Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Monday held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, a development that has intensified political speculation in the state. The governor according to Channels TV and, was seen arriving at the President’s office around 4:13 p.m., sparking renewed...
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of renowned businessman and leader of the business community in Kano, Alhaji Bature Abdulaziz, who died over the weekend. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, described his death as a loss felt beyond the Kano business community...
Kano State Police Command has arrested three key suspects over the shocking murder of a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano metropolis, an incident that has sparked widespread outrage across the state. The suspects — Umar Auwalu, 23, of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters; Isyaku Yakubu, also...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf have expressed deep grief and outrage over the gruesome killing of a mother and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters of Kano, describing the incident as senseless, barbaric and unacceptable. In a post on his official...
Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is currently locked in a high-stakes political standoff over his planned defection from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Politics Digest reports. Despite weeks of back-channel negotiations, the top hierarchy of the APC at both state and...
Tragedy rocked Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano on Friday as seven members of a family were brutally killed in what the police described as a suspected housebreak attack, sparking shock and grief across the community. The victims were identified as 35-year-old Fatima Abubakar and her six children, who were...
Customs seizes 20 diverted containers worth ₦769.5m as CGC Adeniyi cracks down on economic saboteurs
Customs seizes 20 diverted containers worth ₦769.5m as CGC Adeniyi cracks down on economic saboteurs
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 20 diverted transit containers with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of ₦769,533,666 across the axis of Kano/Jigawa Area Command, following intelligence-driven enforcement operations aimed at curbing cargo diversion and safeguarding government revenue. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this development...
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced a formal investigation into an aviation incident involving a Hawker 800XP aircraft at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State. The aircraft, bearing nationality and registration marks 5N-ISB and operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited, was on a non-scheduled domestic...
A private jet operated by Flybird made an emergency crash-landing on Sunday morning at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), sparking brief concern but ending without casualties. The aircraft, which departed Abuja for Kano, was said to be on final approach to the runway at about 9:30 a.m....
National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Friday handed over two rescued kidnap victims to their family, announcing that five members of the gang behind their abduction had been arrested. At the brief ceremony in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu...
Former local government chairmen in Kano State have adopted the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship race in the state. The former LG chairmen who served between 2019 and 2022, during the...
Kano State High Court, on Monday, sentenced a 22-year-old man, Najibullah Alkasim, 22, to death by hanging for stabbing one Isyaku Ya’u, to death with a screw driver. Alkasim, who lives at Dakata Quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment,...
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commissioned 1,187 cadets of Regular Course 7 into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs). The colourful Passing Out Parade (POP) held at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, marked the successful completion of...
High Court in Kano State on Wednesday adjourned the trial of former governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others until Feb.3, 2026 for hearing of all pending motions. NAN reports that the Kano State Government instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a high-profile corruption case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against Prof. Sani Malumfashi, chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC). Malumfashi, alongside the commission’s Secretary, Mr. Anas Mustapha, and Deputy Director...
A fresh political wave has hit Kano as 774 members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring confidence in the ruling party’s direction and development agenda. The defectors were formally received on Friday in Rimin Gado Local Government Area by...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says defections of Rep. Abdulmuni Jibrin to APC and Amb. Oluremi Oguntoyinbo to PDP are as a result of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso’s anti party activities and betrayal of trust. The party was reacting to the latest defections of its members to the ruling APC...
Member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has officially dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring his full support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. Jibrin, who represents the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State, announced his decision in...
Hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ite poured into the streets of Kano on Saturday, voicing outrage over a viral statement attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he allegedly hinted at a possible military strike on Nigeria. According to a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation MESA, have successfully repelled a bandit attack in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, preventing what could have been a major incursion into vulnerable communities. The operation, spearheaded by officers from the 3 Brigade of the...