 obtained the benchmark in Kano, 5,347 out of 21,695 got the same results in Borno.

The Command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Magaji Majiya disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Kano on Tuesday.

Burutai made the remark while addressing officers and men of the 73 Battalion, Janguza barrack, Kano, on Thursday.

The EFCC's spokesperson at the Kano Zonal office, Idris Nadabo, while confirming the development, said the case is coming up on the 7th March, 2017 at the Federal High court sitting at Court road, Kano.

While talking about the importance of this announcement, founder and CEO of bitFlyer, Yuzo Kano said: «When I set up bitFlyer in 2014, I did so with global ambitions and the belief that approved regulatory status is fundamental to the long - term future of Bitcoin and the virtual currency industry.