Islamic morality police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a supreme court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian Supreme Court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a national lottery commission and legalised sports betting and gambling. The court ruled...
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A Kano State High Court on Monday, ordered that a 43-year-old man, Mannir Ibrahim-Abdullahi, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a minor to death. The Kano State Government charged Ibrahim-Abdullahi, who lives in Jaba Quarters, Kano, with culpable homicide and rape. Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, who gave...
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has taken disciplinary actions against eight judiciary staff members over misconduct. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Kano State Judiciary, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, on Sunday in Kano. “The Judicial Service Commission at its 76th meeting held...
Some residents of Kano have abandoned their cars to embrace trekking, use of bicycle, electric bike and commercial tricycles for mobility as petroleum price jumps to N1,150 in the state. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent observed on Sunday that there were fewer cars on the road and...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Accountant-General of Federal (AGF), the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding the 44 Kano State Local Governments’ allocations. The court gave the order following a Motion Ex-Parte filed on Nov.1, by the Chairman of...
The seventy six detained Kano minors on Tuesday night returned home via the Malam Aminu International Airport aboard a Max aircraft. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the plane, which also flew Gov. Abba Yusuf, touched down at around 9:57pm, Earlier in the evening, Yusuf, had...
Vice- President Kashim Shettima has implored the 119 released minors to strive to be responsible citizens as they unite with their families in Kano and Kaduna States. Shettima made the call while handing over the 119 released minors to Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano and Gov. Uba Sani of...
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to boost electricity supply with a view to reviving the nation’s industrial revolution. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, said this during a stakeholders meeting with the management of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) on Thursday in Kano. Adelabu said...
The newly elected chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kano State chapter, Alhaji Yusuf Kibiya, has pledged to reposition the party for optimal electoral performance in the future. Kibiya expressed gratitude to party leaders and delegates for their trust and promised to improve the electoral fortunes of the party in...
The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), has declared candidates of New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) as winners of the Saturday’s elections in all the 44 Local Government Areas and 484 wards. Prof. Sani Malumfashi, KANSIEC Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday in Kano while briefing newsmen on the outcome...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State says the Saturday local government elections being conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission(KANSIEC) is illegal. A chieftain of the party, Rabi’u Bichi,made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday in Kano. “The party’s stance is...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Local Government elections across the state, describing it as peaceful. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Yusuf spoke at the Kano Stste Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday shortly after casting his votes at Gwale...
By HARUNA AHMED,Dutse – Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has constituted a five-member committee to investigate allegation of infidelity leveled against the Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Auwal Sankara. The Secretary to the State government, Mr Bala Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Dutse on Sunday. Sankara...
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has suspended his Commissioner of Special Duties, Mr Auwal Sankara, over alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. A statement signed by the Jigawa State Head of Service, Mr Bala Ibrahim, disclosed this in Dutse on Saturday, saying that the governor approved...
The crisis seems to be brewing between Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State and his political godfather, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, with the former allegedly refusing to sack two top government functionaries as directed by the latter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Kano on Tuesday that the...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has welcomed no fewer than 963 supporters to the ruling party in the state members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Dala Local Government Area, Kano State The National Leader of the party, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday in Kano welcomed the defectors...
A Kano State High Court, on Wednesday, fixed Oct.10, for ruling in an interlocutory application seeking to restrain the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, from renovating the Nassarawa Mini Palace. The applicants are the Kano State Government, Attorney General of Kano and Kano Emirate Council, through their...
No fewer than 1,331 members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, on Thursday defected to the ruling New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP). The decampees, who are mainly from 11 wards of the area, vowed to work against the return of APC as...
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday, restrained 19 political parties from taking any action that could scuttle or frustrate the upcoming Local Government Elections in the State. The applicant Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), through its Counsel Rilwanu Umar Esq, filed a motion exparte dated and filed...
The Police Command in Kano has confirmed the death of five police officers in a ghastly motor accident at Karfi town in Kura Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said 11 other police officers sustained...