By Abbas Bamalli No fewer than 1,000 people have been screened by the Mangal Foundation for medical support, with over 700 scheduled to undergo free hernia and hydrocele surgeries in Katsina State. A member of the foundation’s Board of Trustees, Mr Hassan Kabir, disclosed this at the inauguration of theContinue Reading
Assessing Katsina’s data-driven, polling unit agric. revolution Analysis by Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Even before the internet became a thing, agricultural revolution has never been strange to Nigeria. From the cocoa which built institutions in the southwest to the groundnut pyramids in the north, the Abakaliki rice,Continue Reading
Polio By Abbas Bamalli The Katsina State Government says that no fewer than 2.9 million children received polio vaccinations during the March 2026 campaign. The Executive Secretary of the state’s Primary Health Care Agency, Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya disclosed this at a media briefing in Katsina on Wednesday. “During the MarchContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Dr Bartholomew Ochonye, Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Alliance Limited by Guarantee (HALG), an NGO says the organisation has vaccinated more than 2.9 million children against polio in Katsina State. Ochonye disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during a news conference to mark World Immunisation Week 2026,Continue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with an NGO, Al-Usra Marital Support Foundation, on Thursday organised an intensive pre-marital counselling and training for about 1,000 intending couples. The exercise, held in Katsina, Daura and Funtua Zones, was part of preparations for a mass wedding, ‘Auren Gata’, anContinue Reading
By Abbas Bamalli Katsina, Feb. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Katsina State Government has partnered with Gender Awareness Trust (GAT) to establish an inter-agency platform promoting gender-inclusive peacebuilding across the state. The initiative was unveiled at a two-day capacity workshop on Saturday inContinue Reading
By Glory Akpan Katsina State Commissioner for Water Resources, Dr Bishir Gambo, has expressed delight over the state’s recognition as Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the Clean Nigeria Campaign Secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ODF status is given to states or communities where everyone uses safe,Continue Reading
Project By Zubairu Idris The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Monday, inaugurated a €5.1 million fund to enhance conflict prevention and crisis response programmes in Zamfara and Katsina States. The 18-month programme tagged: “Conflict Prevention, Crisis Response and Resilience in Katsina and Zamfara States (CPCRR),” being supportedContinue Reading
By Zubairu Idris, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) There is a popular saying that “children are the leaders of tomorrow”. Far from being just a feel-good statement, it underscores the fundamental truth that the future of any nation depends on how well it nurtures its youngest population. For Katsina State,Continue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda on Wednesday pledged to allocate 30 per cent of the state’s annual budget to climate resilience, as part of efforts to establish a Green Investment Fund. Radda made the pledge at the Katsina State Climate Action and Green Investment Summit in AbujaContinue Reading
