“FEATURE: We Haven’t Seen Tap Water in 20 Years” – Kano Residents Lament Acute Water Scarcity By Halimatu Sadiya Umar In the blistering heat of Kano, where temperatures soar and thirst bites harder, a quiet crisis is worsening: water is becoming a luxury. Across many neighborhoods in...

After Emergency Declaration, Kano’s School Enrolment Rises by 7%, Gender Inclusivity Improves In a notable turnaround for education in Kano State, recent statistics reveal a substantial improvement in school enrollment and gender inclusivity just six months after Governor Abba Yusuf declared a state of emergency...

Adeniyi’s Food Security Shuttle at Kano’s Largest Grain Market, by Dahiru Lawal   I was in Kano for a Media Workshop on Fact-checking when I was told that the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, was expected in the city the following...

Adeniyi’s Food Security Shuttle at Kano’s Largest Grain Market, by Dahiru Lawal   I was in Kano for a Media Workshop on Fact-checking when I was told that the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, was expected in the city the following...

Gov Abba Flags-Off Palliatives Distribution to 500,000 Households in Kano   Determined to ease the effects of economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy and fullfill campaign promises, Kano state Governor, Alh Abba Kabir Yusuf has launched the distribution of palliatives to 500,000 households...

Fuel Subsidy and the Common Man By Abdullahi Abdullateef “But I venture to assert that they will not be exorcised, and indeed they will be firmly entrenched, unless God Himself imbues a vast majority of us with a revolutionary change of attitude to life and...