Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Kano command have arrested an 85-year-old suspected kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe, Ungogo LGA. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement, Continue Reading
The police command in Kano State says the Divisional Police Office in Nasarawa Local Government Area has been gutted by fire. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, disclosed in Kano that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. “At about 05.45 a.m. the Divisional Police headquarters was engulfed by fire and […]Continue Reading
By Ifeoma Nwovu The Supreme Court has affirmed the outcomes of the 2023 governorship elections in Lagos, Kano, and Bauchi states. The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had confirmed the re-election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor of Lagos State. In a lead judgement delivered by Justice Garba Lawal, the […]Continue Reading
A serial mobile phone thief, Ibrahim Adamu has been nabbed in Kano state. The phone thief was arrested with Eight Hundred and Ninety (890) Mobile Phones phones. A statement released by the police spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, says the Police Command was following up on a Public outcry received from the coordinators of Dansulaika GSM […]Continue Reading
Disturbed by the bribery allegations rocking the ongoing Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association in Kano, Sagir Gezawa, on Wednesday, formally wrote a letter to the Secretary of the EPT, demanding the identities of the lawyers attempting to bribe the judges. The Kano NBA Chairman said, “We will […]Continue Reading
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year-old man, Abdulwahab Yusuf who pleaded guilty to stealing cow skin worth N8,500 be remanded in a correction centre. The police charged Yusuf, who lives in Tukuntawa Quarters, Kano, with theft. Judge Umar Lawal-Abubakar, adjourned the matter until Aug. 22 for summary trial. Earlier, the […]Continue Reading
By Adenitan Akinola The Osun State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Adebisi Muideen for allegedly trafficking four teenage girls from Osun State to Kano State for their onward transfer to Tripoli in Libya. According to a statement signed by the Osun State Police Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, the suspect invited the young […]Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the collation of Adamawa governorship election results from Local Government Areas till noon. State Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, and Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Ari, disclosed this on Monday, after the collation of results from 20 out of the 21 LGAs. They noted that the exercise Continue Reading
An outbreak of diphtheria infection has claimed 61 lives in Kano State as of March 2, 2023. The Kano State Case Manager, Dr Salma Suwaid, disclosed this on Monday at a webinar organized by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention with the theme ‘Diptheria outbreak in Nigeria: Vaccination Response.’ Dr Suwaid also said […]Continue Reading
*Lagos has 7,060,195 voters, Kano 5,921,370, Kaduna 4,335,208 *INEC rules out postponement, says no going back on poll timetable The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday released the final list of voters that will cast their ballots in the elections, with the North-West and South-West having the lion’s share of the 93.4 million eligible voters. […]Continue Reading
A Federal High Court in Kano presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman, on Friday restrained the Kano State Government from borrowing N10 billion for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. A coalition of NGOs, the Kano First Forum (KFF) filed a motion exparte dated June 27, sworn by the Director-General of the association, Dr […]Continue Reading
A 40-year-old-man identified as Muazu Garba, on Thursday lost his life in a failed attempt to recover his mobile phone, which fell into a pit toilet at Jirgiya Quarters, Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman for the state Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the sad incident to our correspondent, said, “On […]Continue Reading
Nigeria Police Force, Kano state Command has detained a 17-year-old boy, Isah Hassan, for gouging out the right eye of a 12-year-old child, Mustapha Yunusa, with a knife. Hassan stated that a woman asked him to pay Five hundred naira to prepare a voodoo ceremony for him to vanish. Hassan was accused of luring the […]Continue Reading
A narrow gauge train conveying soft drinks from Lagos to Kano has derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing the train driver. Public Relations Officer, Northern Regional District of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Zaria, Mallam Abdullahi Alhaji confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria […]Continue Reading
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, PSC, has put six States and the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau and the FCT, on red alert as part of preventive measures against a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of the Delta Variant and the rising number of infections and […]Continue Reading
The Operatives of Anti Vandalism Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano Command have destroyed thousands of cartons of expired mosquito coils and sub-standard electric cables. This was contained in statement signed by the NSCDC Kano Command Public Relations officer, ASC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, and was made available to journalists in Kano. […]Continue Reading
Ìjọba àpapọ̀ orílẹ̀èdè yíì ti rán ìgbìmọ̀ amúsẹ́yá lọ sípinlẹ̀ Kano, láti ló kápá àisàn pàjáwìrì kan tó bẹ́sílẹ̀ nípinlẹ̀ ọ̀hún. Olùdarí àgbà pátápátá fún ibùdó tón rísí ìkápá àrùn lọ́lọ́kanòjọ̀kan nílẹ̀ yíì, NCDC, Dókítà Chikwe Ihekweazu ló sísọ lójú ọ̀rọ̀ yíì nílu Abuja lákokò ìpàdé alájùmọ̀se kan tígbìmọ̀ amúsẹ́yá tílesẹ́ àrẹ gbékalẹ̀ covid-19. Ó […]Continue Reading
Over one hundred people have been admitted to various government hospitals in the Kano metropolis and other Local Government areas of the state as a result of contracting an illness attributed to drinking expired juice. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa stated this during a chat with journalists, in Kano.He said the […]Continue Reading
A house wife in Kano identied as Hauwa has allegedly killed two of her children over rivalry and because her husband, one Ibrahim Haruna Aminu married a second wife. The deceased kids were identified as Yusuf (5-year-old) and Zahra’u (3-year-old). Reports gathered from their neighbors reveal that the incident occurred on Saturday morning in Diso village […]Continue Reading
Àwọn tọrọ kàn gbongbon tí ṣàpèjúwe bí wọ́n ti ṣe ro Emir tilu Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido lóye gẹ́gẹ́bí èyí tí kò bá wọn lójijì. Wọn sọ̀rọ̀ yi nínú iforowanilenuwo pẹ̀lú akoroyin ilé isẹ Radio Nàìjíríà nilu Ìbàdàn. Onímò nípa ọ̀rọ̀ òṣèlú kan, omowe Gbade Ojo ni àwọn ọba alaye kò si bí wón ti […]Continue Reading