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- 27 Apr 2009
Kano State ICT Pyramid
Historically, Kano State has been a commercial and agricultural state, which is known for the production of groundnuts as well as for its solid mineral deposits. The state has more than 18,684 square…
- 16 Dec 2016
Kano State Boosts Fight Against Corruption
The Kano State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice organised this year's International Anti-Corruption Day. The event was attended by many government representatives…
- 27 Oct 2008
Kano State Beckons To ICT Providers
The Kano state Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) Park is one major aspect of economic roadmap that was unveiled by, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, governor, Kano state. The park is part of the…
- 5 Feb 2019
Kano State Judiciary Launches Small Claims Court for Prompt Resolution of Commercial Disputes
The Kano State Judiciary in collaboration with the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) have inaugurated a Small Claims Court aimed towards prompt resolution of commercial…
- 6 Oct 2015
Kano State Government Lauds Etisalat’s Adopt-A-School Initiative
The Kano State Government has commended Nigeria’s leading innovative telecoms operator, Etisalat Nigeria over its Adopt-A-School initiative, a pan-Nigeria intervention programme aimed at improving…
- 9 Dec 2021
Project Equip: Coca-Cola Sets to Empower 20,000 Women and Youths in Kano State
The Coca-Cola Foundation, in partnership with Whitefield Foundation, registered non-profit enterprise, has officially launched Project EQUIP in Kano State. L-R: Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, Director, Public…
- 3 Aug 2021
FG Trains Kano State Executives Council Members on e-Governance, Digital Transformation
The Federal Government has kick-started a pioneer programme to train Members of Kano Executive Council on e-Governance and Digital Transformation. L-R: Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice…
- 23 Jan 2022
MTN Hands Over Y’ello Doctor Mobile Clinic to Kano State Government
MTN Nigeria through its Foundation has officially handed over the Y’ello Doctor mobile trucks to the Kano state government, as it continues the third phase of the Y’ello Doctor initiative. The Y’ello…
- 14 May 2026
UK Reaffirms Development Partnership with Kano, Jigawa States
Ms. Cynthia Rowe, the Head of Development Cooperation at the British High Commission Abuja, has completed high-level engagements with Kano and Jigawa States, reaffirming the United Kingdom's…
- 29 Dec 2014
Etisalat Lifts 200 Women in Jigawa, Kano States
No fewer than 200 women in the North-Western states of Jigawa and Kano have benefited from the support of Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, through its community support…
- 8 Dec 2008
Emulating Kano State ICT in School Initiative
The case for the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools’ curriculum is compelling. This is because ICT has become one of the basic building blocks of…
- 27 Aug 2019
Fidelity Bank Empowers Over 200 Youth With Entrepreneurial Skills In Kano State
Consistent with its unbridled commitment to youth empowerment in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, in partnership with Gazelle Academy and Bayero University Kano at the weekend concluded an…
- 28 Jul 2019
Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP) Wraps Up First Phase In Kano State
Health experts and partner organisations, led by MTN Nigeria, have concluded the pilot phase of the multi-stakeholder intervention in the fight against substance abuse among youth in Nigeria. After…
- 6 Oct 2014
Kano Makes History with eCommerce Project
Kano state has begun an eCommerce project; seen as a turning point in the history of commerce in the state and the Northern region of Nigeria and the state government and leading lights in the state…
- 6 Jun 2021
FG Trains Youths on Digital Skills in Rivers, Lagos, Kano, Gombe States
The Federal Government has trained 2, 467 youths drawn from four states in Nigeria in the pilot programme of the “Digital State Initiative”. The training is part of the implementation of the National…
- 16 Jun 2020
NITDA DG Urges Kano and Jigawa State to Harness Youth Population for Economic Recovery
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), firmly believe that the ever-growing youthful population of Kano and Jigawa can be a source of…
- 6 Sept 2014
Kwankwaso’s Presidential Ambition Gets Boost in Kano
Dr.Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Kano State governor, has been endorsed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Committee in Kano state to contest the 2015 presidential primary election on the…
- 20 Dec 2020
Panic as CBN Revokes Licenses of 42 Microfinance Banks
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)has revoked the licenses of 42 microfinance banks in the country and has subsequently closed them with many depositors apprehensive. Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor The…
- 24 Jan 2013
‘Okada’ Dying by Installment as Kano Joins Clampdown
The Kano state government has joined other states to ban the use of motor-bikes as means of commercial transportation, following repeated terror attacks on security operatives, business…
- 1 Mar 2010
Kano’s N5.5Bn ICT Park to Stem Underdevelopment
In a bid to shed the toga of underdevelopment that has generally characterized the Northern parts of the country, Kano state has committed N5.5 billion to the state ICT Park project, Nigeria…
- 9 Jan 2013
CBN Commissions 37 Micro-finance Banks in Kano
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted licence to Kano State Government to establish 37 micro-finance banks in the state. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of CBN, while inaugurating the 37 banks…
- 24 Mar 2022
9mobile Trains 100 Kano Teachers on Innovative Teaching Skills
Nigeria’s caring telecom brand, 9mobile, has organized a one-day train-the-trainer workshop for teachers in Kano in partnership with the Kano State Ministry of Education. L-R: PR Lead 9mobile,…
- 30 Jun 2021
Court Jails 2 Bankers for Stealing in Kano
Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Farouq Lawan yesterday, convicted and sentenced the duo of Jude Ameh and Ademola Aderibigbe on a one-count amended charge of theft. The convicts were…
- 8 Jun 2009
Shekarau Charges State Ministry on ICT Penetration
Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, executive governor of Kano state, has charged the state ministry of science and technology to make proper use of the local potentials available within the ministry in order…
- 22 Sept 2025
Kano Confirms 2 Mpox Cases
Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) has confirmed two cases of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox- an infectious viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the…
- 20 May 2017
Ganduje, Sanusi, Danbatta to Grace DBI’s Maiden Matriculation
History will be made on Wednesday, May 24, as high profile Nigerians including Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II; and Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta,…
- 8 Mar 2010
Kano ICT Park is About Value Added - Galadanci
Bashir Galadanci, the Kano State Commissioner of Science and Technology in this interview with funmi ilesanmi spoke on the State ICT Park project. About Kano ICT Park The ICT Park is a huge project…
- 18 Jul 2014
Summit Participants Want More Training for Public Sector on E-Payment
Following successful hosting of the 3rd Annual E-Payment for government Summit by E-payment Providers Association of Nigeria, participants believe continuous training of public sector operators on…
- 5 Oct 2015
Kano Launches Biometric Attendance Machine
The Kano State Government has launched a biometric time and attendance machine for monitoring workers punctuality in their various places of work. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji…
- 28 Aug 2016
CECAD, Kano, Others to Sign IT Innovation Pact for Northern Youths
The Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD) in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Kano State government and the Bayero University, Kano are on the verge of…