A former Commissioner for Finance in Kano state, Professor Kabir Isa Dandago, is dead.

Bayero University Director of Information, Lamara Garba confirmed the passing of the professor of Accounting and Taxation. He said the deceased died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Wednesday evening.

Garba stated that, “it is on a sad note that I announce the death of Professor Dandago. Professor Dandago recently contributed to an appeal fund to support the families of our deceased colleagues.

“May Almighty Allah grant him eternal rest in Jannatul Firdaus. Amin.”

According to him, the former Commissioner was invited to a Ramadan lecture last weekend by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) as a discussant.

The deceased served as finance commissioner between June 2015 and October 2018 under then Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and a one-time Dean of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences.

He authored and edited many books on Accounting, Taxation, Finance and Economics.

Nollywood actress Victoria Ajibola, popularly known as Omo Local, has revealed that she ended her marriage after she discovered that her bestfriend was pregnant for her husband while she (Victoria) was also carrying his child.

The actress disclosed this while speaking in a recent interview on Oyinmomo TV.

She said she felt so betrayed by their action that she took a substance in a bid to unalive herself.

“I was five months pregnant, my best friend was also three months pregnant for my husband. The trauma was so much to the extent that I took poison because of shame.’’

When asked about the current whereabouts of her former friend, the actress said she was unsure.

“Anyway, I don’t know about her whereabouts anymore. Maybe she’s still together with my ex-husband, I don’t know, but they had about three children together after I left him’’ she said

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Bola Tinubu has approved the demolition of Carter Bridge in Lagos and its reconstruction with over N5billion.

Minister of Works, David Umahi disclosed this on Wednesday, March 4.

Umahi confirmed that the President also approved several major road projects across the country.

Umahi noted that six major projects received approval.

Among those approved by the council includes the completion of the Suleja-Minna Road, which had earlier been awarded to Salini Construction Company but later terminated due to poor performance.

According to him, only about 10 kilometres of the project had been executed before the contract was cancelled.

Umahi explained that after reviewing the project, the government resolved to complete the remaining 71 kilometres dual carriageway, adding that one carriageway has now been awarded to China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) at a cost of N91 billion, while the second carriageway has also received Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) clearance.

He said President Tinubu directed that the road be constructed using reinforced concrete to ensure durability.

The minister further announced that FEC approved N5.6 billion for the design and costing of a new Carter Bridge project in Lagos, explaining that the existing bridge can no longer be rehabilitated.

He confirmed that government would demolish the current structure and construct a new one based on recommendations from technical assessments.

“The stakeholders’ engagement and technical reviews showed that the Carter Bridge can no longer be rehabilitated. It has to be demolished and a completely new bridge constructed,” Umahi said.

He added that Advanced Engineering Consultants was engaged to carry out the full design and cost evaluation ahead of the procurement process for construction.

On another project, Umahi said FEC approved the review and rescoping of the Kano-Kongolam Road, a tax credit project originally awarded in 2022.

The project, which covers 132 kilometres across Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states, was initially planned as an asphalt road but has now been redesigned.