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VICTORY WITH GOD: So, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano state seems to portray with the V-Sign. The occasion was the presentation of motorcycles and spaghetti making machines to ANPP members of Gwale local government by member representing Gwale constituency at Kano state House of Assembly, Hon. Umar Jubrin Mathematical Friday. Photo: SALISU BASO.

Towards stopping redundancy among Hajj officials  Role of Amirul Hajj should be defined
From ALIYU UMAR, Kaduna
A CALL has gone to the federal government to look into the possibility of categorically spelling out the role of Amirul Hajj in the conduct of the Hajj operations to avoid rendering officials of the Hajj Commission redundant.
Interacting with some 2007/2008 Hajj federal media team in his office on Thursday, the Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, lamented the situation whereby the Amirul Hajj will take it all regarding the Hajj operation.

 
Malam Isa Yuguda
Bauchi Governor

Bauchi to distribute free text books to schools
From Sule Aliyu, Bauchi
BAUCHI state commissioner of information, Pharmacist Bukata Bukar Bayero, has said that the state government has concluded arrangement to procure text books worth N200 million to be distributed to various secondary schools in the state.
The commissioner made this known to journalists at the Council’s chamber of the Government House Bauchi as an outcome of the State Executive Council’s meeting held within the week in Bauchi.

 
Malam Ibrahim Shekarau
Kano Governor

IPMAN chairman calls for govt’s intervention against inflation
BY MAJE T. SANUSI
Kano state government has been urged to check the menace of the soaring prices of food items in the market by making bulk purchase of the commodities and releasing them to the masses at subsidized rate.
The chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Bashir Bello made the call in an interview with Sunday Triumph correspondent in Kano recently.
Alhaji Bello declared that the call became necessary following the

 
 Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Lulu
NFA Chairman

Okolo, Akusiobi set for Germany
Succour has finally come the way of Vera Okolo and Blessing Akusiobi as the German embassy in Nigeria issued them visas to go for surgery.
Both players got injured playing for Nigeria and after a lot of pressure on the NFA, especially from the media, they are set for surgery.
Vera Okolo who got injured in an Olympic Games qualifying match against Ghana in Accra told KickOffNigeria.com that they paid three visits to the German embassy in Lagos before they got their visas on Wednesday.

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