A 28-year old man, Misbahu Salisu, has allegedly poisoned his day-old baby girl to death, because he preferred a male child. The man who lives in Doka Baici, Tofa Local Government Area, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday. His arrest...
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command has inaugurated 60 special female squad to enhance security in schools. Speaking at the inauguration of the squad, NSCDC state Commandant, Mr Muhammad Lawal-Falala, said the squad were trained specifically to tackle insecurity, banditry, rape and other...
One Malam Ali, has reported his wife to a Sharia Court sitting in Rijiyar Lemo, Kano State after she threatened to renew his circumcision. Malam Ali told the court that his wife has been threatening him for long that she would renew his circumcision, adding that she even...
The Kano National/State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, on Tuesday upheld the election of Rep. Abdulkadir Jobe, of the NNPP, representing Rimin Gado,Dawakin Tofa and Tofa Federal House of Representatives Constituency of Kano. NAN reports that Umar Ganduje of the APC, son of former Governor of Kano,...
Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC) has confirmed the death of a cadet, Sulaiman Jika, in Kano State. Jika, who was a cadet at the department of computer science, died on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the premises of the police academy in Wudil. However, Punch reported that his colleagues said he died after being...
The Police Command in Kano on Saturday said it confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Malam Kato Market in Fage Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano, the drugs were recovered from...
Kano State Police Command has arrested six persons who allegedly chanted provocative slogans against Emir of Kano, thereby causing breach of peace. The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Hussaini Gumel, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Kano. Gumel said that the suspects constituted public nuisance...
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, has dismissed reports about protests by residents of the state over the planned deployment of military personnel by ECOWAS to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. Gumel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the...
No fewer than four worshippers have died and seven others injured when the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday. Confirming the incident, the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4pm when the incident occurred. He...
A team of policemen from Kano state Police Command has smashed a drug cartel at Kwanar Dangora, in Kiru Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano on Sunday. “Recall that on the 18th...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 207 phone snatching suspects in the last one week in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated in Kaduna on Saturday that the arrests followed raids on identified black spots in the state. He added that other suspects were...
The Kano Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 1,064 suspects and seized 7.5 tonnes of illicit drugs between June 2022 and June 2023 in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the NDLEA Acting Public Relations Officer, ASN ll Sadiq...
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Friday, ordered that an unemployed man, Usman Abdullahi, who pleaded guilty to pouring hot tea on another man be remanded in a correction centre. The police Abdulahi, who lives in Sani Mainage Quarters with causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged members of the Nigerian Army Recruitment Board not to compromise standards in the ongoing recruitment for 85 Regular Recruits Intake. Lt. Gen. Yahaya made the call during his visit to the Nigerian Army Battle...
The Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of 12 illegal immigrants from Mali and Niger Republic. It also confirmed the arrest of 33 other suspected criminals. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, made this known while addressing newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. The illegal immigrants consisted...
The Police Command in Kano State, on Friday, arrested 57 suspects over alleged looting of property in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in Kano. Haruna-Kiyawa quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, as saying that...
Eighteen passengers were killed in an auto crash on Friday at Zakirai town on Kano-Ringim Road in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano state. Twelve other persons were also injured in the crash while five escaped unhurt, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, has said. Some...