Tag: Kastina

  • Katsina, Kwara, Gombe declare holiday for PVC collection

    Katsina, Kwara, Gombe declare holiday for PVC collection

    Katsina, Kwara and Gombe State Governments have declared Friday (today) as a public holiday in their respective states to enable civil servants and allied workers to collect their Permanent Voter Cards. The Director-General, New Media to the Katsina State Governor,, El-Amin Isah, made this announcement in a statement on Wednesday, he said, “The Katsina state…

  • Bandits kill D.P.O in Kastina

    Bandits kill D.P.O in Kastina

    Armed bandits killed a Divisional Police Officer named A. Rano in Jibia local government area of Katsina State during an attack on Magama section of Jibia town. According to residents of Jibia, the gunmen attacked the town at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, firing gunshots sporadically. The attack lasted for about 3 hours…

  • Katsina confirms restoration of telecom services in LGs

    Katsina confirms restoration of telecom services in LGs

    The Government of Kastina State has lifted telecommunications shutdown in some local government areas of Kastina. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Security, Ahmad Katsina, confirmed this. “It is (lifting of the shutdown) true please,” Katsina simply replied to enquiry on the development. Telecommunication services were shut down last September in Sabuwa, Faskari,…

  • Telecom services still banned in seven Katsina LGAs -Masari

    Telecom services still banned in seven Katsina LGAs -Masari

    Katsina State Government says the suspension of telecom services remains effective in seven out of the 17 Local Government Areas earlier affected. This is disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Katsina, by the Director-General Media to Governor Aminu Masari, Alhaji Abdu Labaran. “Governor Masari has written to the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission…

  • Katsina Emirate bans open grazing in communities

    Katsina Emirate bans open grazing in communities

    Open grazing of animals has been banned within the Katsina metropolis and its surrounding communities. This was disclosed in a statement by Wakilin Kudin Katsina, Alhaji Abdu Iliyasu, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday. Alhaji Iliyasu said the ban became effective from Tuesday,3, August 2021, stating that machinery has been put in place for…