Umar Faruq, emir of Daura in Katsina state, says COVID-19 is not a joke. Umar, who was speaking on his recovery from the disease, on Saturday, described the pandemic as a "dangerous period" for the world. The emir had contracted the virus but was discharged a few days ago from the Federal Medical Centre in Katsina. He asked Nigerians to "return to God" [...]
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The palace of Umar Farouk, emir of Daura in Katsina state, has been sealed off after a case of COVID-19 was recorded, according to Daily Trust. The newspaper quoted Mustapha Inuwa, secretary to the state government, as saying the closure was normal routine in places where a positive case has been recorded. According to him, samples had been taken from the palace which [...]
Umar Farouk, the emir of Daura, has suspended the wedding of his daughter owing to the coronavirus outbreak. The emir disclosed this on Saturday while addressing religious leaders, district heads and village heads at his palace in Daura. He said his daughter’s wedding, which was fixed for Saturday, March 28, has been postponed. Farouk advised citizens to practice good hygiene and social distancing [...]
Usman Ado, the All Progressives Congress (APC) zonal vice chairman in Daura, Katsina state, has commended the federal government for creating two higher institutions in the town. The federal government had approved the creation of a university of transportation and a federal polytechnic in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. In an interview with NAN on Monday, Ado said the decision [...]
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Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation, says Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is fit to be the next president of Nigeria. There are reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, is eyeing the number one position in the country but the top politician is yet to speak about it [...]
Flood has destroyed more than 300 houses in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. According to NAN, some of the houses were brought down while water submerged several others. The agency said some residents had since fled the town while some were seeing trying to rescue some domestic items. Some Daura residents, who spoke with NAN, said the flood followed [...]
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Friday led a delegation of senators to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina. Among the federal lawmakers in the delegation were: Abdullahi Yahaya, senate leader; Ajayi Borrofice, deputy senate leader; Sabi Abdullahi, deputy whip; Enyinnaya Abaribe, minority leader; Philip Aduda, minority whip and Sahabi Ya'u, deputy minority whip. Below are some pictures: The senate president and his [...]
Leaders from the five local government areas under the Daura emirate in Katsina state say the communities enjoy 24 hour supply of electricity only when President Muhammadu Buhari is around. Buhari had gone to Daura for the Sallah celebration. While hosting the leaders, they commended the president and also asked him to address issues plaguing the area. “Anytime the President is around we [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Alpha Conde, his Guinea-Conakry counterpart, attended Eid-el-Kabir prayers together at Daura in Katsina state on Sunday. Conde is in Nigeria to celebrate this year's Sallah with Buhari. Both men also played host to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Daura, hometown of Buhari. See pictures below: [...]
The police have arrested two suspects in connection to the abduction of Musa Umar, father-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide de camp (ADC). The suspects were paraded on Tuesday. Umar, the district head of Daura, Buhari’s hometown in Katsina state, who was kidnapped on May 1, was rescued in Kano, in the early hours of July 2. He was said to have regained freedom [...]
Musa Umar, the district head of Daura in Katsina state, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Umar, a former customs officer, is reported to be the father of Fatima Musa, wife of Mohammed Abubakar, Buhari's aide de camp (ADC). NAN reports that police officers are on the trail of the criminals. Witnesses told NAN that the kidnappers stormed his residence at 7pm on Wednesday [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says one of the benefits of Chinese investments in Nigeria, is the University of Transportation currently being built by the Chinese in Daura, Katsina state. Speaking at one of the breakout sessions of the just concluded Nigerian Economic Summit (NES24), the minister said the Chinese are building a factory in the University structure. "Somebody asked, what are the [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has defended the planned construction of Transportation University in Daura, Katsina state, where President Muhammadu Buhari is from. The construction of the N18 billion project is scheduled to start in 2019. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Amaechi said there is nothing special about siting the university in the president’s hometown since "Daura is also part of [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says opposition cannot distract his administration from the good work it is doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. He said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges and is encouraged by the support of Nigerians in addressing them. Buhari said this when he received some governors of the party accompanied by [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja for Daura, his hometown in Katsina state, on Monday evening. Boss Mustapha, secretary to government of the federation and Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, were with Buhari as of the time he left the presidential villa. Buhari returned to the country on Saturday after a 10-day vacation in the UK. Here are some pictures: [...]
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