The Police Command in Kano State, said it has arrested one Bamuwa Umaru, 62, for offering N1 million as bribe to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the Command Spokesman confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. “On Dec....
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the death toll from Diphtheria disease across the country was now 34, as Kano State registered 100 cases. The NCDC, via its official website on Sunday, said that the deaths were between December 2022 and early January 2023;...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday vowed to sanction any commercial bank found hoarding the new naira notes because it had produced enough for distribution to all the banks across the country. The CBN Kano Branch Controller, Alhaji Umar Biu, made the remark during a sensitisation on...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that two State Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars be remanded in a correction centre for alleged N580.2 million theft. The police charged Bashir Kurawa, Saadatu Umar, Tijjani Abdullahi, Maryam Jibrin-Garba, Shamsu Sani and Hussaina Imam with...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A man identified as Gaddafi Sagir, 20, has been arrested by the police in Kano State for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with screwdriver and strangled his 8-year-old sister to death. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its Presidential Campaign Council and Management Committee for the 44 local government areas of Kano State on Thursday. The party’s Northwest Chairman, Hon. Bello Hayatu-Gwarzo, who represented the National Chairman, Mr Iyorchia Ayu, also inaugurated the campaign council, management team and leadership...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command has arrested 61 suspected political thugs, which is part of its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command, says a couple has been found dead on its matrimonial bed in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the state, believed to have died of suffocation from charcoal fumes. The commands spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continued his nationwide campaign rally in Kano on Wednesday, urging the people of the state to vote him in next month’s presidential election. Tinubu who had been in Kano since midnight of Monday,...
The Transmission Company Of Nigeria (TCN) has cautioned Kano residents against erecting structures under the transmission cables to ensure safety of lives. The Assistant General Manager, TCN, Malam Muhammad Bello, gave the warning at a news conference in Kano on Friday. He said that the media event was to...
The Labour Party (LP), in Kano State, on Saturday held a town hall meeting to fine tune strategies towards achieving landslide electoral victory in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Muhammad Raji, while addressing party members and support groups, said the meeting was organized...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Ahead of the auspicious commissioning of the Digital Industrial Park (DIP) project in Kano State, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has, once again, paid an inspection visit to the site of the ongoing construction of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – No fewer than 15 persons were killed and properties worth N20 million destroyed in various fire incidents in Kano State in October. This is according to a statement issued by the spokesman of the Kano Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi on Thursday in Kano....
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has described Kano as the People’s Assembly, thus the reason for launching Party’s manifesto for his Presidential campaign. Sowore stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday evening shortly after launching his Presidential...
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, has described Kano as the People’s Assembly, thus the reason for launching Party’s manifesto for his Presidential campaign. Sowore stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday evening shortly after launching his...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, has inaugurated APC governorship and presidential campaign office in Kano metropolis. Inaugurating the office on Saturday in Kano, Tunubu said that he was overwhelmed with the campaign structure, and expressed optimism that APC would emerge victorious at all levels...
The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso, on Saturday commissioned a leadership institute in Kano to commemorate his 66th birthday. During the ceremony, the former Kano governor said the Amana Leadership Institute would run foundation Programmes on intellectual development. According to him, “The...
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that 23 persons lost their lives to flooding and windstorm in 25 LGAs of the state. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Saleh Jili disclosed this at an event to mark the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that devastating flood has destroyed 14,496 farmlands across five local government areas of Kano State. The Director-General of the Agency, Mustapha Ahmed-Habib made the disclosure on Tuesday during a damage assessment tour in the affected communities in Warawa and Wudil LGAs of...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested one Zahradeen Mukhtar, 22, for allegedly vandalising and stealing window burglary shields in a Mosque. The Corps Public Relations Officer, DSC Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, announced the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. He said the...