The Kano State government has spent over N1 billion on purchasing ten high-capacity water pumps to revamp the state’s water supply system. Commissioner for Water Resources, Umar Doguwa, said this while inspecting the pump machines at the Tamburawa Water Treatment Plant. Doguwa highlighted the critical water shortage in Kano...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said 23 persons have lost their lives in an auto crash that occured on Thursday under the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange Flyover at Hotoro-Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 48 other passengers have also sustained various degrees or injuries as a...
A Kano State High Court adjourned until April 15, hearing in all pending preliminary objections in the ongoing case of alleged bribery and misappropriation filed against the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and seven others. NAN reports that the state government instituted an eight-count...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases in Kano State. UNICEF’s Kano Chief of Field Office, Mr Rahma Farah, raised the alarm during an orientation for 44 Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen and district heads on polio eradication, routine immunisation,...
No fewer than four persons lost their lives during a building demolition exercise at Rimin Zakara village in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident occurred at about 10:00 pm on Sunday, when government officials accompanied by security operatives stormed the area for building demolition. According to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, has arrested 18 suspects with different quantities of illicit substances in the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Friday. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the State Commander of the agency, Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, as...
Kano State Police Command said it has recovered explosives and dangerous weapons allegedly planned to be used during the just-concluded National Tijjaniyya Maulud in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Salman Dogo-Garba,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday that the explosives were reportedly recovered at...
The Gwale Veterinary Clinic on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of birds flu in Kano, which killed 32 birds in the area. The officee in-charge of the clinic, Dr Abdullahi Gaya, made the confirmation in an interview with newsmen in Kano. Gaya said the Index Case of the disease was...
A kingmaker in Emir Ado Bayero’s cabinet and his senior counsel, Alhaji Aminu Dan’Agundi, has said the faction would appeal the Court of Appeal judgement in a suit regarding Kano Emirship. In ruling on the matter, the Appeal Court said the Federal High Court, Kano does not have the...
Some groups have faulted Kano State Government’s interpretation of the judgement of the Court of Appeal regarding the Emir of Kano throne. The groups, under the umbrella of Coalition for Justice and Rule of Law, in a statement signed by its convener, Dr Bashir Danmalam, said it was concerned...
In a split decision of two Justices to one, the Court of Appeal in Abuja has barred the Federal High Court in Kano from adjudicating over the Kano Emirate legal battle. The appellate court held that the court has no jurisdiction to dabble into the Kano State Chieftaincy Matters...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has condoled with his Jigawa counterpart, Gov. Umar Namadi, over the death of his eldest son, Abdulwahab Namadi, who lost his life in a tragic auto crash. The incident occurred after the passing of Hajiya Maryam Namadi, Abdulwahab’s paternal grandmother, on Wednesday. The governor’s...
Kano State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would beat Sen.Rabiu Kwankwaso-led New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2027 general election in the state. The Chairman of the party, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, said this in a statement on Thursday in Kano. He advised Kwankwaso to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, has arrested 34 suspects with different quantities of illicit substances in the state. The command’s spokesman, ASN Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the State Commander of the agency, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad,...
Abba Yusuf of Kano State has directed all the Commissioners reassigned in the recent cabinet reshuffle to ensure a smooth handover and assumption of duty before the close of office hours on Tuesday. Yusuf, who issued the directive through his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said the cabinet changes...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command says it has secured the conviction of 12 drug peddlers in the state. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Spokesman of the agency, Sadiq Maigatari, on Saturday in Kano. Maigatari said the conviction was...
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a husband and wife in a midnight inferno at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU, Ungogo Local Government Area. The service named the victims as 67 year-old man, Muhammed Uba, and his wife, 52 year-old Fatima Uba . The Director of Kano...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 10 rescued victims of human trafficking. The agency’s Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said this on Thursday in Kano while receiving the victims from the Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command. He said...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, set aside the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), suspending Mr Muhuyi Magaji, the Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). A three-member panel of justices, in the lead judgment read by Justice Umaru Fadawu, also ordered...
Tension is building in Kano as policemen have allegedly barricaded the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II’s palace, restricting him from attending a royal ceremony in Bichi Local Government Area. The event was to feature the presentation of a staff of office to a new District Head of Bichi....