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)...
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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...
Aliko Dangote Foundation, Kano Government, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on improving Routine Immunisation in the state.. Speaking during the signing of the MoU on Wednesday in Kano, the Managing Director of Aliko Dangote...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated N50 million to victims of flooding at Kantin-Kwari market in Kano. He made the donation on Monday, in Kano at an event to receive Ex-Kano State Governor, Sen. Ibrahim Shakarau, into the fold of the party from...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) for its eNaira to enhance financial inclusion in the country. The CBN Governor, GodwinEmefiele said this during the inauguration of the USSD transaction code at a 5-day Northern eNaira fair, Kano 2022. The theme of...
Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, has offered education support to an 11-year-old girl, Saratu Garba. The Project Communication Officer, Aliyu Yusuf, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kano. NAN reports that the...
The Kano State Government says it has recorded no fewer than 189 cases of Cholera in 20 Local Government Areas this year. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, confirmed the cases at a news conference in Kano on Tuesday. Tsanyawa said five deaths were recorded, while 184...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Friday said its operatives have intercepted a vehicle loaded with 135 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp). The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made the disclosure in a statement issued...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has picked the Hovernor of Kano state, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, as the preferred running mate for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. This revelation was contained in a...
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just-concluded APC presidential primary showed his acceptability in the north as a bridge builder. Governor Ganduje made the remarks in his congratulatory message to Tinubu through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, on...
Two hundred and one residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano, were on Friday reportedly hospitalised after inhaling chemicals from a cylinder dismantled by metal scrappers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Sharada Industrial Hospital and Ja’en Hospital, for urgent...
Gas explosion at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refiling shop has burnt down shops and injured 20 people in Kano. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the scene of the incident reports that it occurred at a busy area of Sheka quarters, Karshen-Kwalta in...
Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State. Alhaji Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received 129 Nigerians stranded at Agadez, Niger Republic on Saturday in Kano NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, gave the figure when he received the returnees. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived in Kano in three...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed nine persons died and 10 others injured in a gas explosion that occurred early morning at Aba Road, Sabon Gari, Kano State. The NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the development to newsmen while...
The police command in Kano State, has confirmed the killing of four persons after a gas explosion on Tuesday morning in Kano. Mr Samaila Dikko, the state Commissioner of Police, said this in a radio and television broadcast on Tuesday in Kano. Dikko said that the gas exploded at...
A 30-year-old man, Haruna Abdullahi and 45 year-old Adamu Danjummai died in a pit toilet at Aku Village in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State while making efforts to recover a cell phone from a pit toilet. This was disclosed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer...